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[annie clark @annieclark]

Euclid HATES him! Local researcher discovers one weird trick to disprove Erdős conjecture

earnestly though, you should watch @slaterstich 's and @BainCapVC 's new series /begin{proof}

[Slater Stich @slaterstich]

Very excited to share our interview with @polynoamial on AI for math — the Erdős unit distance problem, saturating the IMO, the future of math research, and more!

[annie clark @annieclark]

mood board industrial complex

[Elizabeth Goodspeed @domesticetch]

“What aesthetic is this?” My newest @itsnicethat column is about visual trend culture online, the rise of taxonomic warfare, and what gets flattened when culture becomes searchable infrastructure 🏷️https://t.co/AdcEWAnZDq

[Justin Rands @jayrizpop]

Oh man https://t.co/9VS0gAEY2h isn’t ready

[annie clark @annieclark]

Ok I’ll bite. 1/ Feels like a very narrow definition of design is doing a lot of work here, and 2/ AI accelerates that last mile of execution (great!) but deciding what should exist, how it works, and why anyone would care has always been ~ and will continue to be ~ the job!

[Gokul Rajaram @gokulr]

DESIGN: THE FIRST AI CASUALTY

I'm increasingly sure that 2026 signals the end of product design as a full-fledged stand-alone function within companies. If so, it will be the first role / function to be eliminated by AI on a go-forward basis.

Instead of hiring FT designers, startups are hiring / will hire design consultants to create a design system that the founder likes (this takes a few weeks max). Once the design system is finalized, PM/Eng feed it into their AI tool of choice to generate prototypes. The design system is refreshed annually by the same consultant.

Larger companies will likely not backfill design roles and will do some targeted attrition to reduce the design department to 20% the size it is today.

If you're a designer, I think you have two choices:
1. Become an entrepreneur: Start a design agency and become the go-to resource for design systems for startups and even larger companies. This can be a good recurring revenue business.
2. Become a builder: Add PM/Eng responsibilities to become a product builder.

Would suggest you embrace this proactively vs waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I'm really sorry about this - some of my best friends and the people I admire most and have learnt the most from are designers - but it seems inevitable.

[annie clark @annieclark]

I just want a glyph panel

[Figma @figma]

Imagine turning any image into a vector (now you actually can)

→ Convert raster images into editable vectors
→ Simplify and control color output

[Nirav Tolia @niravtolia]

Big congrats to @mnaficy, @annieclark, @thekimfamily and the entire @minted team on the launch of the art print business! Onward and upward!

[niniane @niniane]

Our @Minted designer Annie looked at a chinese "fortune" character and drew it by hand with perfect proportions! O_o I'm shocked & awed!

[annie clark @annieclark]

on a mission to buy as many morning buns as I can

[annie clark @annieclark]

summer goal: to wear a long skirt without looking like a sisterwife

[Mindy Kaling @mindykaling]

Just ordered some sick stationery from minted.com. LOVE this site. If you don't own personalized stationery, you have not yet lived.

[annie clark @annieclark]

me too kanye, me to RT @kanyewest Sometimes I get emotional over fonts

[annie clark @annieclark]

words can not express my supreme disappointment when i find out that cute dress in the window is actually a romper

[annie clark @annieclark]

Heading out to see typeface: THE FILM

[annie clark @annieclark]

my love for Pakwan has no bounds