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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!
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UX Has an Identity Crisis, and AI Is Just the Inspection What is really changing in UX right now, the numbers behind it, and why AI is the inspection rather than the cause. Part one of two. Resources and links AI for Designers Bootcamp: https://ai-for-designers.com Newsletter: https://patriciareiners.de/newsletter/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ux.patricia/ NPR, jury finds Meta and Google negligent, March 2026 NPR, child safety trial opening, August 2026 AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Join the AI Workforce Challenge Sep 07 - Sep 14 LIVE ✨ Build your own agents and skills with Claude: Let's build together Show notes / sources AI in Design Report 2026 — Teams chapter Designer Fund — AI in Design 2026: The inflection point is here The Rise of the Design Engineer — Our Culture Mag TechCrunch — Anthropic launches Claude Design DataCamp — What Is Claude Design? UX Planet — Why the UX Job Market is changing in 2026 AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
7 Day Challenge, build your own AI workforce. Starts 7 September, seven days, one hour a day. 🔧 Sign up here I work 24 hours a week. If you opened my laptop today you would not find a chatbot. You would find an org chart, built in Claude Cowork: six departments, none of them human. In this episode I take the whole thing apart. The four text files underneath it, which are the boring part and take an afternoon to write. The six departments built on top, which are the part that actually changed my week. And the one file almost nobody builds, the one that turns a fast tool into something that sounds like you. What you get: why a prompt library quietly fails and a memory file does not, how to name your departments after your week instead of after the tools, why a narrow role writes better than a general assistant, the one rule that stops research from ever publishing, and the honest cost of owning a system like this. No code anywhere in it. If you can rename a folder, you can build this. 7 Day Challenge, build your own AI workforce. Starts 7 September, seven days, one hour a day. 🔧 Sign up here AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Domingo Widen is a Staff Product Designer at Fin (formerly Intercom), where he leads the Frontend Infrastructure team — the team that builds the tools, design system and AI setup everyone else uses to ship. In this episode he opens up his actual workflow: a "Design Playground" repo every designer, PM and researcher can clone, prototyping directly in production, and "Search Intelligence" a persistent knowledge layer that teaches Claude how Fin designs and codes. We talk about what happens when the Figma file stops being the deliverable: how a complex filtering system got built as a working prototype instead of ten mockups, how handoff turns into a PR plus an auto-generated spec, and why engineers ended up being the biggest users of the design team's skills. If you want a concrete, unhyped look at what an AI-native design team actually does day to day, this one is for you. Key Learnings There are two modes of AI prototyping and you need both. The design system is the guardrail that makes this safe. Because everyone builds on the same components and tokens, a PM or researcher can prototype without producing something off-brand or unusable. Skills are only as good as the information behind them. Fin's early skills gave mixed results — so they built "Search Intelligence", a persistent information layer that every skill reads from. Handoff becomes a PR + a generated spec. A "Search Handoff" skill reads the prototype code and writes the doc: architecture, what was built, which workarounds were needed, what broke. The engineer picks it up from there and focuses on plumbing, data and edge cases. The biggest users of the design team's skills are engineers. Everyone works in the same medium now. PM, designer and engineer used to live in Google Docs, Figma and VS Code. Now it's one shared artifact — which makes conversations concrete but also creates an identity crisis for designers who defined their value by the file. Curiosity + critical thinking are the two traits that survive. Play is back — and it counts. Side projects (a baby sleep tracker, a garden planner that checks on tomatoes) are now part of a portfolio. Domingo Widen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domingowiden Portfolio: https://www.domingowiden.com X: https://x.com/DwidenR24 Fin: https://fin.ai Fin Operator (the tool Domingo prototypes on in production): https://fin.ai/operator AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
