Defining the Designer of 2015 Interesting, if not somewhat predictable, findings from AIGA’s and Adobe’s research into what will characterize a designer some ten years from now. According to them, the most important quality of a designer will be his or her meta-disciplinary study and practice: “Designers must be able to draw on experience and knowledge from a broad range of disciplines, including the social sciences and humanities, in order to solve problems in a global, competitive market of products and ideas.” Maybe my heavy dose of film and art history courses will be considered valuable in the design world after all.