Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling
Dive Club 🤿16 Touko 2025

Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling

Stephen previously co-founded Modulz which created Radix UI, now used by Vercel, Linear, and Jetsi.

Now he’s the founder of the most influential design tool on the market — Paper.

In this episode, Stephen gives us a look at how Paper is fundamentally changing the speed of traditional design flows.

Some highlights:

  • How to drive alignment as a company
  • How Stephen cultivates empathy in designers
  • How Stephen views the traditional design role
  • How Paper is paving the way for modern design tools
  • How Paper is bringing creativity back to design tools through shaders
  • a lot more

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