Episodes: 39
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 5.0/5.0
Estimated listeners: < 100
Listener location: USA
Page updated: Oct 28, 2026 · How we check this data
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Dan Saffer - Carnegie Mellon faculty member and interaction design author focused on interaction, product, and AI-enabled design.
Nik Martelaro - Carnegie Mellon faculty member focused on human-AI interaction and AI-augmented design.
Andy Budd - The Future Of The Design Industry, Ai's Impact On Design Roles, Design Leadership, And Adaptive Software.
Shane Johnston - Figma's 2026 AI Report, AI Adoption, Collaboration, Prototyping, Role Overlap, And Design Systems.
Andrew Hogan - Figma's 2026 AI Report, Ai's Effect On Team Collaboration, Role Overlap, Decision-making, And Design Systems.
Dan Maccarone - Rebuilding A Design Process Around AI, Prototyping, Documentation, Design Review, And Maintaining Quality In Ai-assisted Production.
OpenAI's Intelligent UI, Facebook's Your Algorithm, AI Relationship Quality (ARQ)
October 22, 2026
Fresh off their first live show, Nik and Dan look at three stories about who gets to shape what AI shows us. First up is OpenAI’s Intelligent UI, which lets GPT-6 build small interactive interfaces (charts, forms, buttons, maps) inline in ChatGPT instead of returning a wall of text. They compare it to Claude Artifacts, argue that speed is what makes it usable as a default, and ask what happens when companies like QuickBooks have to hand over a design system for their product to show up inside...
Live at IxDA Pittsburgh - How to be a designer in 2027
October 13, 2026
This week, Dan and Nik recorded live at the IxDA Pittsburgh meetup. We discuss how we are thinking about being designers in the future, what we are teaching students, and what tools we are using. We take audience questions and hear about how these professional designers are working with AI today.
The Fastest Gun in the West, Multiplayer AI, Serious AI Products & Jeremy Belcher
October 07, 2026
The Fastest Gun in the West: https://www.doc.cc/articles/fastest-gunWe're building multiplayer AI. Here's what we've learned so far: https://newsletter.posthog.com/p/were-building-multiplayer-ai-heresWhat would a serious AI product look like? https://blog.glyph.im/2026/09/serious-ai-product.htmlJeremy BelcherRobot Heart - www.robotheart.studioLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremybelcher
Product Impact Podcast | Secrets to unlocking the value of AI · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
Design Discipline · Medium booking difficulty · 100 - 1,000 listeners
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AI and Design typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior design, UX, product, or AI leaders; founders of design-technology companies; experienced advisors; and practitioners with substantial hands-on experience applying AI to design workflows or products. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a design, product, or technology company; Held senior roles at established design or technology organizations; Published influential analysis, frameworks, or industry reports. Recent guests include Andy Budd, Shane Johnston, and Andrew Hogan.
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