Brian Lovin - How to level up with AI as a designer

When it comes to tools and workflows, Brian Lovin com/brian_lovin) is someone I pay *very* close attention to. He’s actually the one who first got me hooked on Conductor build/). But times are changing (again 😅)… So today’s episode is a deep dive into his design process and all of the ways he’s iterating on his approach to both *using* AI tools as well as *building* AI tools at Notion. If you like getting into the weeds of how the best designers are wrangling AI then you’re going to love this episode. Some highlights: - Why his first Notion design offsite was so impactful - How Brian built Notion’s prototyping playground - Why Brian has started using Cursor again - Practical tips for prompting AI more effectively - Behind-the-scenes of Brian’s new side project - How to stay relevant as a designer in an AI world - + a *lot* more - Agentation and Dialkit for frontend

com/), me/dialkit) - Cursor and Conductor for coding build/) - Brian’s side project Shiori sh/)) - Max Schoening nerd snipes Brian com/mschoening) - Karri’s issue tracking is dead article app/next) Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 🌐 club 🐦 com/joindiveclub Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪 Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:41 Joining Notion's design team 6:42 Designing with AI as a material 12:59 Brian's Notion prototyping playground 18:12 How design workflows have evolved 23:33 How Brian's tool stack has evolved 28:37 Strategies for coding with AI 34:06 Brian's bookmarking tool Shiori 43:18 AI is not magic 49:42 How Brian thinks about career strategy for designers