In this first quarterly update I talk about the private company cohorts I'm building, the free Adobe Firefly workshop series, and three shifts I saw in the field over the last three months. Plus the honest version of how I actually work: three days a week, what that constraint did to my business, and the one thing I got wrong and waited far too long to fix. IN THIS EPISODE Why Claude Code stopped being a developer tool and turned into a research interface How documentation moved from hygiene to infrastructure, and why designers are well positioned for that shift What changes in your design work the moment an AI feature acts instead of suggests Why being an expert in everything is no longer the goal, and what replaces it How working three days a week made my business sharper instead of smaller Why design teams rarely struggle with tool knowledge and almost always struggle with agreement The thing I waited six months too long to fix RESOURCES Work with me: if you're self-employed and open to collaborating at some point, fill out this short survey. Completely non-binding, takes two minutes. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef6hsir1t5StSir8yPVA-0T6YsojyCmfR8X4kidDb8f7wJXw/viewform AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX
A designer with 20+ years of experience sits in front of twelve competent, AI-generated screens... and can't evaluate a single one. Not because they're bad. Because something is missing. And the same thing happened to me. In this episode, I investigate this case like a detective story: What was taken from us? Who took it? The answer turned out to be the most hopeful thing I've learned about design in years, disguised as a crisis. Because the comps were never the design. The comps are the artifact. The design is the model in your head, and no tool can generate it. In this episode: The mystery: why the most trained design judgment goes offline in front of good AI output (and why "AI output is slop" is the wrong explanation) The three suspects: the AI, the speed, and the surprising real culprit Why "the back-and-forth builds the model": the experiment that proves your value was never in the pixels The cold case behind it all: how we spent 20 years selling the first three rounds, and why that gap just closed forever The stakes ladder: what happens when a designer, a team, or a whole organization over-trusts AI output Taste redefined: deciding, not decorating, and why having no opinion defaults to the average The open question: if artifacts are cheap, is the "living transcript" the design deliverable of the future? Your homework: five questions before pixels Resources mentioned: Christopher Noessel "Design Was Never the Comps: What I learned when Claude Design dumped a dozen screens on me" https://christophernoessel.medium.com/design-was-never-the-comps-what-i-learned-when-claude-design-dumped-a-dozen-screens-on-me-73893af464ae Christopher Noessel "RationaleBot: Why design's near-future deliverable is a living transcript" https://christophernoessel.medium.com/rationalebot-why-designs-near-future-deliverable-is-a-living-transcript-c70613215359 Christopher Noessel — "Get Claude Design to present like a consultant" (follow-up with the practical prompt) https://christophernoessel.medium.com/get-claude-design-to-present-like-a-consultant-6bf22261717f Roger Wong "A Sunday Afternoon with Claude Design" (the squiggly line, Picasso's nine Guernica studies) https://rogerwong.me/2026/04/sunday-afternoon-claude-design Anthony Wood (House of gAi) "Claude Design Came for the First Three Rounds. Not the Designers." https://medium.com/@ant_95138/claude-design-for-designers-what-anthropics-new-ai-tool-means-for-the-craft-f1e5378fcb50 Michal Malewicz — the Slopless manifesto https://slopless.design/ AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX
A client of mine just rebuilt their entire Figma design system — roughly 700 components — as code components in Claude Code. It took one day. And now their designers prototype in code, while Figma has become the tool they open "when they occasionally need to design something." In this episode, I unpack what this story reveals about where our jobs are heading. The "should designers code?" debate is over — but we didn't end it. The job market did. And the way our roles are changing isn't arriving as a memo. It's arriving as convenience. In this episode: Why prototyping in the real system (instead of a Figma simulation) is a genuine qualitative leap — and why the design-to-dev handoff gap just disappeared The four quiet problems nobody talks about: fast isn't faithful, two sources of truth, the illusion of production-ready, and the question of where invention lives now Why role creep in 2026 doesn't come from your boss — it comes from your tools The one question that matters more than "should designers code?": are you building the mental model, or just orchestrating outputs? Your homework: pick one workflow change that happened "by itself" and choose it on purpose AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Most designers think Claude Code is a developer tool. Caitlin Sullivan makes the case that it's one of the most underrated tools for customer research and insight work. In this episode we talk about how she actually uses AI to get from raw customer conversations to insights you can act on, and why designers shouldn't wait for permission to pick this up. If you've felt stuck in the chat window, this one's for you. Key Learnings Why Claude Code is useful for designers and researchers, not just engineers How Caitlin turns messy interview and customer data into clear patterns Where AI actually adds value in research, and where human