Hannah Hearth - Design Careers in the Age of AI

Hannah Hearth - Design Careers in the Age of AI

Today's episode is with Hannah Hearth who recently became the Head of Product Design at Vercel. We talk about all of the changes that are happening in our industry and what it all means for designers. Everything from how AI tools are changing the practice of design to how this impact the way we think about our career paths.

Some highlights:

  • Hannah’s #1 trait for great designers
  • The most underrated storytelling tactic
  • Doing more with less while not burning out
  • Examples of how AI is changing the design process
  • How design orgs should think about adopting AI tools
  • How much coding is happening on the Vercel design team
  • Preserving craft and design thinking with collapsed timelines
  • a lot more

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