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Style Academy

A class for every design style — its history, what defines its look, and how to use it. Pick one and your AI fits it onto your site, your deck, your product.

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DESIGN.md example

A complete file, walked through section by section — frontmatter, tokens, and component logic.

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Design style statistics

How real design styles distribute across era, region, color, and use — measured, and kept current.

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Give your AI design taste

AI has an average, not a taste. Here are the levers that supply it — weakest to strongest.

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Google Stitch's DESIGN.md

Where the format started, why Google open-sourced it, and how to use it in any AI tool.

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How to write a DESIGN.md

Structure, best practices, and the pitfalls that make AI agents ignore your spec.

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What is a DESIGN.md?

The design-spec file AI agents read — where the format came from, what's inside, and how to use it.

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Why AI design looks generic

AI design looks the same because models regress to the average. The fix isn't a better prompt.

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