Lauren Celenza

Lauren Celenza — Staff Designer at Adobe. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.

Lauren Celenza

Staff Designer

Lauren Celenza is a Staff Designer at Adobe, where she works on enterprise collaboration and GenAI for Adobe Express, with previous design leadership roles at Google, Code for America, Samsara, and The World Resources Institute. Her work has helped make millions of addresses, routes, and businesses visible in Google Maps, contributed to more than $90 million in US tax refunds, and supported global land restoration efforts through thoughtful, inclusive product design. Based in Seattle, she is also a writer and speaker whose work has appeared in Fast Company, Forbes, and The New York Times, and she publishes the newsletter Tech Without Losing Your Soul on technology, burnout, and building with humanity in the age of AI.

Past talks

1 talk · 1 event

2026

UXDX Community: Seattle: Return to Human: How Intention and Connection Drive Modern StrategyMay 2026

Talk

Living Through an AI Takeover Without Losing Your Soul

As AI reshapes work and creativity, the question that haunts us isn't what AI can do, but what it's leaving us to figure out about ourselves. In this talk, Lauren Celenza makes the case that the designers, product managers, engineers, and leaders who will stand apart in the age of AI are not the ones who prompt the best, but those who bring taste, intention, community, and genuine humanity to everything they touch. Through real-world case studies, sharp provocations, and an honest reckoning with how AI is reshaping our industry, economy, and environment, this talk offers a practical framework for reclaiming your creative soul and your strategic value.

Lauren Celenza