

Future of UX | Your Design, Tech and User Experience Podcast | AI Design
Patricia Reiners
Welcome to „The Future of UX“ - the podcast about the future of UX Design, where we explore how emerging technologies like AI, AR, VR, and the metaverse will impact user experience design. Join Patricia Reiners as they sit down with experts and thought leaders from the world of tech and design to discuss the latest trends, insights, and best practices in the field of UX.
From the ethics of AI to the future of user interfaces, we'll dive deep into the topics that matter most to UX designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Whether you're just starting out
Hear you in the future!
From the ethics of AI to the future of user interfaces, we'll dive deep into the topics that matter most to UX designers, developers, and entrepreneurs. Whether you're just starting out
Hear you in the future!
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Feb 16, 2023 • 51min
#14 Exploring the Metaverse: The Intersection of Storytelling, UX Design, and Immersive Web
Today with Burkhard Müller, the Chief Digital Officer at Mutabor in Hamburg where he is focussing on society centered design, web3 and metaverse projects, Burkhard is considered to be one of the leading voices in his field. In this interview, we talk about the Metaverse and what is important right now for us designers, we talked about the importance of immersion and how the internet might evolve in the next decade. This episode is packed with lots of tips and insights. So, sit back, relax and join us as we learn from Burkhard Müller.
Find Burkhard Müller: https://www.linkedin.com/in/burkhard-müller-02a92922/
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Feb 2, 2023 • 12min
#13 Beyond the Horizon: Exploring the Roadblocks to the Metaverse
Today, we're going to be talking about why the metaverse isn't here yet.
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Jan 26, 2023 • 17min
#12 The Metaverse - why, what, how?
The Metaverse is a buzzword that's been floating around the tech world for a while now, but what exactly is it? To put it simply, the Metaverse is a virtual world where people can interact with each other and with virtual objects using avatars or digital representations of themselves. Imagine a kind of 3D internet where users can access a wide range of virtual experiences, such as socialising with friends, attending virtual events, shopping, gaming, and more. It's like a virtual version of the real world that you can access through a device like a computer or VR headset.
Let's take a deep dive into the different elements of the Metaverse and the future.
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Jan 19, 2023 • 19min
#12 Top 8 Ways ChatGPT Can Support UX Designers in Their Workflow
I am going to talk about the ways in which ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, can support UX designers in their workflow. I am always curious about what these tools mean for UX designers? and I tried them out for different parts of the UX process and I am impressed. Before we talk 8 ways how you can use ChatGPT in your UX workflow
ChatGPT is a language model developed by OpenAI. It is based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) architecture, which is a machine learning model that is trained on a large dataset of text to generate natural language text. OpenAI trained ChatGPT on a massive dataset of conversational text and fine-tuned it to understand and respond to natural language inputs. The goal of ChatGPT is to allow users to interact with a machine in a more natural and human-like way. It is a product of the research and development efforts of OpenAI team, with the goal of creating advanced AI models that can assist users in various tasks.
ChatGPT is a computer program that can understand and respond to what people say or write. It's like a magic box that can answer your questions and have a conversation with you. It's been taught many things, so it knows a lot about different topics and can give you information or help you with tasks. It's like having a personal helper that you can talk to through a computer.
How I integrate ChatGPT in my UX workflow:
Content generation aka writing
Desk Research
User Research
Ideation & Inspiration
Prototyping
Wireframing
Summarising
Accessibility Testing
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Jan 12, 2023 • 17min
#11 The Power of Storytelling in UX
A well-crafted design can open the door to powerful opportunities. It’s not just about aesthetics; a carefully considered color scheme that resonates with our target audience has an undeniable psychological effect -
think red for power and strength, or blue for trustworthiness. But interactive motion scrolling takes us even further by allowing us to craft engaging stories and offers which build meaningful connections between brands and their audiences.
When done right, it's nothing short of magical!
Apple's product pages are a journey you'll never forget.
For years, they've been using motion scrolling to create an exciting and interactive experience that immerses visitors in the world of their products.
