The Future of the Designer — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №263
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The Future of the Designer — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №263
I've spoken with friends running their own studios (many of them very talented in their own right) who have already integrated AI into their workflow. They're now 10 times more efficient, 10 times better at client pitches, while simultaneously cutting costs.
The winners are now winning by an even wider margin, especially if they're able to integrate
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If the client could theoretically do everything themselves with AI, then why hire a designer?
Excellent question. I believe there are three reasons to continue hiring a designer:
- Clients lag behind. It'll takes a few years before they fully catch up and stop hiring creatives for certain tasks, at which point creatives have caught up on what makes the
from the Desk of Tobias van Schneider • The Future of the Designer — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №263
Imagine handing the general public a tool that could instantly create any movie they could describe. No need to wait for Hollywood. Sounds amazing right? But most people wouldn't even know where to start (including myself). Not because people are stupid, but because original vision is exceedingly rare. The ability to create something from nothing i
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AI will generate exactly what you tell it to create. A blessing for those with vision, a curse for those without. You can feed it every reference, provide every specification, but the output is only as good as your ability to recognize what is good and what is bad.
from the Desk of Tobias van Schneider • The Future of the Designer — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №263
I'm about to state something brutally honest that might offend some: Creative imagination is incredibly rare. It's not evenly distributed. Most people cannot envision what does not exist. They cannot create without a reference point, cannot build without a blueprint. Most people simply have very limited imagination.
from the Desk of Tobias van Schneider • The Future of the Designer — From the Desk of Van Schneider — Edition №263
If you think about it, AI has digested the entirety of human knowledge but lacks the lived experience to make it meaningful. It's like a tourist who's read every guidebook but never actually visited the country. Technically informed but missing the scents, the sounds, the subtle social cues that bring true understanding. It can mimic but not origi
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