The Future of UI Design past 2026

Future of UI Design for 2026
Future of UI Design for 2026
The design landscape is splitting.

Violently, not gradually. AI didn’t really replace designers in the end.

It separated those who design from those who assemble and those who are just clueless. The space got a little narrower, but way more condensed.

Like a laser.

And that beam is what will cut through the slop and uniformity and help projects stand out. This is the most important time to grasp it.

The competition is at an all time high. Partially in quality, greatly in quantity.

Until AI figures that emotional part out this path stands. So far it has struggled to do so, while eventually replacing many adjacent fields. I’m pretty sure that will happen too eventually, but likely not very soon.

This is the set of skills to rise above the rest.

That’s because there’s two main sides to UI design.

Structural, and emotional. And a lot of in-between.

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Structural vs emotional design
Structural is systemic, so easy to copy. Emotional is unpredictable.
Design from the heart!