Gardens, Not Platforms: Designer In The Loop

Hi Design Thinkers The July 2026 event at DT&I, we have a special talk that brings together the concepts of Agentic AI workflows and the practical aspects of creating with AI that transforms the way you do design. Our guest speaker is Megan Ducote. *Megan is a relational technologist and design leader who builds tools for community, organizing, and civic infrastructure. She writes and speaks on decentralized technology; post-platform experiences and the future designers are positioned to shape.* This session opens the hood on agentic workflows: moving from intent to a working tool, where you stay in the loop, where the agent runs on its own, and what the handoffs between you and the system actually look like. Not a chatbot you ask for ideas, but a way of working that produces things that run. For a long time design has lived a few doors down from development. We hand off, we advocate, we translate. When a designer can move from intent to a working thing themselves, that distance closes, and the question of where design sits and what it's allowed to shape opens back up. The same capability raises a quieter question: once you can build almost anything, what is worth building? The work shown here leans toward the local over the extractive, the sufficient over the endlessly scaled, tools that keep people close rather than capturing them. We look forward to seeing you at this intriguing session. Who would find this event useful: * Entrepreneurs, start-up founders * Design / Technology professionals * Design Strategists, design professionals * Design and Management Students * Community at-large *Innovation does not happen in isolation—it grows through shared experiences, fresh perspectives, and meaningful conversations.* 🚀 Come curious. Leave inspired. Join our Linked-in group: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dt-i-org DT&I Team