Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design
Patricia Reiners
Welcome to „The Future of UX“ - the podcast about the future of UX Design, where we explore how emerging technologies like AI, AR, VR, and the metaverse will impact user experience design. Join Patricia Reiners as they sit down with experts and thought leaders from the world of tech and design to discuss the latest trends, insights, and best practices in the field of UX.
From the ethics of AI to the future of user interfaces, we'll dive deep into the topics that matter most to UX designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Whether you're just starting out
Hear you in the future!
From the ethics of AI to the future of user interfaces, we'll dive deep into the topics that matter most to UX designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Whether you're just starting out
Hear you in the future!
Episodes
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Apr 9, 2026 • 38min
#151 The Empathic Web: When interfaces start responding to your emotions with Sebastian Löwe
Sebastian Löwe, Director of UX Design at Virtual Identity and former design management professor, explores the Empathic Web—interfaces that adapt to users' emotions in real time. He discusses signals like mouse movement and voice, the rise of agentic AI that products must serve, how design processes change for dynamic moods, and the ethical line between helpful personalization and manipulation.
10 snips
Apr 2, 2026 • 25min
Quarterly Update: The AI Shifts Designers Should Watch Now
A quick tour of AI shifts designers need to watch: reusable Claude Skills that turn prompts into workflows, tools linking into real ecosystems, and agents that can act on your computer. Hear how learning changes with NotebookLM and why design work is moving toward systems thinking and clearer problem framing.
75 snips
Mar 26, 2026 • 56min
#149 Designing AI Features: The 3-Step Framework Product Teams Need with Bansi Mehta
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.
38 snips
Mar 19, 2026 • 19min
#148 Understand Claude in 20 Minutes: Skills, Plugins, Code & What Designers Should Actually Use
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.
30 snips
Mar 12, 2026 • 46min
#147 Why designers need to think like founders with Felix Haas
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.
10 snips
Mar 5, 2026 • 25min
#146 Junior Designers, If I Were Starting My Design Career Today, I’d Do These 3 Things
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.
84 snips
Feb 26, 2026 • 1h 9min
#145 From Pixels to Power: Why Designers Must Become Builders with Morten Rand-Hendriksen
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.
10 snips
Feb 19, 2026 • 18min
#144 Something Big Is Happening with Matt Shumer: Agentic AI, Hype & What UX Designers Should Really Do
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.
23 snips
Feb 12, 2026 • 48min
#143 Synthetic Users, AI Interviews, and the Future of UX Research with Julian Della Mattia
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.
Feb 5, 2026 • 18min
#142 OpenClaw and the UX Shift from Interaction to Delegation
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.
