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Tommy Geoco - The state of the design industry right now

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Dive Club 🤿
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May 19, 2026
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Summary

Over the last few months, Tommy Geoco has went on site to study today’s top design teams (Vercel, Perplexity, Metalab, Ramp, etc.). So this week’s episode is a deep dive into all of the trends he’s seeing around AI workflows and where design is headed next. Some highlights: Why 59% of designers build their own tools Tommy’s current tool stack for AI design work What signals show AI fluency in job interviews Why internal tool building is the new career path Why now is the best time to grow in the design community How design workflows have become creative director roles a lot more Ben Blumenrose (mentioned as having good insights on design)