Watch Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling Video Tutorial

Every time I open up Twitter it feels like someone is talking about the new design tool called Paper (paper.design) 👀 So this episode is a behind-the-scenes with their founder, Stephen Haney (https://x.com/sdothaney) 👀 He shares his vision for the future of design, gives a nifty demo of the product and we also go deep into: - Paper's strategy for AI - Why designer's DON'T need to learn to code - Why design files are more about alignment than handoff - What he's doing differently this time around after Modulz - Why shaders are a big deal for designers who want to stand out - How the role of design is evolving (and what that means for tools) + a lot more - David Hoang Strategy is Compressing article (https://www.proofofconcept.pub/p/strategy-is-compressing) - Stephen posted on DeviantArt in early days - Created Radix UI at Modulz (https://modulz.app/) - Paper’s Liquid logo release on Twitter (https://x.com/sdothaney/status/1892286294107013506) Recommended episode Colin Dunn - https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/colin-dunn Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:42 Why build a design tool 6:24 Stephen's Modulz journey 10:58 Going from WorkOS to Paper 13:56 What "approved rectangles" mindset means 17:43 Demoing shaders in Paper 20:50 Why Paper doesn't render vectors 21:55 Paper's vision for handoff 23:44 Paper's AI strategy 25:35 How image gen works in Paper 27:42 AI for iteration 28:44 Where Paper is at as a company 29:32 How Paper's strategy has evolved 35:15 Alignment over coding 39:41 Where do moats exist for Paper 42:29 Product strategy in an AI world 45:28 Paper's ICP in the short run 53:11 What's next for Paper Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 🌐 dive.club 🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclub Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