How is AI actually changing the daily workflow of product designers in 2025? In this episode, Christina Yang - Senior Product Designer at Descript - shares how her team is shipping AI-powered features, why Figma is being pushed to the fringes of the design process, and what it means when designers start submitting pull requests.

We dive deep into the real tools and workflows Christina uses daily - from Claude and Cursor for ideation and prototyping, to handling Git and pull requests as a designer. We also discuss the shift from T-shaped to comb-shaped skill profiles, systems thinking vs. design thinking, and how small teams at companies like Descript are outpacing larger orgs.

Whether you're a product designer navigating AI tools, a design leader rethinking team structure, or just curious about where the design profession is heading - this conversation is packed with practical insights.

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In this episode, we sit down with Javan Wang, Senior Product Designer at Shopify, who's flipped the traditional design workflow on its head - Figma is now his last step, not his first.

Javan walks us through how he uses Claude, Cursor, and v0 to handle ideation, problem synthesis, and prototyping before ever touching Figma. We explore how Shopify's design system becomes the bridge between AI-generated prototypes and production code, why canvas-based tools like v0 feel different from chat-based tools like Cursor, and the specific moments where Figma still can't be replaced - custom icons, gaming assets with gradients and texture, and pixel-level detail work.

🔗 Javan Wang on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javan-wang/🔗 Shopify: https://www.shopify.com