Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design

Bansi Mehta, founder of Koru UX Design and healthcare-focused UX leader, shares her Sense–Shape–Steer framework for designing AI features. She breaks down how to spot real AI opportunities. She compares copilots versus agentic experiences. She highlights storyboarding AI behavior and rapid prototyping to test ideas quickly.

A crisp tour of Claude’s standout tools like Skills, Connectors, Canvas, and Claude Code. Learn how Projects and Canvas keep long research and prototypes organized. Hear why Claude shines with large context, how reusable Skills automate workflows, and how connectors link your docs and apps for smoother design work.

Felix Haas, designer-turned-founder and investor at Lovable who writes about AI and vibe coding. He talks about where AI is now and how tools move from helpers to co‑founders. He explains vibe coding, faster prototyping and validation, why designers should build and experiment, and how curiosity and authenticity beat polished perfection.

A candid guide for junior designers facing an AI-driven job market. Topics include which junior tasks AI is automating and where roles are most vulnerable. Practical moves are highlighted: become AI-native by building workflows, develop product thinking early, and design the human layer for AI systems. Also covers why portfolios alone may no longer win jobs and small first steps to start adapting now.

Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Principal Instructor at LinkedIn and veteran front-end/UX designer turned AI and product thinker. He argues designers must become builders. Short takes cover why technology is a choice, what happens when users bypass screens, how AI agents shift control, why service and systems thinking matter, and how designers can move from sketches to real apps.

A viral AI essay is unpacked, debating whether models are becoming autonomous agents or just hype. The conversation explores agentic AI that plans and executes work, reasons the piece spread fast, and varied expert reactions from optimism to skepticism. Practical design changes, career tactics for experimenting with top models, and why human judgment still matters are highlighted.

Julian Della Mattia, senior user insights manager at DuckDuckGo who builds research infrastructure, discusses synthetic users and AI in research. He explains what synthetic users are and when they help. He covers risks like polished, misleading answers, AI-moderated interviews, bias and validation, and how researchers’ roles may shift toward orchestration.

A look at AI agents that act instead of just advising. Exploration of OpenClaw’s ability to open apps, draft messages, and execute multi-tool tasks. Discussion of self‑hosted runtimes, local gateways, and reusable skills. Focus on UX shifts toward permissions, undo, transparency, and new safety and security responsibilities for designers.

Real stories from design sprints and roadmap fights reveal five future-ready UX meta-skills to build now. Topics include sharpening design judgment when data is fuzzy, influencing decisions without formal authority, and shifting to outcome-focused work. They also cover thinking in systems across journeys and becoming fluent with AI and automation. Practical practices and short exercises for daily skill-building are sprinkled throughout.

Flore de Crombrugghe, a versatile UX/UI designer and illustrator, shares her journey of creating an AI-powered prototype to bridge the communication gap between designers and non-designers. She reveals how she identified critical presentation challenges within design teams and used AI tools to prototype solutions. Flore discusses the benefits of hands-on experimentation in AI design, emphasizing the evolving roles of designers as they harness AI for rapid prototyping and strategic decision-making. Tune in for valuable insights and practical tips for integrating AI into the design process!