Design 4 Drupal, Boston is an annual conference and a monthly webinar series, devoted to design, UX and front-end development for Drupal websites, as well as the business and process challenges facing Drupal teams. Follow us on LinkedIn and sign up for our email newsletter, to be notified of monthly webinars. Virtual annual summer conferences in 2020, 2021, and 2022. We plan to return to an in-person event in the summer of 2023. History At DrupalCon DC 2009, an unexpected event happened. While sessions centered on development, performance, business and the Drupal community were making up the majority of the conference’s content, Drupal designers and themers were connecting behind the scenes like never before. This connection started over Twitter and in small Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions. It ended with a passionate group of designers and themers taking over a room for the last two days of DrupalCon. In that room, tucked away in the back, some dreaming happened. People talked about different techniques for theming, the lack of designers in Drupal, usability features they’d like to see in Drupal 7, and much, much more. Angie Byron (webchick) picked their brains, plans were made to keep up the energy of change, and people started to connect with each other. Design for Drupal dedicated events The energy of the group started to turn to Drupal design camps. The first camp with a major design and theme presence was DrupalCamp Copenhagen in 2009 founded by Morten DK, where a third of the camp was dedicated to theming. The next camp, founded by Susan MacPhee, Design 4 Drupal, Boston 2009, was the first Drupal camp to be entirely dedicated to design. Thanks to our generous sponsors, help from individual contributors and an army of wonderful volunteers, we can charge a minimal fee for Design 4 Drupal, Boston in person conferences with online events offered free. Sponsorships appreciated and all contributions go directly towards funding event operation costs.