Figma Agent Unlocks Your Design System's Full Power
Figma has released an agent that uses your design system to generate smarter, faster prototypes. By feeding the agent your design principles and guidelines, it learns what makes your product work—then applies that knowledge automatically to new projects.
3D-Print Your Way to a Design Win: Five Pro Tips
Bambu Lab has shared a playbook for designing winning 3D-printed headphone accessories—from material choice to functional testing—based on real competition entries that stood out.
How Olivia Rodrigo Taught Us to Respond to Design Theft Claims
When accused of using AI in her design work, Olivia Rodrigo's team didn't deny—they showed their process instead, proving authenticity through transparency and craftsmanship.
Stop the Machines: Peras Pauses AI Agents Before They Wreck Your Week
Peras is a new tool that lets you pause Claude Code and other AI coding agents mid-task, so you can review what they're building before they burn through your time (and tokens).
Play Animation Rough Draft: Dispatch's Storyboard Mode Flips Game Design Inside Out
AdHoc Studio's anniversary update for *Dispatch* lets you play the entire game as its original storyboard animatics—rough pencil frames, timing notes, and all. It's a behind-the-scenes masterclass hiding inside a video game.
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TODAY’S THREAD**Systems, not shortcuts, make better work.** From design systems guiding AI agents to storyboards revealing animation craft to pausing code before it breaks—this week's theme is control. The best creatives aren't fighting new tools; they're building frameworks (design principles, documented processes, pause buttons) that let those tools work smarter, faster, and more honestly.