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We completely reimagined how you design in Magic Patterns.
Everything. Everywhere. All at once.
MagicOS is out today.
Today we're launching MagicOS. And we've come to the conclusion that designers are NOT getting replaced.
most of the industry moved to the same answer this year: give the agent its own canvas, let it run, hand you the output.
we made a different bet: the canvas should be yours and the agent is your collaborator. that’s MagicOS.
most AI design tools are a linear conversation: prompt, generate, iterate, repeat. a hundred prompts in, you might have a great final design, but the reasoning, rejected directions, and inspiration that got you there are buried in a chat log nobody will ever scroll back through.
MagicOS is a persistent, spatial canvas. Your PRD, inspiration images, design system, variations, rejected directions, final picks - all of it lives together, all in one place, instead of stacked on top of itself and lost.
it’s voice-first. talk to it in real time and watch work land directly on the canvas as you speak.
it’s also multiplayer. your whole team works on the same canvas together.
and it still runs on your design system and components because none of this matters if the output doesn’t look like your actual product.
three months ago, this was internal only at Magic Patterns, my co-founder's weekend project. it’s now live for everyone.
Design everything, everywhere, all at once.
No Halloween costume yet? Bob for an apple and we'll pick one for you 🍎🎃
Built with Magic Patterns:
project-applebobhalloween.ma…
To a big company, a design tool is one line item out of hundreds. It can be cut next quarter.
To us, it’s the whole company. No plan B. That changes how hard we build.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: youtube.com/watch?v=slDHYQ1h…
How are you different from Lovable, Bolt, Replit, v0 and Figma?
We’re built for speed: get the design, iterate visually, align your team.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz @Teddarific @snowmaker @ycombinator here: youtube.com/watch?v=-moAmKQk…
Recent Magic Patterns meetups:
🇦🇺 Australia
🇨🇴 Colombia
🇸🇬 Singapore
Where should we go next? Drop your city below, we’d love to host one near you.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: youtu.be/slDHYQ1hzxA?si=YVp3…
Every time a new AI design tool launches, someone writes our obituary
Meanwhile, thousands of product teams opened Magic Patterns this morning. We’re not going anywhere.
Full conversation with @alexdanilowicz & @daltonc here: youtube.com/watch?v=slDHYQ1h…
Magic Patterns retweeted
I am evaluating the Magic Patterns product, and initially it appears impressive @magicpatterns
We woke up to a tweet with 48M views saying Claude had launched a competitor to Magic Patterns.
Today, we're thriving and our customers are still with us.
Alex recently sat down with @daltonc to talk about how to compete with the elephant in the room. Watch the full conversation here: youtube.com/watch?v=slDHYQ1h…
Magic Patterns retweeted
Give @magicpatterns a try! VIP support line here, but we just launched MagicOS and are constantly working to push the frontier of AI-assisted design.
nitter.cf/alexdanilowicz/status/…
Ok, launch went WAY BETTER than expected.
Here's a walkthrough on how to use MagicOS:
If I were on a product team at YouTube shipping a new feature (say 'creator plus') here's how I'd design it in 5 mins:
1. Drop in a PRD, a screenshot, and existing product states
2. Tell MagicOS to build a modal referencing the PRD
3. Fire off 2 more threads in parallel
4. Ask it to audit the modal against the PRD
5. Publish the final version as a live interactive url
6. Check different states and share with stakeholders
This is how most teams use @magicpatterns today.
nitter.cf/alexdanilowicz/status/…
Magic Patterns retweeted
Teddy and the good people at @magicpatterns are some of the most prolific builders I know. Sharp feedback, good taste.
i used to spend at least a few days every month dealing with some infra non-sense.
i haven't thought about our deployments in MONTHS with @render. Never have caused any trouble or issues at all. Fast support + they listen to their customers.
Magic Patterns retweeted
Magic Patterns (W23) is one of the fastest-growing design tools in AI, helping product teams turn ideas into interactive, code-backed prototypes in minutes.
