Tommy Geoco - The state of the design industry right now

About this episode

Tommy Geoco discusses the current state of the design industry, focusing on AI workflows and emerging trends.

Over the last few months, Tommy Geoco has went on site to study today’s top design teams (Vercel, Perplexity, Metalab, Ramp, etc.). So this week’s episode is a deep dive into all of the trends he’s seeing around AI workflows and where design is headed next. Some highlights: Why 59% of designers build their own tools Tommy’s current tool stack for AI design work What signals show AI fluency in job interviews Why internal tool building is the new career path Why now is the best time to grow in the design community How design workflows have become creative director roles a lot more Ben Blumenrose (mentioned as having good insights on design)

People in this episode

Host: Ridd

Guest: Tommy Geoco

Topics covered

• design industry trends
• AI workflows
• tool building
• career paths in design
• design community growth
• creative director roles

Keywords

• design teams
• AI design
• tool stack
• job interviews
• internal tools
• design workflows
• creative roles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vercel, Perplexity, Metalab, Ramp

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