judgment still has to lead A simple way to start if you've never touched anything beyond a chat interface Find Caitlin Sullivan : Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlindsullivan/ Newsletter: https://aicustomerresearch.substack.com/ Course: https://maven.com/caitlin/claude-code-insights AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Most teams default to chat when they think about adding AI to a product. But chat is just one pattern — and often not the right one. In this episode, Patricia breaks down the four AI interaction patterns every designer needs to know: Advisor, Generator, Agent, and Orchestrator. Each one has a completely different UX logic, a different failure mode, and a different answer to the one question that matters most: who carries the risk when the AI is wrong? Key Learnings: There are four distinct ways AI can show up in a product — and most teams only ever reach for one Each pattern has a different design job: skimmable, editable, reversible, legible The question "who carries the risk when the AI is wrong?" will change how you approach every AI feature you design Most real products are a mix of patterns — knowing which part is which is where the real design work starts Grab your early-bird ticket for the Future Product Days: https://www.futureproductdays.com AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Junior design jobs are disappearing and most people are blaming the wrong thing. In this episode, I break down what's actually happening to entry-level design roles right now, why AI is only part of the story, and where the real opportunities are hiding. If you're starting your design career or feeling stuck in the job market, this one is for you. What You'll Learn Why junior design hiring is down — and why AI is only part of the story Which specific tasks AI is automating right now (and which tools are doing it) What the "learning loop problem" is and why it matters more than the job numbers Where the real entry points are in 2025/2026: niches, new roles, new signals What hiring managers actually want to see in portfolios right now What "agentic experience design" is and why it's one of the fastest-growing new roles Key Takeaways Entry-level design postings are down 43% since 2022 — but this is a restructuring, not the end of design AI is absorbing the "starter tasks" that juniors used to learn on — wireframing, synthesis, documentation — and that disrupts the learning loop, not just the job market The designers getting traction right now are AI-native, niche-focused, and show thinking over polish in their portfolios New roles like Agentic Experience Designer and Design Engineer are emerging — and almost no one is specializing in them yet Grab your early-bird ticket for the Future Product Days: https://www.futureproductdays.com Resources Mentioned SignalFire State of Tech Talent Report 2025 — signalfire.com Figma's Design Hiring Manager Survey 2025 — figma.com Google Stitch (formerly Galileo AI) — stitch.withgoogle.com Dovetail — dovetail.com (AI research synthesis) UX Pilot — uxpilot.ai (AI wireframing) AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Google I/O 2026 happened. And a few things they announced will actually change how you work as a designer. In this episode I break down the 7 that matter most — no fluff, just the stuff that's relevant for UX and product designers right now. IN THIS EPISODE → Google Stitch — the free AI design tool that made Figma's stock drop 9% in one day→ Material 3 Expressive — Android's biggest redesign in a decade, now production default → Google Pics — finally an AI image tool where you can change one thing without regenerating everything → Google Flow + Veo 3 — AI video that's actually useful for design content → Android XR Glasses — shipping this fall, and the design conventions are still being written → NotebookLM + Workspace Studio — automated UX research workflows that actually work → Agentic UX — why designing for screens is no longer enough Resources: Google Stitch → stitch.withgoogle.com Material 3 Figma Ki t → figma.com/community/file/1035203688168086460Google Flow + Veo 3 → labs.google/fx/tools/flowVeo 3 in AI Studio → aistudio.google.com/models/veo-3 Android XR Design Docs → developer.android.com/design/ui/xr NotebookLM → notebooklm.google.comWorkspace Studio → studio.workspace.google.com All I/O 2026 announcements → blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/google-io-2026-collection/ AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening May 11th → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
AI for Designers is officially open for enrollment for just a couple of days (or until it's sold out)- In this special episode of Future of UX, I’m answering all the biggest questions about my live bootcamp AI for Designers. We talk about: how the bootcamp works what’s included how much time you actually need AI workflows for designers vibe coding, AI UX, research, prototyping & content generation the live workshops and community why AI skills are becoming essential for designers I also share more about this cohort’s exclusive extras, including: an exclusive Figma collaboration workshop an AI Leadership workshop with Penny Blackmore updated workflows, assignments, and live sessions 🚀 Sign up for AI for Designers now: Join the bootcamp now 📩 Questions? Feel free to message me on LinkedIn or Instagram or support@ai-for-designers.com
