My AI Design Process (What Actually Works)

This is my real AI + design workflow - how I use AI tools to design faster, automate reviews, and ship better products. If you’re building a SaaS or working on product teams, this breaks down what actually works.

🔗 KEY LINKS
📣 JOIN THE COMMUNITY: https://uicollective.co/

FOLLOW ME ON X (new): https://x.com/KirkMDesign

Why Join UI Collective Academy? Get access to premium courses, premium downloads, and so much more on the way (I am largely building this solo...trying to make design education available for all, support goes a long way!)

↪️ Need a design system? (also included in the academy): https://collectivekit.co/

🔗 VIDEOS TO WATCH
Build a Design System: https://youtu.be/opTANvl9G1g
Complex Design System Setup: https://youtu.be/L-tpK7Eeuow
AI & Design Systems (similar video): https://youtu.be/XfezMs8B-O8

🔗 MORE LINKS
Let us build or fix your design system: https://designsystemlabs.co/
📣 Save 20% on the Annual Mobbin plan: http://mobbin.com/uicollective
Figma MCP Catalog: https://www.figma.com/mcp-catalog/
Google Antigravity: https://antigravity.google/
Cursor: https://cursor.com/

0:00 An Introduction
1:34 What can AI do and not do?
3:24 Status of current AI Design tools
6:18 What am I using AI for right now?
8:05 Google Antigravity
10:17 Figma Make Comparison
11:13 Getting started with Google Antigravity
13:17 Google Antigravity output
16:02 Same AI model, different result
16:34 Figma Make & Google Antigravity side-by-side comparison
17:18 Checking Designs for Errors
18:46 Figma MCP + Cursor Setup
19:56 Building a Rule
24:31 Building a Command
27:40 Checking the AI output
29:46 Outro