Day 008Product & Design1 min readChinese original ↗

Figma ships a native design agent

Figma 发布 Native Design Agent
TL;DR
  • Figma released its own design agent, and I’m curious whether its target users can move beyond designers to the wider builder group.
  • Tools make “average” easier to reach, so you can no longer blame the tools if a design doesn’t look good. You can learn a tool in a few hours; taste, aesthetics and a sense of what’s good take a long time to build up.
  • New tools and concepts are arriving faster and faster. I want to find my own rhythm between “learning new things with an open mind” and “not getting swept away by anxiety.”

Yesterday Figma released its own design agent. I’m a bit curious whether its target users can move beyond designers to the wider builder group, and, at a time when tools are evolving faster and faster:

- From now on, if a design doesn’t look good, it seems you can no longer blame the tools; they’re already trying very hard… But once “average” becomes easier to reach, where will the differences come from? You can learn a tool in a few hours, but taste, aesthetics and a sense of what’s good may take a very, very long time to build up.

- New tools and concepts are arriving faster and faster. How do you sensibly balance “learning new things with an open mind” and “not getting swept away by too much anxiety,” and find your own rhythm in the endless stream?

Maybe I’ll think and write about it over the next couple of days

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