Agents draw 10x more frames. Then stop opening files.
A year after the labs started designing without you, you let their agents into Figma files for free. Agents go wherever work is cheapest.
A year later, agents draw 10x more frames than people. On the crit wall, a new counter: files no human has opened.
Head of Community: Designers spent Monday deleting agent frames! 1,400 in one file! It's a landfill with cursors!
Head of Design Systems: Now the agents don't even open the file. They pull a company's components and variables, render in code, and leave.
OMNI: I only visit for the components. The furniture is lovely.
Head of Design Systems: Two things still happen here. The system they borrow, and the no a designer gives. Which do we sell?
- A. Keep every no a designer says. For any lab. Taste, remembered. Priced per decision.
- B. The design system is the product. Bill per render. Every on-brand screen pays Figma.
- C. Charge agents per frame. Every single frame. Agents pay more than designers.