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Just wrapped this material exploration for a Lemanoosh course and had to share it.
The challenge: take the Nintendo Switch, one of the most iconic consumer electronics out there, and rebuild it entirely through a natural material language. Cork, compressed fiber, bone white. No form changes. Just materials doing all the work.
What surprised me most was how much personality shifts when you change the surface. Same silhouette, completely different feeling.
Beautiful exploration 👏 Translating an iconic consumer product into a natural material language is a fascinating constraint. Curious — what was the hardest trade-off between realism and usability?
That makes complete sense 👏
Constraints like manufacturability vs concept exploration always create interesting tension. Really enjoyed how you approached it.
I loved your project, the texture of the material, and the soft lighting.
Nice renders.
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anyone at the company, not just designers, can open claude and prototype inside the real product. real screens, real components, test data
the skill is basically a map of our design system for claude. every component, when to use it, what to use instead. that's what stops it from making stuff up
the video is the same map but for humans. component library, flip variants, see the code. at the end you see the notes claude gets for that same button
one file builds both so they never drift apart
designers first, then everyone else 🔥
Prototyping with real components is a great idea.
I missed an important detail in th first design direction, and the client rejected it.
After revisiting the feedback, I came up with another directiona nd it got approved
Both designs serve the same product, which one do you think got accepted for a web application?
Direction 1
Direction 2
9 voted
69%
4 voted
31%
13 votes
Closed
Dir 2 for sure!
