Speakers
Want to learn shiny new things about UX and design? Our friendly, knowledgeable and approachable speakers will help and inspire you. You’ll also have time to ask all your questions.
Our speakers and workshop teachers are the best in their fields, and they love to share what they know, how they work and what drives them. On top of that, they are all smashingly nice, and really want to help!
Find our first speakers below, and we'll announce more smashing speakers and workshop teachers soon!
Had a wonderful day @smashingconf. Thanks for putting up such a great event! #smashingconf
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Christine Vallaure
Christine Vallaure is the founder of moonlearning.io, a UX, UI Design, and Figma learning platform where design meets code. She’s also the author of theSolo.io, a practical guide to building and growing digital products as a company of one, and a regular speaker at design and tech conferences.
With over a decade of experience collaborating with leading brands, agencies, and startups across Berlin, Mexico City, and London, Christine now calls Madrid home.
Christine is passionate about bridging the gap between design and code. She encourages designers and developers to learn from each other, fostering curiosity, collaboration, and mutual respect. Through her teaching, writing, and workshops, Christine helps designers confidently tackle new challenges while staying current with the tools and advancements shaping the industry.
- Talk
- The Invisible Divide
- On the web
- https://www.moonlearning.io
- On LinkedIn
- christinevallaure
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Kevin Powell
Kevin is a CSS evangelist and educator whose primary goal is to help people fall in love with CSS and, failing that, to at least help them be a little less frustrated by it.
He is best known for his YouTube channel, where he posts weekly educational videos that, he hopes, help both inspire and empower people to improve at CSS.
- Talk
- Smart Layout Patterns with Modern CSS
- On the web
- https://www.kevinpowell.co/
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Chris Kolb
Chris is co-founder and chief design officer at Wahnsinn Design. A designer by trade and business psychologist by education he tries to build software that makes complexity less daunting and gets out of the way quicker. Together with his co-founder Alex he is hosting the podcast bessermit.design.
- Talk
- Designing for Real People
- On the web
- https://chris.wahnsinn.design
- On LinkedIn
- christoph-kolb
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Mystery Speaker
Obviously, our Mystery Speaker is a bit of a… well, Mystery. In true smashing style, you can expect something wonderful. It’s someone worth waking up for. Something unexpected, a little magical, and very much unmissable.
So yes, set that alarm for Day Two. Grab a coffee. Be curious. You won’t want to miss this.
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Vitaly Friedman
Creative Lead and Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine
Vitaly Friedman loves beautiful content and doesn’t like to give in easily. When he is not writing or speaking at a conference, he’s most probably running front-end/UX workshops and webinars. He loves solving complex UX, front-end and performance problems.
- On the web
- https://smashingmagazine.com
- On LinkedIn
- vitalyfriedman