2-day virtual workshop
June 12-13 2025, 8am-12pm PT
Join UX leaders Josh Clark and Veronika Kindred to explore the already-here future of intelligent interfaces and radically adaptive experiences.
Sentient Design describes the form, framework, and philosophy for creating AI-mediated interfaces, experiences that seem almost self-aware in their ability to adapt to user need and intent. You’ll go way beyond chat to learn a host of new design patterns and postures—and a pragmatic approach to using them.
Learn to use machine intelligence as a design material. What is the grain of this new material, and what are its strengths and weaknesses? What does it mean to weave intelligence into an interface? How do you add AI to digital products in ways that are both powerful and responsible? How do you balance the opportunities and risks?
This hands-on, zero-hype workshop provides measured, practical techniques that you team can use today—like right now— to imagine surprising new experiences or to improve existing products.
Who it’s for
This workshop is perfect for designers, product owners/managers, and design-minded developers who want to understand AI as a design material, not just a tool. If you’re curious about how to make AI work for people (instead of the other way around), this is for you.
What to bring
Your computer, an open mind, and a healthy mix of imagination and skepticism. No prior AI or machine learning experience is required—just bring your human intelligence, and we’ll supply the artificial kind.
Please register and ensure you have an account for claude.ai and chat.mistral.ai. Free accounts are great!
What we’ll do together
- Prototype a new product: identify, imagine, and bring to life AI-powered features that solve real problems (not just “because AI”).
- Use machine-generated content and interaction as design material in your everyday work.
- Get your hands dirty working with models directly to learn their strengths and quirks.
- Explore radically adaptive interfaces that are conceived in real-time based on user context and intent.
- Discover emerging UX patterns that go beyond “slap a chatbot on it.”
- Adopt techniques for setting user expectations when your interface has a mind of its own. Guide user behavior to match the system’s ability.
- Use responsible practices that build trust and transparency.
