Ever built something so beautifully broken that users cried actual tears?
Now imagine celebrating that instead of hiding it in a case study.
BAD UX FESTIVAL CUP is a live showcase where six pre-selected creative technologists and design engineers present the worst UI ever built: think pop-up ads that multiply, buttons that dodge your cursor, confirm dialogs that confirm nothing, and forms that ask for your firstborn.
This is design thinking turned inside out.
No pitch decks, no client-speak, no “synergy.” Just brilliant people showing off their most gloriously unusable work and getting roasted (lovingly) for it.
Why You Should Come
- A refreshingly human night out on the first Friday of the Leeds Digital Festival! Come as you are and let’s get messy.
- See how far good design skills can go when pointed at chaos instead of conversion rates.
- Meet agency folks and freelancers who take the work seriously but not themselves
- Watch six live pitches, laugh a lot, and vote for your favourite disaster
- Refreshments provided, because even bad UX deserves good snacks
Agenda
- 6:00 PM – Doors open, registration, refreshments and mingling
- 6:30 PM – Welcome talk: what makes UX “bad”
- 6:45 PM – Pitch 1
- 7:00 PM – Pitch 2
- 7:15 PM – Pitch 3
- 7:30 PM – Short break, refreshments
- 7:45 PM – Pitch 4
- 8:00 PM – Pitch 5
- 8:15 PM – Pitch 6
- 8:30 PM – Judging and audience voting
- 8:50 PM – Winners announced, trophy ceremony, closing drinks
Who This Is For
Agencies who want their team to remember what play feels like. Freelancers who are sick of solo work and want a room full of people who get the craft. Anyone who believes the best ideas come from people who don’t take themselves too seriously.
