# AI in design report 2026

> An editorial research-report website with an abstract photographic masthead, partner strip, introduction, documentary photography beside large statistics, a split testimonial panel, and color-coded chapter previews.

- Kind: Website
- Live website: https://stateofaidesign.com/
- Page: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/
- Ready-to-use agent handoff: https://meetreference.com/v/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/agent.txt
- Authorship: Not stated
- Made with: Not stated
- Model: not stated
- Built with: not stated
- Style: Editorial; editorial, swiss-inspired, oversized typography, asymmetric grid, color blocking, solarized imagery, minimal
- Preview: a flip-through of inspected screenshots; open the live work to experience its motion and interactions.
- Shared by ++hellohello / SEB® / Pablo Picart / Ismael Martínez in Website: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/ai-in-design-report-2026
- Prompt fidelity: Unavailable in this entry. The recreation brief is written by Reference.

## Before you start

Guidance from Reference, separate from the creator's instructions.

1. Read the reference and inspect the project, installed libraries, and available agent skills before writing code. Reuse suitable tools already present.
2. Prefer the creator-reported libraries and skills when they fit the task. Explain what useful additions help with, and install missing project dependencies or relevant skills from official sources when the environment and the user's existing permissions allow it. Respect the project's package manager and setup rules; do not ask again for routine setup already authorized.
3. Distinguish tools used by the creator from your own recommendations. A listed tool is not automatically required, and an empty tools or requirements list means the setup is unknown, not that nothing is needed.
4. Ask concise questions when missing inputs or choices materially affect the result: paid services, credentials, the user's assets, or a different production approach. Use existing answers and permissions; continue independent work while waiting.
5. If a useful library, skill, or service cannot be installed or used, explain an available alternative and its expected effect on quality, features, or effort. Get the user's choice before a material compromise; otherwise state the fallback and continue. Never silently simplify the result or claim to have used a tool you did not use.

## Recreating this website

This is a visual reference. No original creator prompt is available. The following brief was written by Reference after inspecting the work.

Establish a recurring asymmetric column split, using oversized chapter numbers on the left and narrower explanatory copy on the right. Alternate white reading areas with full-width color fields, fine horizontal rules, and broad black links with simple arrow icons. Pair documentary photographs with solarized or halftone imagery to distinguish factual context from chapter identity. For a new subject, replace the research content and photographs, and develop a subject-specific image motif and chapter palette while retaining the grid and typographic hierarchy.

1. Open the live work or source and inspect the frame images below.
2. Adapt its layout, hierarchy, palette, and interaction patterns to the user's own content and brand.
3. Compare the result against the reference. Use your own assets and credit the original creator.

## What it looks like

Written by Reference from the captured walkthrough frames, not by the creator.

Contemporary, editorial design-report aesthetic with bold color blocks and a mix of photography and abstract graphics.

- Color: White and black with vivid orange, lavender, pale green, and muted gray-blue imagery.
- Type: Large, clean sans-serif headlines paired with smaller, restrained sans-serif body copy and labels.
- Framing: A spacious, modular grid with prominent headlines, photographs, statistics, and colored panels. The frames show repeated sections of the page side by side.
- Structure: The report begins with a title and partner logos, then moves through an introduction, interview statistics, numbered topic sections, and further chapter links.

Storyboard, nine frames spread across the captured walkthrough: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/storyboard.webp

- Frame 1 at 1.0s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f1.webp
- Frame 2 at 2.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f2.webp
- Frame 3 at 4.9s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f3.webp
- Frame 4 at 6.8s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f4.webp
- Frame 5 at 8.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f5.webp
- Frame 6 at 10.7s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f6.webp
- Frame 7 at 12.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f7.webp
- Frame 8 at 14.6s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f8.webp
- Frame 9 at 16.5s: https://meetreference.com/media/ref-ai-in-design-report-2026-63ca/f9.webp

## Links

- Visit site: https://stateofaidesign.com/
- Original post: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/ai-in-design-report-2026
- Source and design credit: https://www.awwwards.com/sites/ai-in-design-report-2026