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title: "Writing: Jinson Johny on design systems, design tools and AI"
description: "Articles by Jinson Johny on AI-native UI formats, design systems, Figma plugins and dynamic colour, published in HackerNoon and on Medium (Bootcamp, Sketch App Sources, Barrel)."
url: https://jinson.me/writing
markdown: https://jinson.me/writing.md
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author: Jinson Johny (https://jinson.me/#person)
updated: 2026-11-01
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# Writing

Notes from building design tools: what AI means for interfaces, why design systems need logic, and lessons from shipping plugins since 2017.

By [Jinson Johny](https://jinson.me/about.md) · Updated Nov 2026

## In short

Jinson Johny has written about design tools since 2018, in HackerNoon and on Medium in Bootcamp, Sketch App Sources and Barrel. His recent articles cover AI-native UI artifacts and the .gui format, logic layers for Figma design systems and dynamic colour. Each summary here links to the original publication.

## 2026

- Aug 2026 · [AI Is Changing How We Ideate, Design, and Build User Interfaces](https://jinson.me/writing/ai-changing-ui-design.md) · HackerNoon · [Original](https://hackernoon.com/ai-is-changing-how-we-ideate-design-and-build-user-interfaces)
- Jul 2026 · [We're still figuring out what an AI-native UI artifact looks like](https://jinson.me/writing/ai-native-ui-artifact.md) · Bootcamp · [Original](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/were-still-figuring-out-what-an-ai-native-ui-artifact-looks-like-7b763bbf34f5)
- Jun 2026 · [Design Engineering is the New Product Design](https://jinson.me/writing/design-engineering-new-product-design.md) · HackerNoon · [Original](https://hackernoon.com/design-engineering-is-the-new-product-design)
- Jan 2026 · [Making Figma Components Smart: Why Design Systems Need a "Logic Layer"](https://jinson.me/writing/figma-components-logic-layer.md) · Bootcamp · [Original](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/making-figma-components-functional-why-design-systems-need-a-logic-layer-933837fa6e17)

## 2025

- Dec 2025 · [Your Year in Pixels: Get your Figma Playback for 2025](https://jinson.me/writing/figma-playback-2025.md) · Medium · [Original](https://medium.com/@jinsoncjohny/your-year-in-pixels-get-your-figma-playback-for-2025-b4e0e37dbc16)
- Jul 2025 · [Color formula: A practical framework for UI designers and developers working with dynamic colors](https://jinson.me/writing/color-formula.md) · Bootcamp · [Original](https://medium.com/design-bootcamp/color-formula-a-practical-framework-for-ui-designers-and-developers-working-with-dynamic-colors-f1e6b2ef41d2)

## Earlier

- Jun 2020 · [Introducing Deck 1.0 — The Sketch to PowerPoint converter](https://jinson.me/writing/introducing-deck-1-0.md) · Sketch App Sources · [Original](https://medium.com/sketch-app-sources/introducing-deck-1-0-for-sketch-a-plugin-to-convert-your-designs-into-editable-ppts-dea463294f86)
- Apr 2019 · [Meet Compiler for Sketch, the sassy plugin to manage your exports](https://jinson.me/writing/compiler-for-sketch.md) · Barrel · [Original](https://medium.com/barreldotim/meet-compiler-for-sketch-the-sassy-plugin-to-manage-your-exports-aa982519a898)
- Jan 2018 · [Time to design presentations right in Sketch and convert them to .ppt or .key](https://jinson.me/writing/design-presentations-in-sketch.md) · Barrel · [Original](https://medium.com/barreldotim/time-to-design-presentations-right-in-sketch-and-convert-it-to-a-ppt-bbafdf80ac40)

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**About the author.** Jinson Johny is a Dubai-based Design Engineer and Senior Product Designer for Design Systems and Design Ops at IBM iX. He is the creator of Deck (deck.is), a Figma-to-PowerPoint plugin used by 160,000+ designers since 2017, and .gui (dotgui.org), an open file format for user interfaces. Open to design engineering, design systems, DesignOps, AI design and product design roles in the UK (London) and remote. Contact: hello@jinson.me · [Open to work](https://jinson.me/hire.md) · [All pages](https://jinson.me/llms.txt)