Design × AI
A look at how I actually use AI as a creative designer — not as a shortcut, but as a way to explore wider, move faster, and spend more time on craft. (Rough draft — real cases and imagery to come.)
The way I design is shifting. AI moved the labour — the taste, the direction and the craft stay mine.
Instead of one moodboard, I generate dozens of visual directions in the time it used to take to make one — then edit down to the strongest idea.
AI imagery is a craft in itself. I direct models the way I'd art-direct a shoot — building a distinct visual world rather than pushing a button.
The real skill is judgement: picking a direction and iterating on it with tight feedback loops until it's right, not settling for the first output.
AI gets me to a strong starting point. Typography, layout, motion and the final polish are still mine — that's where the work becomes designed.
Prompt (rough) "Editorial jewellery still life, soft daylight, warm neutrals, film grain…"
Prompt (rough) "Dreamlike portrait, bright inviting colours, movement and softness…"
I'm a creative designer from the Netherlands. Lately I've been fascinated by AI imagery — not as a gimmick, but as a real medium for building visual worlds and moving from idea to image at a completely different speed.
This page is how I think about working with it: AI widens what I can explore, but the concept, the direction and the craft still come from me. (Rough — to be rewritten in Lisa's real voice.)
Rough answer: no more than a camera or Figma is. AI generates raw material; the concept, direction, curation and final craft are still design decisions. The taste is what makes it mine.
Rough answer: yes — every project ends in manual work. Layout, typography, motion and polish are done by hand. AI just gets me to a strong starting point faster.
Rough answer: to be filled in by Lisa — image generation, ideation and production tools, plus Figma for design and refinement.
Rough answer: yes — the whole point is directing AI toward a specific visual world, so outputs stay on-brand rather than generic.