State of Design - Insights, Panel and Build Sessions
We've been surveying designers across North America on the real state of design careers — the job market, how AI is landing in daily work, what's shifting in the craft, and where people feel stuck. The full report drops later this year. This is the first look.
Part 1: Early Insights + Panel We'll share what's emerging from the data — the findings that surprised us and the ones that should concern you. Then a panel of design leaders reacts live. What tracks, what doesn't, what the numbers aren't capturing.
Part 2: Build Session Here's where it gets real. We're taking the biggest pain points surfacing in the survey — broken design critique, journey maps that die after one meeting, design systems nobody adopts, research that never reaches the people who need it — and turning them into build briefs. You'll break into small teams, pick a problem, and use AI tools to build a working solution in under an hour. Then you demo it to the room.
This isn't a hypothetical exercise. These are real problems from real designers. Come with your laptop and your tools.
In-person at Intuit Canada, Toronto. Space is limited.
Haven't taken the survey yet:
https://designx.community/survey
Do it before you come — your answers shape the briefs.