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True Talks: John Maeda & Rochelle King

Lindsey LaMont

Mar 10, 20152 min readEdited on Feb 26, 2016

Our first ‘True Talk’ event, where we will have special guests speaking about innovation and new ideas, will feature design pioneers John Maeda and Rochelle King. This is an exciting opportunity for designers and the Stockholm tech community to come together and learn from two people who have extensive experience, awards, and knowledge about The Art of Tech Design in 2015.

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Our first ‘True Talk’ event, where we will have special guests speaking about innovation and new ideas, will feature design pioneers John Maeda and Rochelle King. This is an exciting opportunity for designers and the Stockholm tech community to come together and learn from two people who have extensive experience, awards, and knowledge about The Art of Tech Design in 2015.

We are offering 100 seats to this special event, which means first come, first serve! If you would like to attend True Talks: The Art of Design in 2015 with John Maeda & Rochelle King (moderated by Tyler Crowley), then please send your name to RSVP@truecaller.com by March 15th to reserve your spot on our guest list. (Event is Thursday, March 26th, 18:00-21:00, Hitechbuilding Sveavagen 9, 2nd Floor, 101 52 Stockholm. Snacks and drinks will be provided.) Update: Our True Talks event is now sold out!

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John Maeda is a Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), where he works with their entrepreneurs and portfolio companies to maximize design’s business impact in high-tech industries. He spent 13 years at the MIT Media Lab to mentor the first generation of designers who could code and engineers who could design. Among being named one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century (Esquire), he has received a variety of international awards for his creative work, including induction to the Art Directory’s Club Hall of Fame and the White House’s National Design Award.

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Rochelle King is the Global VP of Design and User Experience at Spotify where she manages the teams that are responsible for user research and designing the product experience at Spotify. Prior to Spotify, Rochelle was VP of User Experience and Product Services at Netflix where she managed the Design, Enhanced Content, Content Marketing, and Localization teams at Netflix. Rochelle has over 15 years of experience working on consumer facing products.

Agenda
18:00 Networking & Arrival snacks and drinks
18:30 Guest Speakers: John Maeda and Rochelle King
19:30 Q&A discussion with guest speakers
20:00-21:00 Networking

Lindsey LaMont

Mar 10, 20152 min read

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