Luis Ouriach - How are design systems changing?

Today’s episode is with Luis Ouriach (https://x.com/disco_lu) whose role as a designer advocate at Figma means he’s constantly helping teams navigate this rapidly changing landscape… especially when it comes to design systems. So we’re going to do a deep dive into the trends he’s noticing and what it all means for designers.

Some highlights:

• How design systems are changing with AI
• Luis’s ideas around agentic design systems
• Pitfalls to avoid when adopting AI with your team
• What trends we can ignore vs. what is really important
• Luis’s journey as a builder and his career plan moving forward
• What Figma’s new integration with Claude and Codex unlocks

Luis’s agentic design systems article: https://medium.com/@disco_lu/building-agentic-design-systems-the-future-of-ai-enhanced-design-6ad0470cf1e3

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Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:11 What’s happening in design systems 6:59 What Luis is seeing in today’s landscape 14:05 Why we shouldn’t say “design system” 23:58 The gap between enterprise and startups 27:21 What the Figma MCP unlocks 37:27 Luis’s journey with AI 44:22 How Luis thinks about his career moving forward