Paul Papagiannis
About
(About)
Design lead for the hard problems. Twenty years shipping enterprise systems where clarity matters.
© 2026
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(Principles)
© 2026
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(Principles)
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Systems
Designing for the system, not just the screen. Tokens, components, and patterns earn their place by reducing decisions downstream for engineers, product, and design.
What this looks like
Token architecture & multi-mode theming
Production component libraries
Design-to-code workflows engineers adopt
001
Systems
Designing for the system, not just the screen. Tokens, components, and patterns earn their place by reducing decisions downstream for engineers, product, and design.
What this looks like
Token architecture & multi-mode theming
Production component libraries
Design-to-code workflows engineers adopt
002
Strategy
Solving complex problems upstream with PMs, engineers, and stakeholders. Framing the right questions before research begins and before vibing the wireframes.
What this looks like
Stakeholder alignment workshops
Service blueprints & journey maps
Trade-off documentation for roadmap reviews
002
Strategy
Solving complex problems upstream with PMs, engineers, and stakeholders. Framing the right questions before research begins and before vibing the wireframes.
What this looks like
Stakeholder alignment workshops
Service blueprints & journey maps
Trade-off documentation for roadmap reviews
003
AI-Augmented
AI expands range, not replaces judgment. Research, prototyping, code generation, and audits run augmented end-to-end so strategic thinking gets more time, not less.
Tools & methods
Claude Code, Cursor, v0 for prototyping
Figma Make & MCP integrations
n8n automation for research ops
003
AI-Augmented
AI expands range, not replaces judgment. Research, prototyping, code generation, and audits run augmented end-to-end so strategic thinking gets more time, not less.
Tools & methods
Claude Code, Cursor, v0 for prototyping
Figma Make & MCP integrations
n8n automation for research ops