From this research, the team developed Moonchild, a discovery-stage design ideation tool. Moonchild generates thoughtful UI concepts from minimal prompts, provides structured critiques in response to design questions, and merges styles, flows, and interaction patterns from various sources. It outputs Figma-ready screens and UX flows quickly. The tool is available in private beta, and the team invites feedback from product designers, PMs, and UX professionals involved in early-stage work, offering early access with the code 'hackernews'.
Key takeaways:
- AI can significantly improve design thinking, especially for junior/mid-level designers, by offering faster idea generation, design critiques, and creative merges.
- The experiment involved mapping tools used for discovery, breaking down design thinking workflows, and reviewing prototyping tools.
- Moonchild is a discovery-stage design ideation tool developed from the research, which generates UI concepts, provides design critiques, and merges styles and interaction patterns.
- Moonchild outputs Figma-ready screens and UX flows quickly, and is available for private beta testing with early access using the code 'hackernews'.