Vincent van der Meuelen - The story of Figma’s big AI pivot
Update: 2024-07-11
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If you watched last week’s episode, then you heard Jordan Singer say how visual search was actually the “killer feature” (not generative AI). What’s interesting is that this feature was actually a mid-project pivot.
So in this episode we get the full behind-the-scenes of visual search from design engineer Vincent van der Meulen:
- Why they decided to pivot
- How Vincent went cowboy mode
- A look at the future of design engineering
- What good design looks like in an AI world
- Why visual search is a big deal for future AI tools
- How Vincent used video to get Figmates excited about his idea
- a lot more
- Marco and Jordan from the old Diagram team
- Matt Dailey was the engineer that proved designs can be represented as images
- 2024 Config Keynote showing Vincent’s Uber example for visual search
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