Just the headlines. One line per month. The shift that mattered most to working designers.
Small pods of directors run whole surfaces. Agents do the middle. Craft roles get protected.
Series A to C teams hire an AI Creative Director before they hire their fifth designer.
First design hires own the system and the agent
First real team, first real system fight
58 synthesized monthsin the data layer. Stage breakdowns (Starter / Scaler / Titan) are available for 2026 only — earlier months show under the All segment but won’t appear under stage filters until the design-context pipeline runs further back.
First design system, first real governance debate
Design system becomes agent rulebook
First design system, agent-accelerated, brand rules required
First design system, AI-augmented from day one
First design system, now it ships real code