Telling AI to design is hard

Ben Tossell developed ‘Design Words,’ a tool to help non-designers communicate desired website styles and components to AI agents. The tool allows users to select visual styles and generates text prompts for AI, aiming to overcome the communication barrier between designers and AI. The development process involved extensive prototyping, subagent critiques, and model experimentation to refine the user experience and functionality.

• Design Words is a tool created to help non-designers describe website styles and components to AI agents.
• Users can select visual styles and components, and the tool generates text prompts for AI.
• The development process included brainstorming, prototyping with various AI models, and design critiques from subagents.
• The goal is to make it intuitive for users to find and communicate a desired visual style.
• The tool was built using tools like Pi, Fable 5.1, Factory’s Droid, and various open-source models.
• Deployment is managed via here.now with a Cloudflare Worker proxy to maintain the desired URL.
• The project required significant prompt and token usage across different development phases.
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