@alexdanilowicz and his co-founder, both front-end engineers, built @magicpatterns to solve a problem they had themselves: finding a better way to turn ideas into something visual. They were among the first teams building prompt-to-design tools back in 2023.
In this episode of Design Review, Alex joins YC’s @aaron_epstein to demo Magic Patterns and its new MagicOS canvas, where teams can bring together prompts, images, PRDs, and other context to explore ideas visually.
Then they review a handful of startup websites to break down what makes a site feel “vibe coded,” where founders go wrong, and how to make AI-generated design feel more intentional.
02:11 — From YC Pivot to Product-Market Fit
03:44 — Staying Ahead as AI Design Tools Improve
04:37 — Demo: Designing With Magic Patterns
09:52 — MagicOS
11:23 — Designing With Context on a Canvas
14:50 — How to Get Better Results From AI Design Tools
15:35 — How Far Can AI-Generated Design Go?
18:17 — Website Review 1: Ego
23:59 — Website Review 2: Sentient OS
32:01 — Website Review 3: Cerenovus
36:59 — Website Review 4: Slashy
43:33 — How to Develop Better Design Taste
44:20 — Why Everyone at Magic Patterns Talks to Users
45:07 — Balancing Speed and Design Quality
46:07 — The Future of Design and Magic Patterns
Magic Patterns retweeted
“Customers are our religion, we’re talking to them every single day” – @alexdanilowicz
No surprise @magicpatterns has been growing so fast, and the new MagicOS is how design will happen in the future.
Magic Patterns (W23) is one of the fastest-growing design tools in AI, helping product teams turn ideas into interactive, code-backed prototypes in minutes.
@alexdanilowicz and his co-founder, both front-end engineers, built @magicpatterns to solve a problem they had themselves: finding a better way to turn ideas into something visual. They were among the first teams building prompt-to-design tools back in 2023.
In this episode of Design Review, Alex joins YC’s @aaron_epstein to demo Magic Patterns and its new MagicOS canvas, where teams can bring together prompts, images, PRDs, and other context to explore ideas visually.
Then they review a handful of startup websites to break down what makes a site feel “vibe coded,” where founders go wrong, and how to make AI-generated design feel more intentional.
02:11 — From YC Pivot to Product-Market Fit
03:44 — Staying Ahead as AI Design Tools Improve
04:37 — Demo: Designing With Magic Patterns
09:52 — MagicOS
11:23 — Designing With Context on a Canvas
14:50 — How to Get Better Results From AI Design Tools
15:35 — How Far Can AI-Generated Design Go?
18:17 — Website Review 1: Ego
23:59 — Website Review 2: Sentient OS
32:01 — Website Review 3: Cerenovus
36:59 — Website Review 4: Slashy
43:33 — How to Develop Better Design Taste
44:20 — Why Everyone at Magic Patterns Talks to Users
45:07 — Balancing Speed and Design Quality
46:07 — The Future of Design and Magic Patterns
Thanks for having us on @aaron_epstein - so fun to go full circle on this show!
Magic Patterns (W23) is one of the fastest-growing design tools in AI, helping product teams turn ideas into interactive, code-backed prototypes in minutes.
@alexdanilowicz and his co-founder, both front-end engineers, built @magicpatterns to solve a problem they had themselves: finding a better way to turn ideas into something visual. They were among the first teams building prompt-to-design tools back in 2023.
In this episode of Design Review, Alex joins YC’s @aaron_epstein to demo Magic Patterns and its new MagicOS canvas, where teams can bring together prompts, images, PRDs, and other context to explore ideas visually.
Then they review a handful of startup websites to break down what makes a site feel “vibe coded,” where founders go wrong, and how to make AI-generated design feel more intentional.
02:11 — From YC Pivot to Product-Market Fit
03:44 — Staying Ahead as AI Design Tools Improve
04:37 — Demo: Designing With Magic Patterns
09:52 — MagicOS
11:23 — Designing With Context on a Canvas
14:50 — How to Get Better Results From AI Design Tools
15:35 — How Far Can AI-Generated Design Go?
