Design education is falling behind. Curriculum cycles take years. The creative industry moves in months. Students are graduating into a workforce that has already moved on.

Empowering Design Education with AI is the first firsthand account of systematically integrating AI into a major American design curriculum. Christie Shin and C.J. Yeh, Professors of Creative Technology and Design at FIT, take you inside the work: building the AI-Assisted Design minor, launching new courses, forming industry partnerships, and teaching students to lead with Creative Intelligence rather than compete with machines.

The Five Pillars of Creative Intelligence, pioneered by Shin and Yeh, give educators an adaptable framework: Problem Framing, Research-Driven Innovation, Systems Thinking, Domain Knowledge, and Holistic Creative Intelligence. Interviews with industry thought leaders and evidence from real student work ground every chapter.

Written for design educators building the next curriculum, and for designers and students building the next chapter of their careers.