Keynote
Designing Between Two Intelligences
Chelsea Larsson
Head of Content Design · Anthropic
Breakout Session
How Design Is Automated at an AI Automation Company
It's now expected that Product Designers use AI in their design process. We all know this, and experience pressure day-to-day to always be improving efficiency. The question is — how can this be handled in a way that not only retains our taste and empathy, but actually enhances these crucial traits?
At AI automation company n8n, the team thinks about this a lot, and feel they've nailed the balance of efficiency and empathy.
This session will help train you to spot parts of your own design and product processes that are candidates for automation, how they can be most effectively automated — and most importantly, what should stay in your capable hands.
What to expect
Ideation methodology for identifying automation candidates, practical tips for implementing design automation at your company, and how to stay one of the most crucial pieces of the product puzzle in the age of automation.
Key take-aways
AI automation is just another tool in your designer toolkit. It can be used to make every part of your design process more efficient — from user research, through ideation and iteration. The best design automators can not only identify areas of inefficiency, but what still needs human touch the most. Your value as a user-first designer is more important than ever — taste and empathy cannot be automated.
A session by
Jake Ranallo
Senior Product Designer · n8n
Jake is a product designer with 15 years experience.
At AI automation company n8n, he is on the cutting edge of AI and has to innovate every day to stay relevant to their users.
Jake loves working with passionate people on products that matter — helping to shape the future of technology with design that's user-first, inclusive and memorable.
Join Jake live in Munich, 22–23 October 2026.
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