Balancing Artistry and Technical Skills in Design

This week, Gunnar Gray (Product Design Lead at Perplexity) dives into the art of designing AI-native experiences.

He shares lessons from shaping Voice Mode and how prototyping with AI is changing the design process at Perplexity.

Some highlights:

• Why Perplexity is racing to get ideas into code
• What it’s like designing at a hyper growth startup
• What it’s like designing dynamic voice experiences
• Gunnar’s journey learning metal shaders with Cursor
• How Gunnar strategically invests in his design skillset
• a lot more

• Perplexity - AI-powered search and discovery platform
• Cursor - AI-powered code editor
• Particle News app