Luis Ouriach - How are design systems changing?

By Dive Club

Categories: Product, Design

Summary

Design systems are now the centerpiece of successful engineering, as the more we rely on tools to create code, the more we need a system to tell those tools what to do. Agentic design systems are crucial to avoid a 'landfill' of AI-generated 'rubbish'.

Key Takeaways

  1. Design systems are now the foundation for all workflows, even when using AI-powered tools for code generation.
  2. Invest heavily in design system documentation and guidelines, as these will be critical for maintaining quality and consistency with AI-generated code.
  3. Decide proactively what aspects of the design process should be automated vs. kept manual, to avoid a future 'landfill' of poorly-generated content.
  4. Embrace an 'agentic' mindset for design systems, where they are the central driver of change rather than a siloed team in the corner.
  5. Continuously evaluate and evolve design systems as AI capabilities rapidly advance, to avoid technical debt and quality issues.
  6. Design systems are crucial for maintaining control and quality as AI-powered tools automate more of the creative and development process.

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Transcript Excerpt

Basically overnight, LLMs made design systems way more important. So how should we think about what a system even is in today's world? But now the system becomes the [music] centerpiece of all successful engineering work. The more we rely on a tool to create our code, the more we rely on a system to tell that [music] tool what to code. >> How is this changing the shape of design orgs and the way that we collaborate as [music] a team? that starting from anywhere philosophy is the new way of working. You [music] might start in a document, you might start in a canvas, you might start in a front end, you might start in any of those places, but ultimately you're going to be [music] bouncing through the tools. Welcome to Dive Club. My name is Red and this is where designers never stop learning. …