sneak peek into how your packages will move in the not so distant future (yes, the airplane does not have a cockpit)

Marvin Schwaibold leads the product design studio at Shopify, where his team is rethinking some of the company’s most important products for the AI era. Before Shopify, he co-founded the design studio Molly, working with companies including Apple and Google and building a reputation for highly crafted, interactive design. In this episode of Design Review, Marvin joins YC’s Aaron Epstein to show how AI has changed his process, from using Figma as a scratchpad to building working prototypes directly with tools like Codex. He explains why designers are becoming more like editors, how AI is making them more full-stack, and why taste and judgment matter even more when the tools can build almost anything. Then they review viewer-submitted websites and break down how hierarchy, motion, typography, and restraint can make a product feel more intentional. 00:00 — Inside Shopify’s Design Studio 00:30 — Designing With AI 01:44 — Designers Are Becoming Editors 03:25 — How Design Works at Shopify 05:58 — From Molly to Shopify 08:55 — Designing for Exploration 10:22 — Why the Details Matter 11:33 — Designing the Future at Shopify 13:24 — Prototypes Beat PRDs 15:29 — Rethinking Shopify With Sidekick 17:52 — Designers Are Becoming Builders 21:58 — Recreating Reality 24:33 — Dialing In AI-Generated Design 28:31 — Raising the Bar 31:04 — Website Review: Endstack 35:02 — SkillSync 40:49 — Instaplay 45:34 — Mintlify 51:42 — Knowlify 58:34 — Instinct Space