The invisible user
Pick an app you use daily. Redesign one flow for someone it clearly forgot.
Write down three people who would struggle with it, then choose the one who surprises you most.
Creative Prompts
Find inspiration in this collection of carefully curated concepts to ignite your creativity and empower unique projects. Here, possibilities start with just one prompt.
- 2,744 combinations
- 24 curated challenges
- 3 timed sprints
01 · Prompt Machine
Spin. Lock what you like. Spin again.
Design…
a weather app
for…
for a curious 7-year-old
using…
in black and white
// your prompt
02 · Sprint
Put the idea on the clock.
Time limits kill perfectionism. Pick a sprint, press start and don’t stop until the cube is solved.
15:00
03 · The Deck
Curated challenges, ready to start.
Five-second test
Show a stranger your homepage for five seconds. Redesign it around what they remembered.
Ask only: “What was this about?” and write the answer word for word.
Map a tiny journey
Map every step of making your morning coffee as a user journey, emotions included.
Find the one step that annoys you every single day. That’s your design problem.
Error with empathy
Rewrite the five most common error messages so they help instead of blame.
Each message must say what happened and what to do next, in under 12 words.
One-font challenge
Design a full landing page with one typeface, one weight and no images.
Build hierarchy only with size, spacing and color.
Button, but make it joy
Design ten versions of a “Buy” button, from calm to absolutely ridiculous.
Number them 1–10 and keep only numbers 3 and 8.
Dark mode for a feeling
Design a color theme that feels like the last hour before sunset.
Take a photo outside at that hour and sample five colors from it.
Ten-year-old website
Find a website from 2016 and redesign it without losing its personality.
List three things worth keeping before you change anything.
A brand for your street
Create a full identity for the street you live on: name, logo and one poster.
Walk it once and collect five details nobody else would notice.
Archetype swap
Take a famous brand and redesign it as the opposite archetype.
Write its new tagline first. The visuals will follow.
Logo in a square
Design a logo that lives inside a 2×2 grid, like a tiny Rubik’s cube.
Sketch 20 versions in 10 minutes. Speed beats taste here.
Voice before visuals
Write how a brand would answer “Sorry, we’re closed” in three different tones.
Pick one: friendly neighbor, wise mentor or playful rebel.
Grid that breathes
Code a grid of squares that slowly breathes when you move the mouse.
Start with 10×10 squares and map distance to the cursor to size.
Generative weather
Turn today’s weather into a moving abstract poster.
Pick three numbers: temperature, wind and humidity. Give each one a visual job.
Draw with sound
Make a sketch that draws lines when you clap, hum or whistle.
Read the microphone volume first; worry about beauty later.
Wireframe planet
Build a rotating wireframe planet with its own tiny moons.
Begin with one sphere and noFill(). Add a moon only when it spins.
A room from memory
Model your childhood bedroom from memory, then compare it to a real photo.
Block it out with cubes only. Details are a trap at first.
Micro worlds
Design an interactive scene that lets people explore something too small to see.
Choose the organism or object, then decide what “zoom” feels like.
UI in space
Design a menu that floats in a 3D space instead of on a flat screen.
Decide where the user’s eyes rest, then place the most important item there.
Low-poly island
Build a low-poly version of your favorite beach in under 200 polygons.
Start with the horizon line. Everything else is decoration.
Undo the dark pattern
Find a sneaky cancel-subscription flow and redesign it to be honest.
Count the clicks it takes today. Your goal is half.
Calm technology
Redesign a social app so people feel done instead of hooked.
Design the “you’re all caught up” moment first.
Accessible by default
Use your favorite website for ten minutes with only the keyboard. Fix what breaks.
Press Tab from the top of the page and write down where you get lost.
Design for your town
Pick a local problem in your community and design the smallest useful tool for it.
Talk to one person affected before opening any design app.
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