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“The only wrong answer is to do nothing” Enjoy our latest AI in Design case study from the Shopify design team! This one is crammed with many incredible examples of how they work (the last example made me yell “oh no way” when I first saw it). Lots of... show more

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Jackie B27 days ago

@Shopify One of my favorite examples of best-in-class implementation of AI tooling for design... so fun to see how the org has been especially supercharged since @tobi's Ai-is-no-longer-optional memo.

Ian Bach ☯︎27 days ago

@Shopify @katarinabatina 👀!!!

robyn park27 days ago

@Shopify really love how much they've prioritized design apprenticeships. would love to see more of that across the industry

Kane25 days ago

@jonrundle @Shopify @xyzfennell legend

Alex · AI & UX26 days ago

@Shopify a home for fragmented design tools is the chapter title that jumps out at me. everyone talks about the mockups to prototypes jump, but the quieter cost is that the work now lives in five places. did they land on one home for that, or is it still per team?

Kaeli VanFossen | Fine Art & Design 🌴22 days ago

@Shopify brb telling my agents to redirect my cv and portfolio to @katarinabatina so I can come play in their lab 🔥🤓

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