The Dubstech Protothon Wordmark 2020

The Online UX Hackathon

May 4, 2024 – May 5, 2024

Test your rapid prototyping and design thinking skills! Push the limits of your mind to make something amazing.

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How Does it Work?

You’re used to the normal design process – now try it at 10x the speed. The added benefit is NO CODE. JUST DESIGN!

1. Understand the Problem

Pick a prompt from one of our tracks: classic, enterprise, gaming, or space and time travel. Each prompt gives you some info, but you’re encouraged to research the problem yourself!

Understand the Problem | Dubstech Protothon 2020
Understand the Problem | Dubstech Protothon 2020

2. Ideate & Sketch Solutions

Once you’ve got a grasp on the problem, sketch out your ideas. Create affinity diagrams, do some card sorting, draw up some mockups – keep iterating, whichever way works best for you!

3. Race to realize it digitally

After you’ve nailed your sketches, bring it up to high-fidelity. Use a prototyping tool like Figma or Sketch or Webflow to convert those drawings into something beautiful and interactive.

Understand the Problem | Dubstech Protothon 2020
Understand the Problem | Dubstech Protothon 2020

4. Submit & Win Prizes!

Submit your prototype and our esteemed judges will judge your work. You might just win a prize!

The Tracks

Select a prompt from any one of the following tracks. The prompts will be released for each track on the day of the event.

Classic Track

Get a chance to focus on crafting a new experience. This could be a feature in an app, a redesigned website, or an entirely new platform! 

Enterprise Track

Design for business! This track focuses on empowering large corporations with the tools they need for daily operations, analytics, and business intelligence.

Space & Time Travel Track

Come explore the interfaces that would make the experience of space and time travel as amazing as the movies.

Gaming Track

Your gateway towards designing an immersive video gaming experience that can be enjoyed by people of all skill levels

The Judges

Get an opportunity to get feedback from the best and brightest designers in UX!

Mookesh Patel

Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

Stefanie McLaren

Sr. Product Designer & Design Mentor

Amy Durocher

Principal Product Manager, Adobe Photoshop

Augustina Liu

Sr. Product Designer, Toast

Irem Ozekes

Webflow & Framer Developer, Freelance

Marissa Louie

Principal Manager, Product Design, CrowdStrike

Max Brettler

Experience Designer, Slalom

Missy Yarbrough

Career Coach, Careercoach.design

Pragya Srivastava

Senior UX Designer, Oxy

Shruti R

User Experience Designer II, Amazon

Evan Luputra

Sr. UX Designer, Expedia & Co - CEO of Savicore

Shane Martin

Interaction Designer, Intuitive - daVinci 5

Jimmy Foulds

Product Designer, Jostle

Sheraz Butt

Sr. Product Designer, Let's Level Up

Davis Brown

UX Designer, Adobe Firefly

Pratik Joglekar

Senior Product Designer, Hubspot

Jordan Yep

Product Designer, Jostle

Adam Syed

Product Designer, Twitch

Simran Tank

UX Consultant, Center for Digital Experiences at Pratt Institute

Rocco Tyndale

Director of Design, Universal Audio

Mingzhi Cai

Senior Product Experience Designer, Mastercard

EJ Lim

User Experience Interaction Designer, Google

Imani Joy Maia

Senior Product Designer , Tremendous

Amol Sood

Director User Experience, Oracle

What's Going Down

Day 1

Saturday, May 4 (PST)

Opening Ceremony
9:00 AM
Breakout to Design!
9:30 AM
Team Formation
9:30 AM
Doing Product at Adobe Photoshop by Amy Durocher (Adobe)
10:30 AM
How to Make Your Case Study Stand Out by Chi Chen (Adobe)
11:30 AM
Intro to Framer Workshop with Irem Ozekes and Raymond Xian
12:00 PM
Presentation Strategies for Success in the Job Search with Missy Yarbrough (careercoach.design)
3:00 PM
Designing for AI at Adobe by Davis Brown (Adobe)
4:00 PM
Game Night with Madhumitha Sridhar and Manav Agarwal
6:30 PM

Day 2

Sunday, May 5 (PST)

Leveraging UX Strategy in the Startup World with Eric Joseph Lee
9:00 AM
Project Feedback Session
10:00 AM
Submit Designs
1:30 PM
Judging Begins
3:00 PM
Design Showcase
3:30 PM
Networking Meetup
4:30 PM
Results + Awards + Closing Notes
6:30 PM

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Everything we do is free – spots are limited so we recommend you register soon!

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