Michael Thompson

Senior Product Designer

Figma Make · Lovable · Claude

Figma Make · Lovable · Claude

Three practices

Three practices

AI Practices

AI Practices

I use AI to explore, build, and learn. It’s an extension of my thinking that accelerates conceptual work, moving from theory to reality without sacrificing quality.

I use AI to explore, build, and learn. It’s an extension of my thinking that accelerates conceptual work, moving from theory to reality without sacrificing quality.

I use AI to explore, build, and learn. It’s an extension of my thinking that accelerates conceptual work, moving from theory to reality without sacrificing quality.

I use AI to explore, build, and learn. It’s an extension of my thinking that accelerates conceptual work, moving from theory to reality without sacrificing quality.

[ How I work ]

Volume over certainty, artifacts over descriptions, and judgment kept firmly in human hands.

Volume over certainty, artifacts over descriptions, and judgment kept firmly in human hands.

[ 01 ] Figma Make

Practice 01 of 03

Exploring Ideas

Exploring Ideas

Exploring Ideas

When I’m faced with a sticky problem, I use Figma Make to eliminate the blank canvas.

It allows me to rapidly generate ideas before committing to a single design approach.

It’s not about accepting AI’s output, but using volume to find design signal.

[ 02 ] Lovable

Practice 02 of 03

Building Real Products

Building Real Products

Building Real Products

My AI practice goes beyond theory & design.

I’ve built a few applications with working backend functions & data on Lovable.

These projects taught me how data models shape the user experience & to sequence development steps to build efficiently as the app scales.

Are We There Yet?

Road trip games for the whole gang.

/2026

Design Quality Studio

Nielsen Norman heuristic evaluation of any design.

/2026

Ramble

Easily plan your family's adventure.

/2026

Cairn

Better storytelling for a better career path.

/2025

[ 03 ] Claude

Practice 03 of 03

Extending my Thinking

Extending my Thinking

Extending my Thinking

While I’ve used multiple AI tools, my primary strategic go-to tool is Claude (I love Opus’s extended thinking capabilities).

The tool is my thinking partner available at any hour who can challenge my assumptions & co-create artifacts.

As a value focused investor, I created an artifact to understand the future of financial markets while leveraging live data.

[ 04 ] Where this leaves me

Judgment stays human

Judgment stays human

The AI tools raise the floor on execution so I focus time on elements that differentiate good design - understanding people, communicating tradeoffs, & telling a compelling story about an idea.

The AI tools raise the floor on execution so I focus time on elements that differentiate good design - understanding people, communicating tradeoffs, & telling a compelling story about an idea.

The AI tools raise the floor on execution so I focus time on elements that differentiate good design - understanding people, communicating tradeoffs, & telling a compelling story about an idea.

The AI tools raise the floor on execution so I focus time on elements that differentiate good design - understanding people, communicating tradeoffs, & telling a compelling story about an idea.