The systems shaping public space are mostly invisible.
That’s a design choice we can change!
Join MakeShift 2026. You can either:
→ propose sessions
→ or submit a project for the #DTPR #designchallenge
⏰ Deadline: April 10
📍MakeShift 2026, NYC Design Week in May 2026
Apply: forms.gle/gbVY6rc93JSm...
Last call for @schoolofdata.nyc tomorrow!
We’re running a workshop with #HelpfulPlaces on #DTPR for #AI, focusing on making AI systems more transparent in public spaces.
📅 March 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
📍 CUNY School of Law, Queens (Room 2-116)
Join us: nycsodata26.sched.com/event/2I0ou/...
We’ll be at #ATmosphereConf 2026 this week in #Vancouver.
We're interested in connecting with folks working on:
• accountable AI
• digital trust
• civic tech
Come say hi if you’re around 👋
More info here: atmosphereconf.org
#ResponsibleTech #CivicTech #PublicInterestTech #DigitalRights
🔔 Tomorrow in NYC
How do we #design #tech that actually respects #privacy?
Join a conversation with Robert Stribley + a fireside chat with Georgia Bullen at the School of Visual Arts.
📅 March 25
📍 ixD Studio, School of Visual Arts, NYC
👉 Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
📣 Submissions for MakeShift 2026 are open & the deadline is approaching!
We’re inviting proposals that explore how technology in public space can be made more visible, accountable, and understandable.
📅 Deadline: April 10
Apply here: forms.gle/gbVY6rc93JSmPAcU8
#MakeShift2026 #CivicTech #DTPR
How do we design technology that protects people’s privacy?
Join us at the School of Visual Arts for a reading & conversation with Robert Stribley, author of Design for Privacy, and Superbloom's Georgia Bullen.
📅 Wednesday, March 25, 4-5:30 pm
Sign up here 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
🤖 Ever wanted to design your own AI assistant?
Superbloom + @femmecubator.org.web.brid.gy are running a hands-on workshop where you’ll build a chatbot in one afternoon.
📅 March 20
📍 NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program, Brooklyn
👉 Register here: ctcspring-2026.eventbrite.com
#AI #UX #UI
If you're interested in the topic of privacy at all, but especially as it pertains to digital design, join me and @georgiamoon.social (Exec Dir @superbloom.design) at SVA next Wed, 4pm for a reading from my book Design for Privacy followed by Q&A. Plus drinks and snacks!
sva.edu/events/desig...
🎉 We’re excited to be running a workshop at NYC School of Data with BetaNYC! We’ll share an early draft of DTPR for AI.
📅 March 28 | 2:30–3:30 PM
📍 CUNY School of Law
Register: nycsodata26.sched.com/event/2I0ou/...
#NYCSoData #CivicTech #DTPR
MakeShift 2026 (May 20-21, NYC) is an event organized by Helpful Places, Superbloom, and the SVA MFA Interaction Design, and is supported by the National Science Foundation.
#MakeShift2026 #CivicTech #DesignChallenge #Transparency #NYCDesignWeek #DTPR #HelpfulPlaces #SVA
📆 Deadline: Submit by April 10
✍ Apply here: lnkd.in/etpg7s4a
🔍 Submission guide: lnkd.in/encUDxwz
👉 Blog: lnkd.in/ecG4wzH8
Call for Proposals - MakeShift 2026: Accountable Tech by Design
Digital and AI systems shape public life, but most people can’t see how they work.
We invite designers, artists, technologists, and researchers to reimagine how we design technologies that are legible, accountable, and trustworthy.
Colorful graphic illustration of an online organizer with a megaphone in one hand and a fist up. Visuals of security, online profiles and CCTV cameras are in the background to show digital security.
We worked with Throneless Tech to stress-test Bitpart, a secure comms platform for journalists & activists. Using Disaster Games and Personas Non Grata, we mapped risks across the human stack. Key takeaway: sustainability, governance & documentation are security.
superbloom.design/learning/blo...
Our new User Experience Toolbox builds on 10 years of practice to connect usability, security and accessibility in one framework.
Access our toolbox and share your thoughts with us!
superbloom.design/learning/blo...
#UX #UsableSecurity #Accessibility #OpenSource
Design theory isn’t just for designers. If you’ve ever tried to make a process easier for someone else, you are designing.
This short video breaks down how objects (and software) signal what they want us to do.
Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ab...
#UX #Design #Security #OpenSource
A woman on stage giving a talk to a crowd full of people with the words " A Brief and incomplete history of algorithmic fuckery
At #PfPLondon, we heard powerful ideas on the future of publishing.
@aendra.com showed how publishers can design their own newsfeeds on Bluesky. Interledger argued for micropayments to save journalism. @newsmastfoundation.org shared how it built a news app to support community-led local journalism.
Join us for tomorrow's new virtual session: Encryption & Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance 🗓️ 10 Feb | 16:00 GMT
If you missed this conversation at #MozFest, we’re bringing it online!
Register now: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#civictech #encryption #surveillance
Building tools in the OTF ecosystem? When conditions are risky, usability becomes essential. That’s why we support teams through the UXD Lab. Interested in having us as a thought partner? Reach out! 📩 otf-uxd@superbloom.design
www.opentech.fund/labs/uxd-lab/ #DigitalRights #OpenSource #CivicTech
Heading to #PfP✨London 2026? We’ll be there!
@protocolsforpublishers.com is exploring open protocols for a sustainable, agentic web. The infrastructure decisions made now will shape how publishers navigate an AI-mediated web.
If you’re there, let’s connect!
protocolsforpublishers.com/london-2026/
Building alternatives to extractive platforms is as much a design challenge as a technical one. Through UXD Lab, we work with tool teams to improve onboarding, usability & adoption.
If your project could benefit from this support, do get in touch: 📩 otf-uxd@superbloom.design #CivicTech #Usability
8 people from Helpful Places and Superbloom teams in a classroom in NYC, smiling and standing together for a group photo.
Last week, Helpful Places + Superbloom teams came together during I-Corps training, supported by the National Science Foundation.
Many thanks to our friends at @svanyc.bsky.social MFA ixD for hosting us for the week & helping us make the most out of the training!
#DTPR #Training #Teamwork
Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026 to discuss how we can preserve an open, equitable web, where no one company holds the keys. Here are all the details 🎉
#ProtocolsForPublishers
protocolsforpublishers.com/london-2026/
Our latest bite-sized video looks at how visual choices influence what we notice, click, and avoid.
This is a useful reminder that #UI #design is never neutral, and that even familiar “Continue / Cancel” buttons carry assumptions about behavior and power.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Ll...
Trying to bring #UX into your #product development? Thinking about using #STRUDEL Kit?
Join us for our next UX Office Hours for live feedback and practical guidance.
🗓 Jan 21, 2026 · 12pm ET / 9am PT
🔗 go.lbl.gov/StrudelOH (no sign-up)
Bring questions or prototypes!
Cc / @ucbids.bsky.social
Platforms say kids are protected.
Research says otherwise.
Children aren’t just harmed by content but also by design: defaults, dark patterns, friction & “safety” features.
That’s what Veszna Wessenauer explains in her Superbloom piece.
Read it here 👉 superbloom.design/learning/blo...
You might be more of a designer than you think.
Here’s a bite-sized video by Superbloom’s Molly Wilson explaining affordances—how everyday objects signal what we’re “supposed” to do, and why that matters for design + security in software.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ab...
#Design #UX
Platforms say kids are protected.
Research says otherwise.
Children aren’t harmed only by content, but by design: defaults, dark patterns, friction, and “safety” features that don’t work.
Superbloom’s @wveszna.bsky.social explains why in her latest piece: superbloom.design/learning/blo...
Nostr logo on a white background, with a black ostrich running.
Building on #Nostr or interested in decentralized social networks? We want to hear from you!
We’re conducting a community survey on behalf of Nostr to understand how people worldwide use the protocol!
✍️ Take the survey now: survey.superbloom.design/878514 #OpenSource #Survey #Decentralization
Calling all devs, builders, and people interested in decentralized social networks! Nostr is gathering insights to learn how its global community engages with the platform & what support it needs going forward.
✍ Take the survey survey.superbloom.design/878514
#DecentralizedSocial #OpenProtocols
People in a filled room listening to a workshop attendee speak at MozFest Barcelona in November 2025
We were thrilled to join the #MozFest2025 session "Encryption and Feminism: Reimagining Child Safety Without Surveillance.”
Join us for the next session on 10 Feb 4 pm GMT, to discuss how we can protect children without resorting to surveillance.
Register here 👇 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...