AI tool overwhelm is real. Every week there's a new demo, a new hype cycle, a new tab you open twice and never touch again. In this episode I share the five tools that actually stayed in my stack and more importantly, the exact workflows I use with each one. No fluff, no sponsored picks. Just what genuinely changed how I work as a UX designer and AI consultant. In this episode I talk about why going deep on fewer tools beats testing everything — and walk you through my honest AI stack with real workflows for each tool. Tools mentioned: Claude — claude.ai NotebookLM — notebooklm.google.com Granola — granola.so Weavy AI — weavy.ai Claude Code — claude.ai/code AI for Designers Bootcamp: Waitlist opens Monday, limited spots. Includes: Claude Masterclass, live Figma Workshop, AI Leadership training with Penny Blackmore. → ai-for-designers.com AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening May 11th → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Before UX, before Figma, before any of this . Patricia studied biology. And that lens changes how she sees what’s happening in design right now. Because this isn’t just another tech shift. It’s evolution. In this episode, she breaks down why AI isn’t just changing tools or workflows — it’s creating a real divide between designers who adapt and those who don’t. And why this moment feels less like a trend… and more like a sorting process. What you’ll learn in this episode Why AI in design is not a “tool shift” but an evolutionary moment The real meaning behind Darwin’s idea of adaptation — and why it applies to UX today Why you’re not competing with AI , but with a version of yourself that uses it better How companies like Stripe, Notion, and Figma are already working differently The growing gap between designers experimenting with AI… and those fully rebuilding their workflows The 3 patterns of designers who are actually adapting They redesign their workflows Not just adding AI as a side tool — but rethinking how work gets done from the ground up. They move up to orchestration Less time producing. More time deciding, directing, and shaping outcomes. They build instead of brief Moving from static specs to real, working prototypes using AI-powered tools. Why this matters Adaptation compounds. The difference between starting now vs. waiting isn’t linear — it accelerates. Over time, it creates entirely different kinds of designers. This isn’t about being better or worse. It’s about moving… or staying still while everything else shifts. 3 things you can try this week Rebuild one part of your workflow with AI at the center (not on the side) Study real workflows (not tutorials) — for example from “How I AI” Build one prototype in code instead of Figma using tools like Claude Code or v0 AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening May 11th → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Claude Design launched April 17, 2026 and it's Anthropic's most designer-relevant release yet. In this episode, Patricia walks through three real experiments: a branded design system integration, an interactive infographic, and a social media carousel. She breaks down what actually works, what doesn't, and what designers need to know before they dive in. Key Learnings: Claude Design produces generic output without a design system load your brand assets first It's token-heavy: the Max plan is where it becomes genuinely useful Exports to Canva, PDF, PPTX, and HTML. Adobe and direct Figma integration aren't there yet Still in research preview: no audit logs, no usage tracking treat it as a sandbox, not a production pipeline Prompting is closer to writing a design brief than sending a chat message AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening May 11th → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
Claude Cowork is one of the most underestimated tools for UX designers right now. In this episode, Patricia breaks down exactly what Cowork is, how it's different from regular AI chat, and five concrete workflows you can run today — including research synthesis, competitive analysis, flow specs, design system docs, and portfolio case studies. Step-by-step, with exact prompts. Plus: how to set Cowork up so it actually knows who you are, and two power moves to level up once the basics click. And: the AI for Designers bootcamp is back — doors open May 11th, new Claude workshop included. Here are the prompts I used: Copy here AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ Training: Build your first Claude Skill in 10 min 👈 → Build your first Claude skill in 10 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
