Next Event
1:1 mentorship in 20-minute sessions
An evening of 1:1 mentorship for designers, startup founders, and builders navigating an AI-driven world. Bring your portfolio, product, prototype, or startup idea and get direct feedback from experienced product designers and design leaders.
Space is limited
Date
Wed, September 9, 2026
Time
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
Location
Frontier Tower, San Francisco
Portfolio feedback
Designers, students, and career changers: bring your portfolio and get direct, actionable critique plus career guidance from design leaders.
Product feedback
Founders and builders: bring your product, prototype, or idea and get product validation and UX feedback from product design experts.
Featured mentors
More mentors being announced soon
Radhika Bhoj
AI Product Designer, Apple
Doug Geerdes
Senior Product Designer, YouTube
Lukasz Lysakowski
UX Design Director, Workday
Brandon Arnovick
Principal Product Designer, Chase
Nicole Boac
Senior Product Designer, Shipt
Nathan Diesel
Senior Product Designer, Consultant
Robert Surrency
Founder, Aurora Foundry
Nick Hoh
Senior Design Manager, SmithRx
Jorge Luis Maya
Product Designer, ERGO Next Insurance
From past mentor nights
Want to mentor or sponsor?
We're inviting experienced design, product, and AI leaders to mentor, and companies interested in supporting San Francisco's design and startup community.
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Design Career
An experience design organization based in San Francisco. Events, workshops, and mentoring for the design community.
About Cascade
Where San Francisco's design community connects
Cascade is an experience design organization based in San Francisco, California. We unite designers of all types through events, workshops, and our mentor program. We help each other grow.
We strive to be the bridge between the design community and technology companies. We give you the information you need to succeed as a digital product designer and connect you with the people and resources in tech.
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What We Do
UX Events, Workshops & Mentoring
We organize experiences that educate designers, connect them with job opportunities, and optimize their career path.
Events
Join our design events featuring talks from industry leaders at top tech companies. Learn about AI, VR, AR, blockchain, and everything on the cutting edge.
Workshops
Hands-on workshops to level up your design skills. From UX research to prototyping, our sessions are interactive, practical, and led by experienced practitioners.
Mentoring
Connect with experienced design mentors who can guide your career. Our mentor program pairs you with professionals from leading tech companies.
Who We Are
Led by a passionate design community
Led by Andi Galpern, Cascade is a community of thousands of experience designers in Silicon Valley. We study design and meet product leaders, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
We learn about artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, blockchain, chatbots, and everything on the cutting edge. Then we organize events to educate designers and connect them with opportunities.
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Design Career Network
Our parent brand, hosting educational events around the globe and providing mentor access to aspiring and practicing designers in technology.
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We welcome anyone who wants to learn about the intersection of design and technology.
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Our sponsors help make Cascade events possible. By partnering with us, companies gain direct access to San Francisco's most engaged design community -- connect with 10,000+ UX professionals, showcase your brand at high-impact events, and demonstrate your commitment to growing the design industry.
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