Talks, workshops & events

I love teaching others, helping designers upskill and building community. I’ve run 20+ talks, workshops and community events for 1000s of people, from London to Doha.

Sep 2026London
Better results from Claude and Codex with Plan Mode Workshop
A Hulm Club workshop on getting better results from Claude and Codex. I showed how iterating on cheap HTML plans in Plan Mode before building leads to better output, and Alaa Adil shared her own process.
Jun 2026Doha
Lessons from vibe coding TrainTimesUK Talk
AI Tinkerers Doha, run by Scale AI and QSTP, brought builders together to share what they're making with AI. I talked about vibe coding TrainTimesUK: AI gets you to 80-90% fast, but scaling something stable is the hard part.
Jun 2026London
Intentional design and AI prototyping Talk
Muslim Tech Fest's Replit Launchpad was a day of talks on building with AI. I presented on intentional design: when building is cheap, intention is the moat, with a simple framework to use before you vibe code.
May 2026London
AutoScout, live Demo
Deen Developers' Vibe + Tell is a show-and-tell night for things people have built with AI. I demoed AutoScout with a live deck built in Claude that pulled real car data, so the audience could search any car.
Apr 2026London
Claude Code for Designers Workshop
A hands-on workshop for designers getting started with Claude Code, run with Mai Elamin at Hulm Club's UX Guild. I covered Claude skills, design systems with Figma, and taking Claude designs back into Figma.
Jan 2026London
From Figma to production with Cursor Workshop
A hands-on workshop for designers on taking designs from Figma to production with Cursor. I showed how to ship your own changes and learn to iterate and think in code.
Nov 2025London
Vibe Designing Workshop
A workshop on using AI as a design partner, run with Mai and Faheem at Hulm Club. I covered brainstorming, wireframes and vibe-coded prototypes, and we launched the 7-Day Hard Vibe Design Challenge.
Dec 2024London
Crescent Creatives: Ready, Set, Hired! Community event
An end-of-year session on landing your next design role. Tyra Alexander, design recruiter lead at Good Maven and former Meta recruiter, shared how to stand out in a tough job market.
Oct 2024London
Elevating Design Craft and Excellence Community event
An evening on design quality and craft. Frank Bach (staff designer, Instagram) and Frank Scimone (staff content designer, Horizon) gave talks, then a fireside chat and networking.
Aug 2024London
Crescent Creatives - Design Lightning Talks ⚡️ Community event
Five 15-minute lightning talks from the community, on design fails, getting into design, tooling tips and designer-developer handoff. Speakers came from the BBC, Muzz and The Black Pepper Studio.
May 2024London
Perfect Your Design Portfolio Community event
The last of our three-part interview series, on crafting a strong portfolio case study. Attendees then got 1:1 portfolio reviews from senior designers at Meta and Muzz.
Apr 2024London
Ace The Design Whiteboard Challenge (3/3) Community event
A hands-on workshop on the design whiteboard challenge, led by Yutong Xue (former staff product designer at Meta) and Ruban Khalid (senior designer at Meta). Teams solved a live prompt and we open-sourced the FigJam template.
Mar 2024London
Ace The App Critique! Community event
Our second Crescent Creatives event, on acing the app critique interview. A live demo of how to run a critique, then hands-on practice in small groups at Meta.
Feb 2024London
Fireside chat and intro to Crescent Creatives Community event
Our first Crescent Creatives event at Meta King's Cross, introducing the new community. Then a fireside chat with Mustafa Kurtuldu, staff product designer at Meta.
Sep 2023London
Breaking Barriers in Tech: Voices of Meta Muslims Community event
A sold-out evening with Muslims @ Meta London and Muslamic Makers on breaking barriers in tech. Mustafa Kurtuldu spoke on “User Fudged Experiences”, then a talk on engineering management and a career panel.
Sep 2020Online
Design for accessibility first Talk
Figma's Config Europe 2020 brought designers together online. I talked about why you should design for accessibility first, and the small changes that make products work for everyone.
Jul 2019Newcastle
My first 2-day UX workshop Workshop
My first 2-day UX workshop, at the Northumbrian Water Innovation Festival. I ran hands-on sessions on usability testing and why inclusive design builds better products for everyone.