WHY AI IS EXPOSING DESIGN'S CRAFT CRISIS

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

AI design tools are revealing a craft crisis in design by exposing the technical literacy gap that has been undermining designers' strategic influence for over a decade. While tools like Figma's AI can generate designs from text prompts, they produce technically flawed outputs with serious accessibility violations and poor code quality that only experienced designers can identify and fix. The paradox is that AI democratization tools don't make design accessible to everyone, they only help people who already understand what constitutes good design and technical implementation.