About the Course
Explore how generative AI can transform the way design ideas are developed, communicated, and refined. This session will demonstrate how tools like RunDiffusion can rapidly convert early concepts and annotations into compelling visualizations, renderings, and animated story-telling experiences. We'll also cover practical workflows for image editing, iterative design exploration, prompt development, and integrating existing workflow and content organization and collaboration through third-party plugin supports. Attendees will gain hands-on insight into integrating AI into everyday design processes while maintaining creative control and design intent.
Recommended Experience
Basic familiarity with architectural or design visualization workflows
Experience using at least one of the following:
Revit/Rhino/Sketchup
Photoshop
Miro
Comfort working with digital images, design presentations, or rendering outputs
Required Accounts & Software
RunDiffusion account (provided prior to the workshop)
Personal laptop with internet access
Access to supported design software participants wish to integrate: Revit/Photoshop
Your Instructor
Blake Gibbons
Blake Gibbons is the Chief Revenue Officer at RunDiffusion, where he leads revenue, partnerships, and growth. He works closely with architecture and design firms to help teams adopt AI for concept development, visualization, and creative workflows, with a focus on practical implementation, governance, and enterprise-scale adoption.
Jun Wang
Regional AI + Computational Design Leader | Senior Associate @ Gensler
Jun Wang is a designer and technologist with more than 10 years of experience across diverse architectural and master-planning projects in the U.S. and internationally. Beyond his role as a designer, he leads AI and computational design initiatives, speaks and teaches about emerging technologies, and explores how generative AI can expand architectural practice and create greater value for projects, clients, and communities.
Stuti Bhardwaj
Stuti Bhardwaj is a Technical Designer at Gensler, working at the intersection of architecture, AI, and emerging design technologies. Her work focuses on integrating generative AI into architectural workflows from visualization and design exploration to storytelling and communication.
She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and has presented, taught, and led workshops on AI and computational tools across academic and professional settings.
In Person and Virtual
Chicago, IL, USA
