Everyday AI Club: product designers
Our second meetup for applied AI and non-engineers. For creative professionals who want to get inspired on how to use AI in their work and life.
People everywhere are using AI to get things done in interesting and practical ways. How are YOU using AI? How are others using it? What can we learn from each other?
This month, we are focusing on the use of AI in product design. If you're a Product Designer using AI, or you're curious how you can use AI in your own practice, then this month's session is for you.
Demos
Nicola Plaisant, Product Designer at Helsing: "Designing for high-stakes environments"
Claudia De Angelis, Product Design Lead at MongoDB: "Show, don't tell: building an agent that thinks like a UX strategist"
Saloni Mhapsekar, Senior Product Designer: "Can trust be designed, or are we getting better at faking it?"
Table discussions
How to build taste in the AI era: With agents and AI doing more work that Junior designers would have done in the past, how will a new generation of designers build their personal taste?
Your current AI design tool stack: When it feels like there are a million new tools being released every day, how do you keep on top of what is useful and what is hype?
Bring your questions, including the ones you've been embarrassed to ask, and leave with ideas you can try tomorrow.
Sponsored by Helsing.
(Pizza from Magic John's. Cold drinks from the fridge.)
How the evening runs
We open with a couple of demos for inspiration to see how others use AI in day-to-day work.
Afterwards we will split into smaller groups for follow-up conversations, where you will also be able to actively participate, share your experience and learn from others.
We're again hosted by workish.berlin — a coworking and events space in Neukölln, with a FabLab and a big backyard. Get a free trial day.
Getting in
We want this to be the right room for the right people, so we're being intentional about who joins. That may mean not every request gets approved, but it helps keep the conversation useful and welcoming.
We'll be approving guests on two dates:
Friday, 26th of June
Friday, 3rd of July
Our flaky Berlin fee keeps the flake rate down and supports the meetup.
About Helsing
Helsing is a defence AI company with a mission to protect our democracies. We believe we have a responsibility to be thoughtful about the development and deployment of powerful technologies like AI, and take this responsibility seriously.
Who's running this
Phil Bennett is an engineering leadership consultant. 25 years building and fixing engineering teams. He now spends most of his time helping non-engineers become AI-fluent. He has a rare gift for making technical things feel obvious. More at Punk Leadership.
Igor Ranc runs Handpicked Berlin. Former product and project manager, self-described "idea man" who, for years, couldn't ship his own ideas. This really changed last year with Claude Code.