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Thoughts on Generalism & Design

A call to rethink the designer profile of the near future

The past 10–15 years have been extraordinary for the design

profession. Its scope has expanded, its desirability has grown, and never before have there been so many designers in the world. Yet along the way, something else happened: the field splintered into micro-disciplines and hyper-specialized roles. Now, as the cycle comes full circle, design is colliding with the current realities of the market and the disruptive excitement of AI. The profession calls for reassembly—a fusion of these fragmented disciplines into fewer, stronger, more generalist and holistic practices, expanded and reshaped to make wise use of AI's capabilities in the craft of design.

The past 10–15 years have been extraordinary for the

design profession. Its scope has expanded, its desirability has grown, and never before have there been so many designers in the world. Yet along the way, something else happened: the field splintered into micro-disciplines and hyper-specialized roles. Now, as the cycle comes full circle, design is colliding with the current realities of the market and the disruptive excitement of AI. The profession calls for reassembly—a fusion of these fragmented disciplines into fewer, stronger, more generalist and holistic practices, expanded and reshaped to make wise use of AI's capabilities in the craft of design.

The past 10–15 years have been

extraordinary for the design profession. Its scope has expanded, its desirability has grown, and never before have there been so many designers in the world. Yet along the way, something else happened: the field splintered into micro-disciplines and hyper-specialized roles. Now, as the cycle comes full circle, design is colliding with the current realities of the market and the disruptive excitement of AI. The profession calls for reassembly—a fusion of these fragmented disciplines into fewer, stronger, more generalist and holistic practices, expanded and reshaped to make wise use of AI's capabilities in the craft of design.
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