IxDF Taipei × Speculative Futures · 2026.11 → 2027.01

Future of UX
and Beyond.

Trends, Insights
& Global Perspectives.

Ground-level intelligence on AI disruption, shifting role boundaries, and design craft across Asia-Pacific product ecosystems.

4events
3research pillars
300+survey responses
Vol. 01 · First stopIxDF TaipeiMeetup
The UX Worker Daily
Future DailySunday, November 22, 2026Taipei
This issueMeetup · IxDF UX Brunch Chat
Design, beyond the interface.

First stop: Where Design Moves. From products and digital tools to data, civic participation and social impact — how design connects people with the world.

A person hiding behind a newspaper
▲ A face hidden by change. Photo: Becky Sherburn / Unsplash

A UX Brunch Chat from 10:30. Speakers include a product designer who has worked in Norway and Taiwan, the founder of Irori Design, and a vTaiwan coordinator, on how design moves past the screen into data, civic participation and social issues.

We will also share the first results of How UX Workers Feel (APAC Edition). Your answers feed into the December workshop.

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Section A · The Goals

Three
Pillars.

Three research pillars,
one APAC view.

Through a survey, interviews and workshops, we move from feelings to how work is changing to the skills the future needs, and share the findings at the year-end gathering.

Pillar 01Feel
01

How UX Workers Feel

Burnout, job security and daily friction: real feedback from designers.

SurveyInterviews
Pillar 02Work
02

How Work Is Changing

How industry and hiring trends are shifting, and how AI is reshaping daily workflows.

SurveyWorkshop
Pillar 03Future
03

Mindset and Skills Needed for Future

Defining the key skills for the future, such as AI fluency, adaptability and handling complexity.

InterviewsWorkshop
Section B · The Series

Four Issues,
One Series.

One series,
four issues.

Each issue is one event. Click a card to open its event page. After the event, the issue turns into a recap.

Section C · The Audiences

Who
Answered.

Three kinds of UX people,
three everyday lives with AI.

From survey Q1, “What is your main role?”, we picked three representative roles to see how they use AI, how they feel about the change, and what skills they think they need.

Persona 01How UX Workers Feel

Placeholder values · updated when responses are in
Section D · From the Survey

By the
Numbers.

The survey is open,
and updates after every stop.

The data below are placeholders. Take the 5-minute survey to make the next issue more accurate. Take the survey ↗

The UX Worker DailyThe NumbersA4 – A5 · placeholder data
Q15 · Identity · single choice

After a year of working with AI,
how do you see your profession?

Over a third feel amplified, but the more junior people are, the more often they pick “unstable”.

Q16 · Emotions · multi-select

13 emotions:
curious and overwhelmed at once

PositiveNegativeMixed
Q9a · Q9b · Workflow

What has AI made faster,
and what slower?

Q19 · UX quality
Source: APAC UX Worker Survey 2026 · placeholder dataA4 · A5
Section E · Letters

Letters to
the Editor.

Beyond the numbers,
we want to hear from you.

Open answers are published anonymously with consent. The letters below are placeholders.

An office worker resting on a desk
Q17b · Biggest worry

“I am not worried about being replaced by AI. I am worried juniors will never get to grow through the basic work.”

Design lead · Taipei · 12 yrs
“

“When I ask AI for Chinese copy, eight times out of ten I have to fix the translated tone.”

UX Writer · Taipei · 5 yrs
“

“AI let me build a launch-ready prototype on my own for the first time.”

Product Builder · Singapore · 7 yrs
“

“Client contracts ban putting data into AI, so we still do it the slow way.”

Agency designer · Taipei · 4 yrs
“

“The biggest change in two or three years: we will finally stop arguing about whether designers should code.”

Q20c · Product manager · Tokyo · 9 yrs
“

“Half the team is gone and the work is not. What AI fills in is our overtime.”

UX Researcher · Hong Kong · 6 yrs
Section F · About

About
IxDF Taipei.

Taipei’s UX community,
starting on a weekend morning.

IxDF Taipei is the Taipei local group of the Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF). Since spring 2025 we have hosted brunch chats, coworking afternoons and cross-border sessions, so designers, researchers, product people and the design-curious never have to face a changing industry alone.

IxDF TaipeiInteraction Design Foundation · Local Group
  1. 01 · TogetherNot alone

    Meet peers, swap experience and grow together through AI and a changing job market.

  2. 02 · Across BordersAcross borders

    We connect with IxDF groups across Asia, taking Taipei’s view out and bringing the world’s experience back.

  3. 03 · Open to AllOpen to all

    No design background or IxDF membership needed. Just be curious about design.

  • 2025.04Hey IxDF TaipeiOur first meetup
  • 2025.05IxDF Asia Connect Ep.02The design industry: past, present, future
  • 2025.10UX Thinkers, Tech Builders, Bold StartersDesigners, engineers and founders
  • 2025.11Design & Product Grateful GatheringYear-end thank-you gathering
  • 2026.04IxDF Asia Community ConnectDesigning Across Borders
  • 2026.05UX Brunch ChatWeekend brunch, UX talk
  • 2026.06Designers Exploring AI, LiveIxDF cross-border exchange
  • 2026.07UX Coworking AfternoonAn afternoon of working together
  • 2026.09UX Brunch Chat: Empowering with ResearchResearch theme, about 60 attendees
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See you at
Vol.01.

November 22, Taipei.
First stop: Where Design Moves.