Editorial notes on Open Design, agent-native design workflows, BYOK, skills, systems, and community.https://open-design.ai/https://open-design.ai/blog/open-design-0-9-0-design-for-everyone/https://open-design.ai/blog/open-design-0-9-0-design-for-everyone/Open Design 0.9.0 is the install-and-create release. No API-key scavenger hunt, no three-CLI setup — open the app, sign in once, pick a model, and start building. Plus a bigger agent bench, a real plugin library, and easier installs on Windows and Linux.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTProducthttps://open-design.ai/blog/figma-alternative-open-design/https://open-design.ai/blog/figma-alternative-open-design/Figma is excellent and it isn't going anywhere. But the file is proprietary, the seats are a subscription, and the canvas lives in someone else's cloud. Here's the honest read on when Figma is still the answer — and when owning an agent-native, local-first workflow wins.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://open-design.ai/blog/open-design-0-8-0-everything-is-a-plugin/https://open-design.ai/blog/open-design-0-8-0-everything-is-a-plugin/Open Design 0.8.0 isn't a release, it's a rebuild. A small plugin engine, a headless-by-default CLI, packaged auto-update on macOS and Windows, and 149 design systems shipped in seven days.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTProducthttps://open-design.ai/blog/layout-layer-canvas-used-to-hide/https://open-design.ai/blog/layout-layer-canvas-used-to-hide/A community reply on the 0.8.0 preview named the real question behind agent-native design: if the canvas stops being the work unit, how do users still understand layout?Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCommunityhttps://open-design.ai/blog/port-figma-workflow-open-design-plugin/https://open-design.ai/blog/port-figma-workflow-open-design-plugin/The 0.8.0-preview thread asks contributors to port old design workflows one plugin at a time. Here is the concrete path for a Figma export, token sync, or brand kit.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTUse caseshttps://open-design.ai/blog/byok-reality-check-5-things-that-break/https://open-design.ai/blog/byok-reality-check-5-things-that-break/We promised BYOK as first-class. Five open bug threads from this week — Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenCode, Windows — show where the seams are still rough, and what to use until each fix lands.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://open-design.ai/blog/open-source-alternative-to-claude-design/https://open-design.ai/blog/open-source-alternative-to-claude-design/Claude Design is good. It's also closed-source, hosted-only, and bundled with a Claude subscription. Here's the honest read on when to pick it — and when the open-source path wins.Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://open-design.ai/blog/31-skills-72-systems-how-the-library-works/https://open-design.ai/blog/31-skills-72-systems-how-the-library-works/A walk through the four primitives that make Open Design composable: skills, systems, adapters, and the daemon. With concrete examples of how a Markdown file becomes a pixel-perfect deliverable.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://open-design.ai/blog/byok-design-workflow-claude-codex-qwen/https://open-design.ai/blog/byok-design-workflow-claude-codex-qwen/Most AI design tools quietly add a margin to every token you spend. Open Design takes the opposite stance — bring your own model key, pay the provider directly, and keep full control of where inference runs. Here's how the BYOK layer actually works.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuideshttps://open-design.ai/blog/why-we-built-open-design-as-a-skill-layer/https://open-design.ai/blog/why-we-built-open-design-as-a-skill-layer/Most AI design tools try to replace the agent already on your laptop. Open Design takes the opposite bet: ship a thin layer of skills, systems, and adapters that turn any coding agent into a design engine — without locking you into a new app.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTProduct