AI + EMERGING TOOLS
Explore what's next—thoughtfully.
New technologies are changing how designers research, generate, prototype, produce, and communicate ideas.
Explore artificial intelligence, generative tools, immersive technologies, spatial experiences, and emerging creative workflows while considering the larger questions surrounding authorship, originality, ethics, accessibility, and human agency.
The goal isn't simply to use new technology. It's to understand when—and why—it belongs in the design process.
The AI toolkit
A new layer of tools is reshaping how designers generate images, video, copy, prototypes, and sound. The ten sites below are the ones designers reach for most — each strong at one job, each worth understanding before the next brief demands it.
Treat them as instruments, not oracles. The taste, the brief, and the judgment stay yours; these tools only shorten the distance between an idea and a first draft.