Source: Yanko Design
The gap between AI rendering capacity and actual manufacturability is real. Tools can now generate thousands of viable-looking concepts daily, but the infrastructure to evaluate feasibility, source materials, and manage supply chains hasn't kept pace. For consumers, this creates a paradox: apparent abundance of choice masked by scarcity of actual products. Design-forward companies using AI as a volume play risk flooding marketplaces with noise rather than building defensible product differentiation through intentional constraints.