An AI x Design Morning #04
What to expect
We're bringing together 25 senior+ product designers to learn together by making real things.
8:30am – Doors open, get coffee, say hello
9:00am – Community demos
9:30am – Live walkthrough with special guest James Storer (Monzo)
10:30am – Build / Discussion time
12:00pm – Wrap up
Community demos (9am)
We'll kick off with AI inspiration from the community. No slides. No polish. Designers who've been building with AI connect their laptop and take a couple of minutes to walk through a project they've recently built with AI.
Live walkthrough (9:30am)
James Storer is a Staff Product Designer at Monzo, having spent his career shaping consumer products at places like Klarna, Habito, Deliveroo, Freetrade, and co-founding his own property search AI platform, Jitty. He also recently launched Vibes.design, a platform for discovering and launching AI‑built apps, tools and experiments for the vibe‑coding community.
During this session James will connect his laptop and give the room a glimpse into his work building out AI prototyping infrastructure for the design team at Monzo.
Build time (10:30am)
A low-pressure space to experiment with tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or whatever you've been curious to try. No prior AI experience required.
Not sure what to build or which tools to use? The group can help you figure it out. Make sure to bring your laptop.
We'll wrap with a quick show + tell demos: what you tried today, what worked, what didn't.
Why this exists
The internet is full of podcasts, LinkedIn posts and YouTube videos about AI. The hard part is finding the time to actually use the tools yourself, to feel first‑hand what they're great at and where they fall apart, which rarely happens when your day‑to‑day is full of back‑to‑backs.
This morning is that space.
Building alongside peers adds a little accountability and a lot of momentum. You can try something, get stuck, ask for help, and share what you made. All in the same morning.
This isn't about reach or performance. It's about getting real about what's actually possible with these tools, and bringing a practical lens to how they fit into your daily work.
You're welcome to use the build time to experiment wildly, or build something for your actual job. If that helps convince your manager this is worth your Thursday morning, even better.
Who this is for
Seasoned product designers. Your title might include Lead, Staff, Manager, or Director. You have the altitude to see strategic opportunities across your organisation and understand how to drive outsized impact through your work. You just haven't had enough space to apply that lens to AI yet.
Seniority doesn't matter once you're in the room. There's no hierarchy here. Everyone's a builder, everyone's experimenting, everyone's figuring it out.
This isn't a talk or a panel. It's a morning to get inspired by and build alongside people like you.
Hosted by
Tom Harman (Near Future) and Simon Amor (Morse Money)