Hello worldHello world
ATN Summit Workshop
WKS. 08 - GENDO AI
Workshop By:
Workshop Info
  • Details

    FREE

    Thursday, April 16, 2026

    3:00 pm

    -

    7:00 pm

    GMT

    Online

  • Workshop Overview

    Gendo: AI as Your Explorative Design Partner. This interactive workshop will explore how AI can become an integral part of the design process - not just a one-shot image generator. Ismail Seleit and Will Jones will guide participants through Gendo, demonstrating how to collaborate with AI to uncover unexpected ideas, challenge assumptions, and unlock new design directions in real time. You’ll learn how to “spar” with AI to push your thinking further - then put it into practice in a live, fast-paced design challenge to finish the workshop (prizes up for grabs!).

  • Workshop Curriculum

    1. Introduction to Gendo
    2. How can we leverage AI as an interactive sparring partner?
    3. Exporting views and importing into the Gendo Canvas
    4. Using Gendo to create a visual narrative
    5. Generating design variations and striving for unexpected ideas
    6. Exporting, upscaling and style transfer
    7. Preparation for stakeholder presentations
    8. LIVE Gendo design competition (compete or simply watch Ismail & Will work on their submission while answering your live questions)
    9. Real case studies from customers & how to maximise value at an enterprise scale
    10. Wrap-up and winners announcement

  • Entry Requirements

  • How to Join

A Workshop By:
Will Jones & Ismail Seleit

Will Jones is the CTO and Co-founder of Gendo, with over a decade of experience building technical products, many rooted in machine learning.

Before founding Gendo, he spent many years exploring generative algorithms as a medium for creating art - both digital and physical. That curiosity around creativity and computation now informs his work, shaping Gendo’s approach to AI as a collaborator in the design process rather than just a tool for output.

Like Ismail, Will also produces music and scores for short films - and yes, they are planning to start a Gendo band.



Ismail Seleit is the Head of Applied AI at Gendo, operating at the sharp intersection of machine learning and architectural practice. After a 13-year career as an architect driving design technology at Foster + Partners, Ismail brings ruthless pragmatism to the generative AI space. He refuses to treat artificial intelligence as a gimmick. Instead, he builds high-level computational workflows that eliminate systemic friction across urban and product scales. By stripping away the tedious mechanics of the process, his objective is absolute: helping designers focus on what really matters, design.

Beyond his architectural mandate, Ismail is an ambient-electronic music producer and film composer. This synthesis of strict analytical logic and creative exploration defines his character, rigorously dismantling conventional design problems to build smarter, future-proof methodologies.

About the Workshop

Gendo: AI as Your Explorative Design Partner. This interactive workshop will explore how AI can become an integral part of the design process - not just a one-shot image generator. Ismail Seleit and Will Jones will guide participants through Gendo, demonstrating how to collaborate with AI to uncover unexpected ideas, challenge assumptions, and unlock new design directions in real time. You’ll learn how to “spar” with AI to push your thinking further - then put it into practice in a live, fast-paced design challenge to finish the workshop (prizes up for grabs!).

Inside the Workshop
In Collaboration With
Join the Workshop
Our Sponsors