Dive Club 𤿠Katie Dill - The new era of design at Stripe
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Feb 23, 2026 
Katie Dill, Head of Design at Stripe, leads the companyâs design practice and shapes product experiences. She walks through the new stripe.com choices, from wave motifs to data visuals. Katie discusses ProtoDash and rapid AI-driven prototypes. She talks about how design practice is evolving, hiring signals for modern designers, and where craft should concentrate in an AI era.
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Bring Back Small Moments Of Delight
- Stripe intentionally reintroduces small, human moments left out by strict modern minimalism to add warmth without distracting.
- Subtle interactive details (twisting dividing lines, small animations) act as a signature that can delight observant users.
Invest In Beauty As A Business Tool
- Treat beauty as product quality: invest in aesthetics because they increase usability, joy, and perceived care.
- Katie referenced the 'Call for a New Aesthetic' and a 1927 Atlantic idea that beauty sells trust and differentiates craft from mass production.
AI Changes Design, Products, And Processes
- AI changes design along three axes: how users build businesses, product capabilities, and how teams work.
- Stripe built ProtoDash to rapidly create AI-driven prototypes that look and behave like the real dashboard.