UTS Design: Canva, AI and the future of graphic design

What does the graphic design industry look like in 10 years? With the current rate of technological change, is it even possible to imagine that far ahead? Join Principle Product Designer for Canva Jessica Faccin reflecting on her career designing digital products for Canva, the impact of GenAI on the design industry, and whether moral ambiguity is the skill designers need to survive the years ahead.

Jessica Faccin is a Principal Product Designer at Canva, currently leading design for Canva Code; an AI-powered product that enables anyone to create responsive, interactive experiences. She led the design for emerging products at Canva, including Magic Studio, and Video, at a time when they represented new creative frontiers, translating then into intuitive experiences used by millions. Jessica also focusses on the craft across Canva’s design specialty, helping redefine how designers work with AI through stronger judgement and systems thinking. 

Zoë Sadokierski is a designer, writer and Associate Professor in Visual Communication at UTS School of Design. Bridging the fields of Design and Environmental Humanities, her practice-based research explores how visual storytelling can communicate the complexity of biodiversity loss (and other consequences of humans meddling in the natural world) through creative nonfiction, visual essays and anarchival collage. She has won multiple book design awards, and her artist books and works on paper have been exhibited and collected internationally.

6.15pm for a 6.30pm start

Architecture Foyer is Level 5, directly behind the lifts

UTS Building 6, 702 Harris Street Ultimo.

The talk will be recorded, please RSVP to be emailed a link after the event.

This event is the second in a series of conversations, workshops and barstool lectures presented by UTS School of Design interrogating the opportunities, challenges, and responsibilities of Design in uncertain times. You can find recordings after the events at: https://www.youtube.com/@UTSDesign