The take
Generative AI is not just a tool. It's the canvas for the future of design, where creativity meets limitless innovation.
The real transformation of artificial intelligence is not simply about making creative processes faster. It is about expanding the boundaries of human imagination, redefining professional skills, and creating new forms of collaboration between people and intelligent technologies.
The next chapter of design will not be defined by technology alone. It will be shaped by how intelligently we combine human creativity, interdisciplinary knowledge, and technological capabilities.
Editorial bio
Barış Atiker treats generative AI less as a new production tool and more as a shift in what design even means. A professor of visual communication design at Aydın Adnan Menderes University in Türkiye, he writes on human–AI interaction, hybrid media in design education, and the creative use of AI in XR.
In 2023 he founded CoPros Network, an interdisciplinary creative studio experimenting with AI-supported talent management – matching skills to projects across gaming, simulation and film. His work before that runs 25 years and 250+ international design projects, with degrees from Bilkent and Hacettepe.
Worth following if you care about how design schools should actually respond to generative AI, rather than talking around it.
Key facts
- based in
- Aydın, Türkiye
- current
- Professor, Aydın Adnan Menderes University · Founder, CoPros Network (2023)
- prior
- 25+ years in design · 250+ international projects
- education
- Bilkent University · Hacettepe University (Doctor of Arts)
- focus
- Generative AI · XR · motion design · AI in design education
Featured work
CoPros Network
Interdisciplinary creative network experimenting with AI-supported talent management across gaming, simulation and film.
Academic AI, Creativity and Design Education (Research, Oxford AIEOU)
On how generative AI reshapes design education and creative competencies.
The Creative Use of Artificial Intelligence in XR Applications
Conceptual and experiential possibilities at the intersection of AI and extended reality.
The Effect of Design Students' Command Interactions in AI Applications on User Experience
Psychophysiological study of design students working with generative AI.