Today we're launching MagicOS. And we've come to the conclusion that designers are NOT getting replaced.
most of the industry moved to the same answer this year: give the agent its own canvas, let it run, hand you the output.
we made a different bet: the canvas should be yours and the agent is your collaborator. that’s MagicOS.
most AI design tools are a linear conversation: prompt, generate, iterate, repeat. a hundred prompts in, you might have a great final design, but the reasoning, rejected directions, and inspiration that got you there are buried in a chat log nobody will ever scroll back through.
MagicOS is a persistent, spatial canvas. Your PRD, inspiration images, design system, variations, rejected directions, final picks - all of it lives together, all in one place, instead of stacked on top of itself and lost.
it’s voice-first. talk to it in real time and watch work land directly on the canvas as you speak.
it’s also multiplayer. your whole team works on the same canvas together.
and it still runs on your design system and components because none of this matters if the output doesn’t look like your actual product.
three months ago, this was internal only at Magic Patterns, my co-founder's weekend project. it’s now live for everyone.
Design everything, everywhere, all at once.
This Saturday, we’re hosting a Magic Patterns Meetup for the product community in San Francisco where we'll be watercolor painting!
It’s free to come, but space is limited due to supplies.
Come swap the usual networking happy hour for sunshine & a creative outlet at the park.
We hope to see you there! RSVP in comments ->
I'm interviewing the @magicpatterns team on how to design an AI design tool.
Some topics I'm personally excited to cover:
- Designing a canvas that prioritizes design over code
- Discarded iterations that made the canvas feel cluttered
- Agent character design
What do y'all want to know from @alexlee_?
We built Magic Patterns for product teams.
Then a driving school in the UK and a hotel in Ghana showed up!
The use cases we never saw coming 👇
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz@Teddarific@snowmaker@ycombinator here: https://t.co/AUcKvkhAWY
Most AI design tools are working blindfolded 👀
You describe, they guess.
Magic OS in Magic Patterns gives the AI eyes. Drop screenshots, references or video on the canvas and it sees what you see.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @Daltonc here: https://t.co/irVJ2VNuEe
Founder advice from our CEO (most new founders don't consider this)
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: https://t.co/R1zzw4UVii
To a big company, a design tool is one line item out of hundreds. It can be cut next quarter.
To us, it’s the whole company. No plan B. That changes how hard we build.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: https://t.co/irVJ2VNuEe
How are you different from Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 and Figma?
We’re built for speed: get the design, iterate visually, align your team.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz@Teddarific@snowmaker@ycombinator here: https://t.co/AUcKvkhAWY
Recent Magic Patterns meetups:
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇸🇬 Singapore
Where should we go next? Drop your city below, we’d love to host one near you.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: https://t.co/06uYJ6ajPq
Every time a new AI design tool launches, someone writes our obituary
Meanwhile, thousands of product teams opened Magic Patterns this morning. We’re not going anywhere.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: https://t.co/irVJ2VNuEe
We woke up to a tweet with 48M views saying Claude had launched a competitor to Magic Patterns.
Today, we're thriving and our customers are still with us.
Alex recently sat down with @daltonc to talk about how to compete with the elephant in the room. Watch the full conversation here: https://t.co/1FRqpZiekM
@neilshroff Give @magicpatterns a try! VIP support line here, but we just launched MagicOS and are constantly working to push the frontier of AI-assisted design.
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