Makeshift 2026 details, logo of Helpful Places, Superbloom and ixD SVA. Links to registration and admissions costs plus location in NYC at School of Visual Arts. Flyer is in blue, white, lime green and black font.

📣 Final call: MakeShift 2026 call for proposals closes this Friday!

We're asking what it would look like to design technology in public spaces that people can actually see, understand, and trust.

✍ Apply here: forms.gle/gbVY6rc93JSm...
🔍 Read our guide: tinyurl.com/makeshiftguide

MakeShift 2026: Call for Proposals We’re inviting participants to submit proposals for MakeShift 2026: Accountable Tech by Design, a 2-day conference co-hosted by Helpful Places, Superbloom Design, and MFA Interaction Design (ixD) at t...

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...

NYC School of Data 2026: Making the Invisible Visible: Workshoppi... View more about this event at NYC School of Data 2026

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/...

ATmosphereConf 2026 ATmosphereConf is the global atproto community conference. Join us in Vancouver, Canada, March 26th - 29th, 2026.

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

Book Talk: Design for Privacy by Robert Stribley Join us in the ixD studio for a reading and conversation with Robert Stribley, author of DESIGN FOR PRIVACY.

🔔 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-...

MakeShift 2026: Call for Proposals We’re inviting participants to submit proposals for MakeShift 2026: Accountable Tech by Design, a 2-day conference co-hosted by Helpful Places, Superbloom Design, and MFA Interaction Design (ixD) at t...

📣 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

Book Talk: Design for Privacy by Robert Stribley Join us in the ixD studio for a reading and conversation with Robert Stribley, author of DESIGN FOR PRIVACY.

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-...

Designing Chat AI Assistants Workshop Presented by Femmecubator and Superbloom

🤖 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

Design for Privacy with Robert Stribley | Mar 25, 2026; 4:00 - 5:30pm | Events and Exhibitions | School of Visual Arts | SVA NYC Join us in the ixD studio for a reading and conversation with Robert Stribley, author of DESIGN FOR PRIVACY.

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

MakeShift 2026: Call for Proposals We’re inviting participants to submit proposals for MakeShift 2026: Accountable Tech by Design, a 2-day conference co-hosted by Helpful Places, Superbloom Design, and MFA Interaction Design (ixD) at t...

📆 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...

Superbloom's User Experience Toolbox for Risk Mitigation and Accessibility Over the last six months, we’ve been updating our Usable Security Audit Methodology to better reflect our current practices, the advances in our fields of interest, and accessibility as a core princip...

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

What are design affordances? YouTube video by mollyclare

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

User Experience & Discovery Lab Our partners improve the user-experience design of internet freedom technologies.

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

Protocols for Publishers ✨ London Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026

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

Protocols for Publishers ✨ London Join us in London on Feb 4-5, 2026

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/

How UI visuals create emphasis (Superbloom) YouTube video by mollyclare

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

From Content to Interface: Rethinking Platform Transparency Through Design

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...

What are design affordances? YouTube video by mollyclare

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

From Content to Interface: Rethinking Platform Transparency Through Design

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