Matea Raić

Random Tuesday thought:

AI didn’t make me faster - it made me braver.

Everyone talks about how AI boosts productivity.

Sure, it does.

But the real magic for me as a designer?

It made me less scared to try things.

Some designers drink coffee to get ideas. I feed my problems to AI and wait for the magic to happen. Here’s what AI does for me on a daily basis: Idea generator when my brain refuses to cooperate Stuck on a layout? Need 10 versions of a headline? Need a random wild idea to...

Pixel-perfect is cute. Scalable is better. As designers in startups we get stuck on spacing, vibes, and what font feels right Meanwhile: – Nothing’s documented – Design files look like a crime scene – No one knows which Figma frame is the “final final” version What founders...

After spending a lot of time with startups this is what I realised → they don’t need “perfect design,” they need foundations that scale.

Being a designer in a startup can be tough.

You’re often the only one, juggling everything from branding to UX to design ops — with zero...