How To Design In The Agent Era
How To Design In The Agent Era
How To Design In The Agent Era
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AI isn't just changing the tools designers use. It's changing how they build,
ship, and stand out.
In this episode of Design Review, Stephen Haney, founder of AI-native design
tool Paper, joins YC General Partner Aaron Epstein to demo the agent-first
workflow that's making Paper one of the fastest-growing design tools since
Figma.
Using live redesigns of user-submitted websites as examples, they break down the
most common AI design tells, show how to fix them in seconds, and explain why
the biggest risk for founders isn't moving too slow, it's shipping something
that looks like everyone else.
Highlights
Highlights
This conversation explores how AI is reshaping the relationship between design, code, and creative decision-making. It focuses on the practical habits that help teams use AI without losing originality or visual clarity.
Chapters
Chapters
How Paper Brings Design and Code Into One Creative Workflow
00:00Why AI-Native Design Depends on Iteration—and Human Restraint
16:00Breaking Free From the Generic AI Look
27:09How Paper Is Building a More Complete AI Design System
40:47Transcript
Transcript
Stephen Haney: The agents can speed you up and they can save you a lot of work, and they can do tasks like translation or resizing for you. But we're big believers in the human element of design and how important that is. And so we're trying to create a to...
