This is a proposed talk for SXSW.

1. DAVID HINDMAN | PETER BURNHAM
THE DESIGNERS OF
TOMORROW
HOW TO KEEP YOUR JOB IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS

2. TOPICS
AI DRIVEN DESIGN
NEW SCHOOLS
INSTITUTIONALIZED PATTERNS
OFF-SHORE COMPETITION
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
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AI DRIVEN DESIGN
With data and analytics revealing increasingly useful data
about user behavior, will design evolve to inputting business
requirements into a computer and receiving optimal designs
instantaneously?
We’ll examine AI models such as TheGrid.io to help formulate
an approach for keeping you relevant.

4. 4
NEW SCHOOLS
When we were in college, there was no ‘Interaction Design’
program. Now, students are coming right out of school with
killer portfolios and desire to work long hours to get a foot in
the door.
For established designers, is this a threat or a blessing? We’ll
look at the changing face of education and how it impacts you.

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INSTITUTIONALIZED PATTERNS
Have we solved some problems for good? Is the hamburger
menu and persistent global navigation here to stay?
Do we need to keep exploring “different navigation concepts”
when we have so many tried-and-true solutions? And if we
already have a bank of design solutions to choose from, why
do we need you? We’ll help examine how to continue
innovating in the face of these institutionalized patterns.

6. 6
OFF-SHORE COMPETITION
Farming out large design projects wasn’t always an option. Yet
increasingly, consultancies are using off-shore teams and
small strategic on-shore teams save money on massive
projects.
In this section we’ll look at the offshore competition, where its
strengths are, and where you can still specialize to maintain a
competitive edge.

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
With the internet of things on the rise, designers will find old
screen-based tools irrelevant and need to bring skills like
animation, storyboarding, and physical computing to the table.
In this section we’ll talk about the necessary skillets for the
designers of tomorrow based on industry trends and new
technologies we’re adopting.

8. THANK YOU