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by 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
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- 1 weeks ago22 min
#162 The Case of the Vanished Judgment
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 culpritWhy "the back-and-forth builds the model": the experiment that proves your value was never in the pixelsThe cold case behind it all: how we spent 20 years selling the first three rounds, and why that gap just closed foreverThe stakes ladder: what happens when a designer, a team, or a whole organization over-trusts AI outputTaste redefined: deciding, not decorating, and why having no opinion defaults to the averageThe open question: if artifacts are cheap, is the "living transcript" the design deliverable of the future?Your homework: five questions before pixelsResources 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-73893af464aeChristopher 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-c70613215359Christopher 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-6bf22261717fRoger Wong "A Sunday Afternoon with Claude Design" (the squiggly line, Picasso's nine Guernica studies)https://rogerwong.me/2026/04/sunday-afternoon-claude-designAnthony 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-f1e5378fcb50Michal Malewicz — the Slopless manifestohttps://slopless.design/
- 3 weeks ago22 min
#161 700 Components in One Day: How Design Work Is Quietly Moving Into Code
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 disappearedThe 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 nowWhy role creep in 2026 doesn't come from your boss — it comes from your toolsThe 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 purposeAI 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
- 3 weeks agointerview51 min6-min read
#160 AI Customer Research: Why Designers Should Learn Claude Code with Caitlin Sullivan
AI in customer research isn't just about speed—it enables more complete, consistent, and well-documented insights by augmenting human expertise, not replacing it. The key is grounding AI workflows in structured human knowledge and decision-making frameworks.
- Jun 25, 202627 min
#159 Beyond the Copilot: The 4 AI Patterns Every Designer Should Know
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 oneEach pattern has a different design job: skimmable, editable, reversible, legibleThe question "who carries the risk when the AI is wrong?" will change how you approach every AI feature you designMost real products are a mix of patterns — knowing which part is which is where the real design work startsGrab your early-bird ticket for the Future Product Days:https://www.futureproductdays.comAI 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
- Jun 4, 202624 min
#158 Why Junior Design Jobs Are Vanishing (And What To Do About It)
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 LearnWhy junior design hiring is down — and why AI is only part of the storyWhich 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 numbersWhere the real entry points are in 2025/2026: niches, new roles, new signalsWhat hiring managers actually want to see in portfolios right nowWhat "agentic experience design" is and why it's one of the fastest-growing new rolesKey TakeawaysEntry-level design postings are down 43% since 2022 — but this is a restructuring, not the end of designAI is absorbing the "starter tasks" that juniors used to learn on — wireframing, synthesis, documentation — and that disrupts the learning loop, not just the job marketThe designers getting traction right now are AI-native, niche-focused, and show thinking over polish in their portfoliosNew roles like Agentic Experience Designer and Design Engineer are emerging — and almost no one is specializing in them yetResources MentionedSignalFire State of Tech Talent Report 2025 — signalfire.comFigma's Design Hiring Manager Survey 2025 — figma.comGoogle Stitch (formerly Galileo AI) — stitch.withgoogle.comDovetail — dovetail.com (AI research synthesis)UX Pilot — uxpilot.ai (AI wireframing)
- May 21, 202619 min
#157 Google I/O Takeaways for Designers
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.comMaterial 3 Figma Kit → figma.com/community/file/1035203688168086460Google Flow + Veo 3 → labs.google/fx/tools/flowVeo 3 in AI Studio → aistudio.google.com/models/veo-3Android XR Design Docs → developer.android.com/design/ui/xrNotebookLM → notebooklm.google.comWorkspace Studio → studio.workspace.google.comAll 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
- May 14, 202626 min
#156 Figma MCP, Claude skills, Agents
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
- May 11, 202615 min
AI for Designers Is Open: Everything You Need to Know
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 workswhat’s includedhow much time you actually needAI workflows for designersvibe coding, AI UX, research, prototyping & content generationthe live workshops and communitywhy AI skills are becoming essential for designersI also share more about this cohort’s exclusive extras, including:an exclusive Figma collaboration workshopan AI Leadership workshop with Penny Blackmoreupdated 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
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