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- Siebel Center for Design
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- Registration opens March 8, 2027
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- Emily Bear
- eknigh3@illinois.edu
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Taste Makers: Craft & Credit in the Age of AI
April 17, 2027 | Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
When anyone can generate a screen, a persona, or a prototype in seconds, making things is no longer the hard part. Knowing what’s good is. As AI takes on more of the effort in design work, a designer's value shifts to taste — the craft, care, and point of view to decide what to build, who it's for, and what's worth putting your name on.
Last year, UX Days explored how designers work within systems in flux. This year, we turn to the people shaping what comes out of those systems. Together, we'll ask: What makes great work great, how do we develop the taste to recognize it, and who gets the credit when people and machines make things together?
Through keynotes, workshops, and conversations, UX Day 2027 bridges the critical and the practical, inviting students, educators, and professionals to sharpen the taste, craft, and ownership that make design human — no matter what tools help us get there.
Currently accepting proposals for breakout sessions and keynote speakers. Find more information here.