Are You Ready for the AI Takeover of Product Design in 2025?

Make an IIIMPACT - The User Inexperience Podcast

In today's episode, IIIMPACT's lead product AI Integrators - Brynley Evans Makoto Kern, and Joe Kraft along with one of IIIMPACT UX Designers - Aldo Calitz.

Today we've got an exciting lineup focusing on AI Tools and Automation in Modern Product Design.
In this episode, we dive deep into how AI is revolutionizing the product design landscape. Aldo shares insights on how tools like Reloom and Cursor expedite foundational setups, enabling designers to move from concepts to high-fidelity drafts with unprecedented speed. Our discussion touches on the benefits and limitations of these technologies, highlighting the distinct roles humans still play in creative processes.

We explore real-world use cases, discussing everything from streamlining user research to automating development handovers. Brynley and Joe weigh in on the security considerations and potential pitfalls of relying too heavily on AI, while also contemplating the future of design and development in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

So, whether you're a product designer, a developer, or just interested in the tech world, stay tuned. This episode promises to deliver valuable insights and practical advice. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share!

IIIMPACT has been in business for +20 years. Our growth success has been rewarded by being on the Inc. 5000 for the past 3 years in a row as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US. Product Strategy to Design to Development - we reshape how you bring software visions to life. Our unique approach is designed to minimize risk and circumvent common challenges, ensuring our clients can bring innovative and impactful products to market with confidence and efficiency.

We facilitate rapid strategic planning that leads to intuitive UX design, and better collaboration between business, design to development.

Bottom line. We help our clients launch better products, faster.

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Timestamp:

00:00 AI revolutionizes product design, bridging design-development gap.

05:57 AI tools expedite product development and prototyping.

07:27 Quick startup foundation, team, and product validation.

10:52 Automation tools streamline design process and communication.

16:46 The debt dust settles as tools rapidly evolve.

21:14 AI's goal-oriented automation challenges in design systems.

25:02 Focus on AI integration, risk analysis, internal transformation.

28:07 Future of search engines in 10 years.

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Bios:

Makoto Kern - Founder and UX Principal at IIIMPACT - a UX Product Design and Development Consulting agency. IIIMPACT has been on the Inc 5000 for the past 3 consecutive years and is one of the fastest-growing privately-owned companies. His team has successively launched 100s of digital products over the past +20 years in almost every industry vertical. IIIMPACT helps clients get from the 'Boardroom concept to Code' faster by reducing risk and prioritizing the best UX processes through their clients' teams.

Brynley Evans - Lead UX Strategist and Front End Developer - Leading large-scale enterprise software projects for the past +10 years, he possesses a diverse skill set and is driven by a passion for user-centered design; he works on every phase of a project from concept to final deliverable, adding value at each stage. He's recently been part of IIIMPACT's leading AI Integration team, which helps companies navigate, reduce their risk, and integrate AI into their enterprise applications more effectively.

Joe Kraft - Solutions Architect / Full Stack Developer - With over 10 years of experience across numerous domains, his expertise lies in designing, developing, and modernizing software solutions. He has recently focused on his role as our AI team lead on integrating AI technology into client software applications.

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