Nº 138 :: UX Writing – An Introduction to Tools, Methods and Practices

Our 138th meetup, held at Bekk, introduced UX writing as a growing discipline. We added 50 more seats, and the talks were livestreamed.

Josefine Valle and Vilde Reichelt from Bakken & Bæck presented "From Microcopy to Content Strategy: How UX Writing Found Its Feet at Bakken & Bæck". Valle has a background in copywriting, advertising and literary studies; Reichelt is a linguist who previously developed language for the Norwegian Google Assistant. They discussed whether copy is a styling tool or a building block, and shared the team's process, methods and ambitions.

Jane Ruffino, a Stockholm-based content designer, UX writer and researcher completing a doctorate at Södertörn University, followed with "Talking Ourselves Into It: Design and Power in UX writing". She looked at how language in products expresses values, and at the limits of designers' power to make the world more just.

Speakers

• Josefine Valle, Copywriter, Bakken & Bæck — From Microcopy to Content Strategy: How UX Writing Found Its Feet at Bakken & Bæck
• Vilde Reichelt, Bakken & Bæck — From Microcopy to Content Strategy: How UX Writing Found Its Feet at Bakken & Bæck
• Jane Ruffino, Content designer, UX writer and researcher, Stockholm (doctoral candidate, Södertörn University) — Talking Ourselves Into It: Design and Power in UX writing

The original event page is on meetup.com.