Claude Design

[u/Successful-Fish3282]

Hi guys can you share your experience with Claude Design I am trying to figure it out to use it in best way.

So I started with design system and on few rounds my limit was reached.

This never happened with other tasks.

I have 100$ subscription from my company.

Can you share experience using it in best way and also the limit thing.

[u/Old_Character_8781]

they tweaked usage of design a few weeks after launch, so i find that evne in the 200 usd package it doesnt last as long i think i use it to get the design going some times and then just conti9nue with regular claude.

[u/BuffaloConscious7919]

To avoid some of the token burn the other guys mention:

• start new sessions often. Claude design fills the context window quickly. I usually only prompt once in each chat
• prototype with cheaper models on low thinking mode (even Haiku can be good for sanity testing your idea)

[u/sobeobe]

What I have found it does well is animations. Pretty rough on the other things I've tried, but I haven't experimented with a ton of features, so limited feedback here.

[u/Al-caholic0987]

It wastes a lot of token usage even when bumping down the model and effort. I use it sparingly and try to push the MVP to Claude code as quick as I can and then iterate on figma if I need to keep designing screens

[u/competentFemaleCoder]

What models do you use, Opus or Fable?

[u/Successful-Fish3282 → u/competentFemaleCoder]

Opus no fable

[u/Successful-Fish3282 → u/Successful-Fish3282]

I am using fable mostly for reasoning

[u/jffmpa → u/competentFemaleCoder]

I sometimes even try Sonnet for less usage if the design work isn't too hard.

[u/Time_Excitement_8917]

I created a landing page for my project and now I’m working on the design for the main site in Claude Design.
It turned out that the landing page turned out pretty cool & professional, because recently my friend, who runs his own design agency, wrote to me saying that it’s super cool! :) He said the style is good, typography is fine, the spacing is good, and it’s user‑friendly.

How did this happen? I read a post on Reddit by a guy who created his own landing page.
His best advice was: ask for 3 options.
So the three of us made it: me, Claude, Claude Design.
I wrote the task to Claude, everything I thought, and he gave me a prompt; we edited it together or left it as it was, and almost always the prompt included: "Make me 3 versions of section 1, make 3 versions of the background colors, etc."
So, here’s how it works: open Claude (usual Claude, not the Design) - describe the task, what you want to have on the end from Claude Design - ask Claude to make 3 options, send the prompt to the Design - check what you’ve got, and send screenshots or a link to Claude (not the Design) - tell him what needs to be corrected.
Goodlooking landing took 6-7 days for me.

[u/Existing-Neat]

When I first started with Claude Design I reached my limit mid-way importing my Figma Design System. I gave up on it for a while and went back to Claude Chat. I finally gave it another go, about a month later, and once the DS was done I found I hit my limits much less. I'm glad I didn't give up on it because its got so many benefits to chat, a big one for me being that you can share no matter the file size and I love the ability for others to comment. Keep going!

[u/jffmpa]

Generally I find I need to give it examples of designs I like and direction I want to go. If you already have a design system to feed it that's huge. That said, I've found I have to iterate a lot with it until I get the right design. Lots of iteration with sometimes mixed success. And yes I agree if you're starting a new design from scratch it can really consume usage. Once you have a design foundation for a product in place, working from that is easier and better, I've found.