--- title: Bringing Mutative Design to NYC Apps at IDEO | daily.dev description: A recap of an NYC Apps meetup hosted by IDEO, where Touchlab's lead designer Liam Spradlin presented Project Phoebe, a concept around 'mutative design' —... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-mutative-design-to-nyc-apps-at-ideo-n0iqebxsn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bringing Mutative Design to NYC Apps at IDEO | daily.dev og:description: A recap of an NYC Apps meetup hosted by IDEO, where Touchlab's lead designer Liam Spradlin presented Project Phoebe, a concept around 'mutative design' —... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bringing-mutative-design-to-nyc-apps-at-ideo-n0iqebxsn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/N0IQEBXSn.png og:image:alt: Bringing Mutative Design to NYC Apps at IDEO og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bringing Mutative Design to NYC Apps at IDEO **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A recap of an NYC Apps meetup hosted by IDEO, where Touchlab's lead designer Liam Spradlin presented Project Phoebe, a concept around 'mutative design' — interfaces that automatically adapt to individual users based on behavior and needs (e.g., larger touch targets for children, higher contrast for low-vision users). The event also featured InVision's Simon Kirk discussing upcoming designer-developer collaboration features, and IDEO's team presenting on conversational interfaces and SMS-based UI testing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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