What would you say will be future of design? Or the next big thing?

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They say that with generative creative, designers will shift from creation to curation. I guess that's both good and bad. In a way, you might say that even today, design is a lot of "borrowing" and "using inspiration" for your own needs. But mostly, I think it will be the same as with developers - tools are being built that make the easy things easier, and developers are doing more and more high-level work. Makes sense to me that that will be the case for design as well.

I think right now we're seeing a big trend of illustrative design in products, marketing, etc. I think the next wave will incorporate forms of AI-driven design and art into mainstream brands and their products.