"Now, tools like v0, Lovable, and Cursor are enabling instant, vibe-based prototyping that makes old methods feel almost quaint. What's coming into sharper focus isn't fidelity, it's foresight. Part of the work of Product Design today is conceptual: sensing trends, building future-proof systems, and thinking years ahead. But besides the current momentum, we still have to focus on real problems that bring real value as of now."
"As AI agents become embedded collaborators in our systems, designers face a powerful and pressing question: Who are we designing for now? Suddenly, we find ourselves in the middle of a new Experience dilemma: designing for both people and programs. That means exploring new personas and reconciling different approaches: emotional intuition, logical execution, and the coherence of both. Let's have a look at the pitfalls of this dilemma and explore what we have to consider while designing for both humans and machines."
"AI agents are users, but not humans. Designing for them requires new UX abstractions. Product Design 101 is all about understanding human experiences: how something feels, how intuitive it is, how it delights. But agents don't feel. They parse. They tokenize. They operate on pattern recognition, context, probability, and strict interpretation. Designing for agents means building interfaces that are accessible and intuitive but speak clearly to non-human readers."
AI is disrupting design at high speed, shifting priorities from pixel-perfect mockups to rapid, vibe-based prototyping and foresight. Product designers must sense trends, build future-proof systems, and plan years ahead while still solving present, valuable problems. AI agents are becoming embedded collaborators and new kinds of users that parse structured data rather than experience emotion. Designing for agents requires new UX abstractions such as structured data, semantic HTML, accessible roles, predictable metadata, and clear context. Interfaces must be both emotionally intuitive for humans and precise and machine-readable for agents to ensure coherent human-agent interactions.
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