Design Directions 2018：humanity, more diverse and inclusive design

The speech will cover Jamie Myrold’s journey as a designer, from someone who loved working with ink and print, to the leader of Adobe’s internal design team – in charge of designing all the tools that Adobe puts out in the world: from Acrobat to Photoshop.

Jamie will discuss the increasing complexity of design today and the challenges that face designers: embracing new technologies and mediums; the desire for more and more content; and the increased expectations of audiences and customers.

Jamie will then explore what the designer of 2025 will look like: what skills she should have; what expectations companies and organizations will likely have for their design teams; and what design educators need to start teaching their students today.

This will lead to some thoughts around how new technologies – particularly Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – will impact creativity and design, in the future.

The talk will conclude with the idea that designers will thrive in the future by stressing their humanity and being part of a more diverse and inclusive design community.

1、An overview of the role of design, today
2、Understanding the expectations for designers, in the future
3、An overview of the impact of new technologies, particularly AI, in creativity and design