Research on design, AI, and the changing profession.
The design profession changed permanently with AI: value moved from manual execution to understanding, specifying, and validating. I call the risk Structural Convergence (whoever does not specify is homogenized by the machine) and the answer Specification Literacy (knowing how to specify became the skill of the decade). These are the publications, talks, and the book where I investigate that.
Publications and credentials
Structural Convergence in AI-Generated Media: How Specification Literacy Moderates Homogenization in GenAI-Assisted Interface Design (opens in a new tab)
Experimental study published at AIMEDIA 2026 (IARIA) on how specification literacy moderates visual homogenization in AI-generated interfaces. Camera-ready, Article 40099. Coauthored with Azonnoudo, Teixeira (UFSC), and Böhm (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany).
Published2026Designing Against Defaults: Prompt-Side Control Strategies for AI-Assisted Interface Prototyping
Paper submitted to AID 2026 in Seoul and currently under review. It proposes prompt-side control strategies for AI-assisted interface prototyping. It has not been published.
In review2026The hardest problem isn't the screen (opens in a new tab)
Public UX Time 2026 talk about accessibility and the problem that comes before the screen. The full recording is available.
Talk2026Collaborative work in education and cognitive accessibility (CONBRANEURO 2026) (opens in a new tab)
Three papers published with DOIs in Revista Multidisciplinar em Saúde (ISSN 2675-8008, Vol. 7 No. 1, 2026), covering special education and cognitive accessibility. Collaborative work with different coauthor positions.
Collaborative work2026Design na Era da IA
Book in production with Casa do Código about how designers and product teams can use AI with judgment without outsourcing their own decisions.
In production2026
Notas de Produto
One note a month on how designers stay relevant when AI already does the easy work. Method, not news.