Harnessing AI for Creative Design: A Human-Centered Approach

Harnessing AI for Creative Design: A Human-Centered ApproachHarnessing AI for Creative Design: A Human-Centered Approach

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Talha Bin Wasi

• Feb 18

Inspiration doesn't live in moodboards it's everywhere. A YouTube quote, "Purpose over Pleasure," sparked this instantly. The graffiti came naturally (my design language), but the background was a vision I had that AI helped execute.

Here's the distinction: AI shouldn't generate my ideas. It should build them. The raw thought, the spark that needs to stay human. In a world where anyone can execute, judgment and decision-making are what matter now. The idea is mine. The tool just keeps up.

whennotai

MD YUSUF

• Mar 3

ENTROPY — Where humanity's greatest art dies, evolves, and becomes something never seen before.

Every click cracks the canvas. Every scroll melts the paint. Every hover chars the surface. When the art dies, AI absorbs the chaos you created and births something entirely new — shaped by your unique behavior.

No two visitors see the same thing. No moment can be revisited.

Built for #FigmaMakeathon using Figma Make.

figmamakeathon AI Art Art Prompt Writing Claude Google Gemini Leonardo AI

Akinkunmi Ayo

pro

• Mar 3

A founder sent me an AI-generated screen and said: “Can you make this feel like us?”

2 hours later, it wasn’t just cleaner it had identity.

AI can draft layouts. But brand, clarity, and conversion? That’s intentional design.

If your product feels “almost there,” I help turn it into something users trust and remember.

Let’s build it right. 🚀

mobileappdesign freelance UI Design

Solaris Studio

• Mar 5

Great work man🔥

Sebastian Lumbi

• Mar 3

Very last minute, i tried, so for this Make-a-thon, I built Mana: a visual productivity tool for creative AI exploration. Instead of rigid external apps, Mana lets you generate custom tools—like timers or task lists—on the fly. As a visual person, I designed it to transform long AI text streams into structured UI components, like grids of cards, on an infinite canvas. To reduce mouse reliance, I integrated a mobile controller: you use your phone in one hand to navigate and move elements, while your other hand stays on the keyboard for input. It’s an ambidextrous, real-time synced workspace that adapts to how you think.

https://x.com/loopstian/status/2028730505676349624

https://manaai.figma.site/

I'll totally make a video, I swear!

figmamakeathon