ATX Design Events: 9/8-9/13
The 35th edition of AustinUX.org design events in 2025
Hi ATX designers & creatives! We are nearing fall and this week (9/8-9/13) is stacked with opportunities to 📖 learn, 🤝 network, 🌀 experience, and ✏️ co-create.
Monday 9/8:
🤝 6–9pm – ATX Startups Networking & Lightning Pitches @ Capital Factory
🚴 6–7pm – CreativeMornings: All Wheels Invited Cruising Club @ 1501 E 5th St.
✏️ 6–7:45pm – Film Strip Club: 16mm Direct Animation Workshop @ Howson Branch, Austin Public Library
Tuesday 9/9:
✏️ 10am–4pm – Open Coworking @ Capital Factory (free coffee ☕)
🤝 10–11:30am – UT Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center: Startup Coffee Connect @ Rowling Hall (free coffee ☕ & tacos)
🤝 6–7:30pm – Designed Minds: Career Designers Conversation @ Freddo ATX
🤝 6–9pm – AIGA Creative Mass @ Purely Provisions, Round Rock
🤝 6:30–8:30pm – Public Speaking Playground @ Capital Factory
✏️ 6:30–7:45pm – CreativeMornings: Tarot for Creativity w/
@ Captain Quack's Bakery & Coffeehouse🌀 8–10pm – ATX Short Film Showcase @ 29th Street Ballroom ($12 tickets 🎟️)
Wednesday 9/10:
🤝 5–7pm – Friends of Figma: Overcoming Impostor Syndrome in Design @ Realtor.com Tech Center
🤝 6–9pm – Reuneo: Creatives & Tech Speed Networking @ Capital Factory
🤝 6–8pm – Prosper XO: Creative Culture Reimagined: Women Leading PR, Culture & Community @ Capital Factory
📖 6:30–8pm – UX Reading Room @ Central Market Cafe (N Lamar)
📖 7–9pm – EFF-Austin: The Privacy Journey w/Techlore @ Capital Factory
Thursday 9/11:
📖 1–4pm – Austin Forum: Navigating the Future of Software Development @ Improving Office
🤝 5:30–7:30pm – Attlassian: ACE Happy Hour @ Draught House Pub & Brewery (free drinks 🍺)
🤝 6:30–8pm – Artists & the Age of AI @ Capital Factory
📖 7–9pm – Open Austin: Designers Making Stuff with LLMs @ Cherrywood Coffeehouse
🌀 7–9:30pm – Fusebox Artist Salon @ dadaLab ($17 tickets 🎟️)
Friday 9/12:
🚶 8:30–10:30am – Hill Climbers x Lonestartup Walk & Talk @ downtown Austin
🤝 10am-12pm – Austin Business Review: Business Owner Coffee Social @ St. Elmo Brewing
🤝 6-8pm – WiA + LGBTQIA+ Alliance // Happy Hour + Maker-event @ Andalusia Design
Saturday 9/6:
🚶 8–10:30am – The Board Walks @ Bennu Coffee (Congress)
🌀 12-4pm – Decompress Fest 2025: allgo's 9th Annual Healing Fair @ George Washington Carver Museum
🌀 2-4pm – WCC In Conversation: Erik Ross | Artist Talk @ West Chelsea Contemporary
I add all these events by hand. If you have feedback or want to share something cool happening in ATX, hit me up via email or LinkedIn. Explore more local resources at AustinUX.org. Let’s keep building cool stuff together.
✌️ See y’all out there!