🚀 Excited to share that my panel proposal for SXSW EDU — “UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World” — is currently in the voting phase!

If you’re passionate about user experience design and innovation, I’d really appreciate your support to help bring this conversation to the SXSW stage.

Vote here 👉 https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-edu/page/community-voting/session/1750811215511001J5Ey

Thank you! 🙏 #SXSWedu #UXDesign #Innovation #TactileUX #UserExperience

I’m thrilled to share that my session proposal is now live for SXSW EDU 2026 community voting:

“UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World”

This talk explores how we can bring hands-on, analog, and tactile methods back into UX education — drawing on my years teaching at Emily Carr and beyond.

If you believe the future of design should reconnect with physical creativity, I’d be honoured by your vote:
👉 https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-edu/page/community-voting/session/1750811215511001J5Ey

#SXSWEDU #UXNow #TactileUX #DesignThinking #UXEducation

Two years ago, I spoke at the Sorbonne about typography and power.

This September, I return — not with answers, but with tension.

Tension between digital tools and physical presence. Between frictionless systems and what it means to feel.

I’ll be speaking about UX Now — a framework born from asking how design education can go tactile again.

Talk drops in September. Stay tuned.

#Sorbonne #UXNow #DesignEducation #TactileUX #ThomasGirard #ReturnToSorbonne

“Why I submitted UX Now to SXSW”

SXSW EDU received over 1,400 proposals this year.
Mine was one of them — UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World.

It’s about restoring the physical in a time of hyper-digital tools.
It’s about teaching design that feels.

If that resonates, I’d be honoured if you’d vote.

🔷 Vote here → https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-edu/page/community-voting/session/1750811215511001J5Ey

#SXSWEDU #UXNow #DesignEducation #TactileUX #ThomasGirard

🚨 Voting is now open for SXSW EDU 2026!

I’m excited to share my session proposal:
🎓 UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World

This talk explores how analog methods — like physical prototyping and hands-on iteration — are shaping the future of UX education in an increasingly digital world.

If this resonates with you, I’d be honoured if you’d vote and share.

🔗 Vote here: https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-edu/page/community-voting/session/1750811215511001J5Ey

🗳️ Voting closes August 18

#SXSWEDU #UXNow #TactileUX #DesignInnovation #ThomasGirard

UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World now lives on GitHub. It’s about slowing down in an era of speed.

I made this for anyone who wants to feel again through design.

https://github.com/onthomasgit/UX-Now-Framework

#UXNow #DesignThinking #TactileUX

We don’t need more tools — we need more touch.

That’s what led me to create UX Now: a framework that reintroduces analog thinking into digital environments.

Whether it’s prototyping with pen and paper or designing for the senses, UX Now is an invitation to slow down and feel more.

The full white paper is now public, remixable, and versioned on GitHub.

🧠 UX Now: Tactile Innovation in a Digital World
https://github.com/onthomasgit/UX-Now-Framework

#UXDesign #Frameworks #DesignEducation #TactileUX

Excited to be featured in this week’s “New Design Podcast Episodes” roundup, alongside some brilliant names in design.

🎙 The UX Growth Podcast hosted by Nick Mann

Huge thanks to the community for the continued support — it means a lot to be part of these conversations shaping what UX looks like today.

🔗 https://www.theuxgrowth.com/episodes/greggirard

#UXDesign #DesignPodcasts #ThomasGirard #UXGrowth #BraveUX #TactileUX

Excited to be featured in this week’s “New Design Podcast Episodes” roundup, alongside some brilliant names in design.

🎙 The UX Growth Podcast hosted by Nick Mann

Huge thanks to the community for the continued support — it means a lot to be part of these conversations shaping what UX looks like today.

🔗 https://www.theuxgrowth.com/episodes/greggirard

#UXDesign #DesignPodcasts #ThomasGirard #UXGrowth #BraveUX #TactileUX

Just noticed this:

My Brave UX episode now has the most YouTube views out of the last 17 episodes.

Deep gratitude to Brendan Jarvis for the thoughtful space — and to everyone who’s spent time with these ideas around UX Now, analog methods, and design education.

🎧 Watch here: https://youtu.be/1WcXHhvMhls?si=1iNt6kE5KlO06t_F

#BraveUX #ThomasGirard #UXNow #DesignLeadership #TactileUX

At the heart of UX Now is a belief that tactile methods aren’t nostalgic — they’re essential.

Here’s how I’ve been teaching and applying this idea across classrooms, studios, and stages:

Curious where this goes next? I return to the Sorbonne this fall with a new talk on this very topic.

#UXNow #DesignEducation #TactileUX

Brendan Jarvis just dropped a new short from our Brave UX episode — this one touches on the “life or death” nature of typography.

I meant it literally. Typography can soothe or inflame. It can give someone dignity — or take it away.

When we treat type as neutral, we ignore its power.

🎧 Watch the clip → https://www.linkedin.com/posts/brendanjarvis_typography-can-be-life-or-death-thomas-ugcPost-7337735293942251524-UbKX?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAABgMBIBnE8p_SqXnbbwqoBBAgD9jMH1e6o

#TypographyMatters #BraveUX #DesignWithCare #UXNow #TactileUX

Sometimes the most important innovation doesn’t begin on screens. It begins in your hands. ✍️ #TactileUX #DesignThinking