Google's Design.md is a design team in a file (Greg Isenberg × Meng To)
Podcast by Greg Isenberg × Meng To (designer, founder of Design+Code, creator of Aura / New Form / Dream Cut) on **`design.md`** — Google's open-source convention, equivalent to `agents.md` / `skills.md` / `soul.md` but **for the design system** (typography, colors, spacing, WebGL/Three.js animations, reveal rules). Central idea: carry "the **soul of design**" in a markdown file that is passed to an agent (Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaude, Gemini, Stitch, Aura, V0, Lovable, Cursor) to preserve **cross-medium consistency** (web, mobile, Replit slides, Hyperframes/Remotion motion design). Triad taught: **HTML = finished dish, design.md = recipe, skills = ingredients** (typography, lasers, skeuomorphic, 3D skills — 63 in New Form). Major diagnosis: **design drift** on one-shot workflows (`v0`, Lovable, Framer) that start strong then drift into generic output. Meta-message: *taste* is the only remaining **moat** — *"if something looks like another thing, its value drops by 10× to 100×"*. Workflow: **Reference → Design.md → Generate → Inspect → Systemize → Iterate (up to 1000+ prompts) → Remix → Expand → Export**. Critique of **purple gradients** ("you just run") as the generic post-vibe-coding baseline. Meng To claims to have spent ~$500,000 on tokens, made 1,000–10,000 iterations per product, and runs 4 products in parallel solo.
Greg Isenberg (host — podcast Late Checkout / The Greg Isenberg Show, 12 mai 2026 livestream workshop ideabrowser.com) ; **Meng To** (guest — designer, fondateur Design+Code 2014, créateur Aura / New Form / Dream Cut, autodidacte parti à 18 ans, dropout, francophone d'origine canadienne)