The coolest Figma-less AI design workflow and fundraiser party of 2025
✨“This is the most impressive AI design demo I’ve seen yet.”✨
Hang out with 200+ senior designers at Ramp’s beautiful Flatiron office where founding designer Steve Witmer will demo a new AI-first Figma-less design process.
It’s made him 2x faster without sacrificing craft or quality, and just might break your brain a little, in a good way.
Catering and refreshments will be provided courtesy of Ramp.
🏓🎉 Ping pong party hosted by Mobbin & Optimal 🎉🏓
Afterwards, we head to Spin for an after party with:
Complimentary cocktails and finger foods
Ping pong tournament matches
Raffles with big prizes
Shuffleboard, corn hole, oversized Connect-4 and Jenga
Plenty of space to mingle for folks just wanting to chill and chat
🤖 Who is this for? 🤖
Senior designers who want to see a cutting edge AI design workflow capable of replacing Figma completely.
Design, product and engineering execs rethinking how teams design with AI.
Builders who want to skip the theory and see the tools in action.
Note: Because our event content is intended to level up senior designers, participants must be in a senior design or design-adjacent role, OR have a minimum of 5 yrs of experience in the UX or Product design field.
🕘 Schedule 🕘
6PM-7PM - Doors open at Ramp, mingling time with other senior designers, grab dinner and drinks courtesy of Ramp.
7PM-8PM - Demo with designer Steve Witmer showcasing an AI-first design process followed by Q&A
8PM-9PM - Continue mingling with other designers
9PM-12AM - Party at Spin (5 min away) for a ping pong tournament, cocktails and snacks. Activities include ping pong, cornhole, Connect-4, Jenga, and shuffleboard.
12AM - End of party, please get home safe!
🧑🚀 About Steve Witmer 🧑🚀
Steve is a hardcore vibe-designer who doesn’t know how to code.
Steve Witmer is a product designer and AI technologist focused on building tools that streamline complex workflows. He’s the founder of Roster, an AI-assistive platform for crew management and logistics in the film and TV industry. Previously at Wrapbook and ServiceNow.
Steve now blends rapid prototyping, product strategy, and AI-native workflows to help teams ship faster and smarter. He also advises startups and teaches designers how to harness tools like Magic Patterns, Lovable, and Cursor. Outside of work, he’s a tired father of three energetic kids under 8.
🔥 Our amazing partners 🔥
Our events are growing and so are operational and event space booking costs. Thanks to our generous partners, we’re able to lower ticket prices while still offering complimentary food and drinks.
Designer Friends does not and will not ever share contact information such as email or phone numbers of our attendees with partners and sponsors for marketing and sales purposes without prior approval.
The only info we share is the name of the company that you currently work at and the seniority level of attendees in an aggregated breakdown in terms of percentages.
💸 Donation goals 💸
As part of our yearly goal of donating $10,000 to causes we care about, ticket proceeds will go directly toward:
Non-profits such as Game Devs of Color Expo, The Trevor Project, Inneract Project
Speaker travel stipend + honorarium
Vendors including catering, photographer, printer, etc.
Future Designer Friends events operating costs
🐝 Community Guidelines 🐝
Designer Friends Community Guidelines & code of conduct