My dear colleague and friend Christian Heilmann gave me a massive book that I had to carry from London to Berlin. It was Smashing Book 4th. I was lucky to produce an event with WebVisions that year at Betahaus Berlin were I first met Vitaly Friedman. It was his birthday and he explained the funniest story! Little did I know that it was the beginning of a great adventure. On 2015, we produced together the first SmashingConf Barcelona (2015-2017), at the most beautiful venue I have ever dreamed of producing an event! A heritage for humanity site, Palau de la Música Catalana hosting 600 friendly web designers and front-end developers.

The SmashingConf Barcelona was held from 2015-2017 at the Palau de la Música Catalana. SmashingConfs are dedicated to providing attendees with real-world, practical insights and training in cutting-edge front-end and UX techniques. It’s a place where professionals share practical techniques, ideas, strategies, failures, lessons learned, and successes in an informal, intimate atmosphere.

What I love most of the SmashingConfs is that we keep it personal : no fancy suits, no halls with thousands of people —just practical quality content, delivered by experts working on real life projects, in an open-minded, welcoming environment. SmashingConf Barcelona Video.