Keynote
Designing Between Two Intelligences
Chelsea Larsson
Head of Content Design · Anthropic
Keynote Talk
Designing for Calm
Most AI products fight for your attention. They have UI with tons of panels and toggles and toolbars and spawn reams of text.
The result is software that makes you *more* stressed, not less.
Granola designs the opposite way: an AI notepad that disappears until you need it.
This talk covers the principles and process behind Calm Design — why you might want to hide our most powerful AI features on purpose, why limited brand expression inside the product can be a boost, and why to skip Figma and rush to live builds to test whether something *feels* right.
Learn practical strategies for designing AI that lowers blood pressure instead of raising it, and when and how to make Calm Design work for your own product or feature.
A session by
Paavan Buddhdev
Product Designer · Granola
Paavan Buddhdev is a Product Designer at Granola, the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. He works on designing software that is both simple and beautiful, and helps busy people get through busy days.
Before Granola, Paavan was a Senior Product Designer at Skin + Me, the Design Lead at natural fragrance house Ffern, and a UX consultant at AND Digital.
He has spoken at design conferences across the UK and Europe and has built a loyal YouTube following by sharing practical advice to help new designers.
Join Paavan live in Munich, 22–23 October 2026.
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