Episode

OpenAI's Frontier, The Return of The Intuitive Designer, Special Guest: Figma's Shane Johnson

Podcast: AI and Design
Published: Feb 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 2865
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Summary

Dan and Nik chat about OpenAI's new Frontier platform and what it might mean for designers and even their career paths. We then discuss James Harrison's essay "The Return of The Intuitive Designer." Then Dan interviews Shane Johnson, Principal User Researcher at Figma, on the role that user research has in this AI world.