What does the AI product design workflow actually look like now? Figma + design system?
I’ve been thinking a lot about what the “default” product design workflow is going to look like as AI gets better at building UI.
Is Figma + a solid design system still the best setup?
For people building products with AI — especially solo builders or small teams — what does your actual workflow look like right now?
Mine has been roughly:
Figma → design one or two core screens → use the design system / existing components to derive the rest → build with AI
I don’t really design every screen in Figma anymore. I mostly use it to establish the core direction, layout, components, and visual language, then let the system do a lot of the repetitive work.
But I’m curious if people are moving even further away from Figma — like designing directly in code with Cursor/Claude/etc., or using Figma mostly as a source of truth for tokens/components.
What’s actually working for you?
Especially curious about the difference between solo builders vs. teams with designers + engineers.