Stefan Poulos
The most famous designer you’ve never heard of
Stefan Poulos
Stefan PoulosFULTON, MARYLAND
SUBSTACKMost Designers Are a Year Behind and Don't Know ItUsing AI isn't the same as knowing where it's taking the work. A timeline, read as a mirror.Read Article
SUBSTACKIt's Not a Design System. It's a Digital Operating System.Design systems were built for humans. Agents need rules precise enough to act on.Read Article
SUBSTACKYou Have Good Taste. Can You Explain It?Five stages of design maturity, and why the real gap isn't tools. It's whether you can explain your taste.Read Article
VISION & LEADERSHIPMarriott — UX Vision
BRAND & PRODUCTTrue Beauty
SUBSTACKI Built an AI Version of MyselfI fed Claude four years of my chat history to see how I actually think. It came back with my habits, my tells, and the arguments I keep having with myself. Then it drafted this article.Read Article
VISION & UXPandora
TESTIMONIALS
“Team player, high quality thinking and work, an absolute asset to any team, product or project. Whether it's strategic, brand related, tight pixel perfect UX of complex areas, he has always delivered.”
SUBSTACKWhat a Lobster Knows About Brand StrategyThe engineers who built the most advanced open-source AI assistant needed a file defining who it is and how it speaks. That's a brand voice document.Read Article
DESIGN SYSTEMSEllucian
FOUNDING DESIGNBokas
SUBSTACKOverwhelmed Isn't the Same as Being BehindWhat designers are actually afraid of about AI, and what to do about it.Read Article