Whether it be watching MacBooks fly across the screen as you scroll or functions being carefully staged for visual appeal - Apple has developed a unique way of story-telling through technology that truly allows us all to discover something new every time we visit!
Here are some cool examples
https://agencecartier.com/fr/?_ga=2.30935676.2100414065.1672652993-1361120236.1672652993
https://www.ju.st/learn
https://www.mirrows.co/home/
http://everylastdrop.co.uk
https://www.apple.com/iphone-14-pro/
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Jan 5, 2023 • 23min
#10 Hot UX Trends for 2023
As we enter into a new year, it is important to stay abreast of trends and changes in order to ensure that projects are as successful as possible. The world of UX is constantly evolving and staying up-to-date with emerging trends may make all the difference when trying to create something innovative. Here we will explore seven key user experience (UX) trends for 2023 that could help inform our work moving forward.
Let’s talk about trends ✨
1️⃣ Experiences
UX design shifts its focus from efficiency to experience.
2️⃣ Blind spots in a user journey
Brands need to create captivating interactive experiences on their error pages etc.
3️⃣ Advanced Interactions
Captivating hover effect can draw users in and leave them wanting more.
4️⃣ Storytelling
Strategically incorporating special visuals along our journey.
5️⃣ Chatbots
Let’s talk: challenge ahead to make conversations feel personal
6️⃣ AR / VR / MR
Creating hybrid digital/real worlds experiences
7️⃣ Metaverse
Creating an interconnected virtual economy where physical and digital realities converge.
What are your thoughts?
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Jan 2, 2021 • 34min
#9 UX Trends for 2021
What are the big UX trends for the upcoming year?
I am sharing my top 10 trends with you to get the year 2021 started.
You can also check out my article about the topic on medium:
https://medium.com/p/b3de8a74bf00/edit
And my YouTube video coming soon!!!
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May 20, 2020 • 42min
#8 - The future of ethical design
In this episode I talked to Vitaly Friedmann, he is a designer, developer and founder of the smashing magazine.
We talked about ehtical design and how to design for a better web!
References:
Cyrillic Design:
https://cyrillic.design/
Japanese websites
https://responsive-jp.com/
His talk at the awwwards conference: https://www.awwwards.com/talk-bringing-personality-back-to-the-web-with-smashing-magazine-co-founder-vitaly-friedman-at-awwwards-new-york.html
Social Channels:
smashingmagazine blog: https://www.smashingmagazine.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/smashingmag
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smashingmagazine/
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Apr 1, 2020 • 19min
#07 - Future of Interfaces
In this episode I am sharing my own learnings about the future of interfaces and talk about future trends for interfaces.
What is the first thing that comes in our mind when you think about interfaces of the future? Probably things we have seen in movies like iron man or star trek.
6 FUTURE AREAS FOR INTERFACES:
1. All Senese
2. Hierarchies
3. Voice design
4. Augmented Reality
5. Task focussed
6. Natural
Find the medium article here: https://medium.com/@patriciareiners/why-stealing-ideas-from-science-fiction-with-kill-ux-6d69c05fc970

Feb 26, 2020 • 38min
#06 - The future of UX tools
In this episode, I had the great honor to talk to Khoi Vinh. Khoi is the Principal Designer at Adobe, also a writer and leading figure in the design community. He writes a widely read blog on design and technology at Subtraction.com and he hosts "Wireframe", an awesome documentary podcast about design.
Previously, Khoi was co-founder and CEO of Mixel, Design Director of The New York Times Online and cofounder of a design studio.
He was named one of Fast Company’s “fifty most influential designers" in America.
Khoi shared his vision about the future of design and the importance of democratizing design in our society. We also talked about the future of tools. He is working on a design tool called adobe xd which shapes the way many designer design experiences.
Find Khoi:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/khoi
- Wireframe podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/wireframe/id1437677219
- Subtraction: https://www.subtraction.com
- XD ideas: https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/
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