Stephen Haney - Paper's vision for the future of design tooling
May 16, 2025•55 min•Ep. 107
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Episode description
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
- David Hoang Strategy is Compressing article
- Stephen posted on DeviantArt in early days
- Created Radix UI at Modulz
- Paper’s Liquid logo release on Twitter
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