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On product design in the age of AI tooling. Practitioner notes, not predictions.

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#08 Every design system conversation I've had this year has the same gap.

Three clients. Three different problems. One thing none of them were talking about.

#07 Most design feedback teaches the wrong thing.

How I changed the way I give feedback. And why AI forced the change.

#06 Senior designer is a job title. It is not a description.

What the word actually means now. And who it no longer applies to.

#05 The client did not want research. They wanted permission.

How to tell the difference before you are three weeks in.

#04 Every senior designer I talk to is asking the wrong question.

What people ask when they're scared. And what the question actually reveals.

#03 AI executed the brief. Perfectly.

What happens when AI does exactly what you asked and produces exactly the wrong thing. A process account from real client work.

#02 You do not own a Webflow site. You rent it.

The no-code promise made sense until AI started writing the code. Why Framer and Webflow are losing ground, and why I built a course to help designers own their portfolios outright.

#01 Design is dead. And I think you already know it.

Why I named this newsletter Design is Dead, and why now is the best moment to be a senior designer in the AI era.