What if websites could understand how you feel? In this episode of Future of UX , Patricia talks with Sebastian , Director of UX Design at Virtual Identity, about a concept that could fundamentally change how we design digital experiences: the Empathic Web . Instead of static interfaces that look the same for every user, the empathic web describes a future where digital products can adapt to a user’s emotional state in real time. Interfaces, tone of voice, information density, and even entire user journeys could dynamically change depending on whether someone feels stressed, curious, overwhelmed, or motivated. Sebastian shares how advances in AI, behavioral signals, and new interaction models might make this possible and what it means for designers. The conversation also explores the growing role of AI agents in digital products and why designers might soon have to design not only for humans but also for autonomous systems interacting with our products. At the same time, this shift raises important ethical questions. If systems can detect emotions, how should companies use that information responsibly? Where is the line between helpful personalization and manipulation? This episode is a deep dive into the future of UX and how AI could transform the way digital experiences are designed. ✨ What the Empathic Web is and why it matters ✨ How AI could detect emotions through signals like mouse movement, voice, and interaction patterns ✨ Why digital experiences may become dynamic instead of static ✨ How designers might start designing for emotional states across the user journey ✨ What Agentic UX means and why AI agents will change product design ✨ How websites may need to become agent friendly and machine readable ✨ Ethical questions around emotional data and manipulation ✨ Why learning experiences could be a perfect use case for empathic interfaces Sebastian is Director of UX Design at Virtual Identity , a digital agency working across Munich, Freiburg, Vienna, and Porto. Before returning to industry, he spent years in academia as a Professor of Design Management in Berlin , researching the intersection of design, technology, and culture. His current work focuses on the future of UX in an AI driven world, including topics like the Empathic Web, Agentic UX, and AI powered digital experiences . Connect with Sebastian: LinkedIn AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ AI mini Training for Designers 👈 → Learn 3 strategies to leverage gen AI as a designer in just 30 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
In this quarterly update, Patricia shares the few AI shifts designers should actually pay attention to right now—beyond the noise. We talk about Claude Skills (prompts turning into reusable workflows), what happens when tools start connecting into real ecosystems, and why AI is moving from “answers” to agents that can take action. Plus: how learning is changing with tools like NotebookLM and what all of this means for the future role of designers. Topics teased: Claude Skills + workflow thinking MCP and connected tool ecosystems “Computer Use” and the rise of AI agents Learning faster with NotebookLM Why design is shifting toward problem framing + systems thinking AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ AI mini Training for Designers 👈 → Learn 3 strategies to leverage gen AI as a designer in just 30 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
In this episode of the Future of UX Podcast , I’m speaking with Bansi Mehta , founder of Koru UX Design. We talk about one of the biggest challenges product teams face today: Everyone wants to add AI to their product. But very few teams know how to actually design AI features that create real value for users . Bansi recently shared a framework her team uses internally to design AI-powered experiences. The framework is called Sense–Shape–Steer , and it helps teams move from vague ideas like “we should add AI” to well-designed AI features that solve real problems. In this conversation we break down the framework step by step and talk about: ✨ why many AI projects fail before they even start ✨ how to identify real AI opportunities ✨ how to decide between copilot, conversational, or agentic experiences ✨ why storyboarding AI behavior matters more than pixel-perfect mockups ✨ and how teams can prototype and test AI features faster than ever If you’re currently exploring AI features or designing AI-powered products, this episode will give you a practical way to think about it. 00:00 Intro 02:30 Bansi’s background in healthcare UX 06:50 Why most teams struggle with AI features 11:30 The Sense–Shape–Steer framework explained 20:00 Copilot vs agentic AI experiences 27:00 Storyboarding AI interactions 33:00 Rapid AI prototyping and experimentation 44:00 Why AI literacy matters for designers Bansi Mehta (LinkedIn) https://www.linkedin.com/in/bansi-mehta/ Koru UX Design https://www.koruux.com/ Sense–Shape–Steer AI UX Framework (Comment “SENSE” on Bansi’s LinkedIn post to get access) Topics in this episode AI for Designers : 5-week Bootcamp 💻 → Sign up for the waiting list 👉 0€ AI mini Training for Designers 👈 → Learn 3 strategies to leverage gen AI as a designer in just 30 min 💌 Newsletter → Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter Follow the Future of UX: 🎨 Linkedin: Future of UX Podcast 📸 Instagram: Future of UX Podcast 🍏 Apple Podcast: Future of UX 💚 Spotify: Future of UX Find Patricia on Socials 📸 Instagram @ux.patricia 🎨 Linkedin Patricia Reiners 🐦 Twitter @ux_Patricia 📝 My UX Design Blog 🎥 Youtube
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