Talk
Dream Machine or Co-Designer?
VibeConf 2026 · 6 October 2026 · Pathé Tuschinski, Amsterdam
A talk by Damian Skotzke — Founding Product Designer, Kyoso.
The question
Where does AI stop being a tool and start acting like a collaborator in the design process?
Grounded in
Damian draws on his own product-design and design-engineering projects at Kyoso.
You leave with
A clearer way to decide when to direct AI and when to design with it.
About Damian
Damian Skotzke
Founding Product Designer, Kyoso
Building your creative partner at a startup shaping the design platform of the future. Adopting AI tools extended his impact into design engineering and product management. Now he's preoccupied with the question: “How will the role of the product designer change in the years ahead?”
LinkedIn →Where this talk sits
This talk is part of the single-track VibeConf 2026 programme at Pathé Tuschinski on 6 October 2026. One room, six sessions, no competing tracks — see the full programme and the rest of the speakers.
The wider argument behind the day is set out in our guide to building products with AI, and the community that produced VibeConf keeps a public record of what people built together.
Keep reading
- Permission first, Process second →Jim van der Waal on whether tools or culture decide if a team actually builds things.
- Building products with AI →A practical guide to defining the problem, building the smallest useful loop and knowing when production needs a team.
- Coding with AI, without becoming a developer →What non-developers can build, what they still have to judge, and when to involve an engineer.
Join us in Amsterdam
One room. One shared day.
Damian Skotzke speaks at VibeConf 2026 in Amsterdam. Every session comes from someone who has personally done the work.
€269+ VAT · Regular — Available until 15 September
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