Just the headlines. One line per month. The shift that mattered most to working designers.
Two tracks. Directors point agents at problems. A protected craft bench keeps the brand from tasting like everyone else's.
Big companies split design into two tracks: agent orchestration and craft defense.
Design governance becomes the real product
Design org as editorial board, not factory
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.
Design-system AI gets enterprise governance
Agent governance is the new design ops
Agent governance is the new brand governance
Design-system AI gets enterprise governance
Governance layer arrives for AI-generated brand output