18:17 — Website Review 1: Ego
23:59 — Website Review 2: Sentient OS
32:01 — Website Review 3: Cerenovus
36:59 — Website Review 4: Slashy
43:33 — How to Develop Better Design Taste
44:20 — Why Everyone at Magic Patterns Talks to Users
45:07 — Balancing Speed and Design Quality
46:07 — The Future of Design and Magic Patterns
In our latest MagicOS demo, we talked our way through designing.
No typing needed.
Here’s what we made along the way:
- Logo animations in a few different brand colors
- Sound effects for each one
- Three end screen layouts
- Everything side by side on the infinite canvas so we could compare
Full demo here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=SqczJEmF…
What happened when Claude Design came out?
Alex and Dalton discuss what it means to build an AI company when the foundation models keep getting better.
They also dive into why we built MagicOS and our vision for the future of AI-powered design.
Thanks for having us, Dalton!
The question on a lot of founders minds: What do you do when Claude enters your market?
I sat down with @alexdanilowicz from @magicpatterns to provide some thoughts and advice for founders imagining how they would react and rise to the occasion.
In addition, we talk about Magic Patterns new MagicOS launch, a design agent built for the future.
Magic Patterns retweeted
The question on a lot of founders minds: What do you do when Claude enters your market?
I sat down with @alexdanilowicz from @magicpatterns to provide some thoughts and advice for founders imagining how they would react and rise to the occasion.
In addition, we talk about Magic Patterns new MagicOS launch, a design agent built for the future.
We launched MagicOS this week.
- Markdown, PDFs, images in the canvas
- Agent has context on everything
- Export to code, use your design system
Live and free to try today.
Here's a walkthrough to get you started:
Ok, launch went WAY BETTER than expected.
Here's a walkthrough on how to use MagicOS:
If I were on a product team at YouTube shipping a new feature (say 'creator plus') here's how I'd design it in 5 mins:
1. Drop in a PRD, a screenshot, and existing product states
2. Tell MagicOS to build a modal referencing the PRD
3. Fire off 2 more threads in parallel
4. Ask it to audit the modal against the PRD
5. Publish the final version as a live interactive url
6. Check different states and share with stakeholders
This is how most teams use @magicpatterns today.
nitter.cf/alexdanilowicz/status/…
Magic Patterns retweeted
Ok, launch went WAY BETTER than expected.
Here's a walkthrough on how to use MagicOS:
If I were on a product team at YouTube shipping a new feature (say 'creator plus') here's how I'd design it in 5 mins:
1. Drop in a PRD, a screenshot, and existing product states
2. Tell MagicOS to build a modal referencing the PRD
3. Fire off 2 more threads in parallel
4. Ask it to audit the modal against the PRD
5. Publish the final version as a live interactive url
6. Check different states and share with stakeholders
This is how most teams use @magicpatterns today.
nitter.cf/alexdanilowicz/status/…
Today we're launching MagicOS. And we've come to the conclusion that designers are NOT getting replaced.
most of the industry moved to the same answer this year: give the agent its own canvas, let it run, hand you the output.
we made a different bet: the canvas should be yours and the agent is your collaborator. that’s MagicOS.
most AI design tools are a linear conversation: prompt, generate, iterate, repeat. a hundred prompts in, you might have a great final design, but the reasoning, rejected directions, and inspiration that got you there are buried in a chat log nobody will ever scroll back through.
MagicOS is a persistent, spatial canvas. Your PRD, inspiration images, design system, variations, rejected directions, final picks - all of it lives together, all in one place, instead of stacked on top of itself and lost.
it’s voice-first. talk to it in real time and watch work land directly on the canvas as you speak.
it’s also multiplayer. your whole team works on the same canvas together.
and it still runs on your design system and components because none of this matters if the output doesn’t look like your actual product.
three months ago, this was internal only at Magic Patterns, my co-founder's weekend project. it’s now live for everyone.
Design everything, everywhere, all at once.