We noticed we haven’t posted on the site for a while, gosh, it’s been over 1 1/2 years! Yikes!

So, here’s the latest news.

Nick DeNardis and I took time off last year with Refresh Detroit. Our last 2015 event was the annual Accessibility Summit we held at the University of Michigan.

We relaunched Refresh Detroit in 2015 with a remote talk in February by David Brooks, Designing Against Yourself.

In March, Chris DeMars returned to present Block Element Module (BEM). We had a great turnout, with many new members joining the discussion after the talk, with demos of how they’re using BEM in their work.

Last night, we held our first Geek Dinner, a casual get-together at Broderick Grille, to chat about our work, design, and catch up with other.

Next month, we’re partnering with Metro Detroit WordPress to host the third annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Detroit to raise awareness of digital accessibility in the products and services we design. We hope you’ll join us!

Plans for 2016

We want to hear from you! What are you interested in? What web and design topics, discussions, or presentations do you want to see happening at Refresh Detroit?

Do you have an interesting case study to share?

Or design problem you overcame in your work that you want to talk about? We’d love to have you speak to the group!

Nick and I are planning to send out a member survey to find out what will bring you to our next Refresh Detroit meetup. Expect to see it in the next couple weeks.