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Concept · Academic · AI tools

Role
Designer, researcher and prototyper
Team
4
When
Sep to Dec 2025
Status
Planned

Blank Canvas

Two concepts that replace the blank AI prompt box with a start that meets people halfway.

  • 6participants
  • 2divergent concepts tested
  • 4person team
P-02ScreensConcept 1, Modular Interfaces: Write Mode

AskedSep 2025

Why start from an empty box?

Why does every AI product start from a blank text box?

Sketch wall: Blank Canvas

TurnedOct 2025

The empty box is the problem.

The person is not the problem. The empty box is.

STARTYR 2YR 3YR 44 months on a shared four-year dialNo counts recorded yetNO COUNTS RECORDEDResearch: practicedRESService design: not part of this workSVCProduct design: practicedPRDStrategy & PM: not part of this workSTRGame design: not part of this workGAMESet aside: One default interface for everyone.The turn: people need to prompt better to the empty box is the problemWhere it landed: Concept tested.
Ring: time on a 4-year dial · Stations: practice · Field: evidence · Red: the turn · Dashed: set aside · End mark: where it landed
Refinement and alignment sketches

MadeNov 2025

Two directions: modules and a canvas.

Two divergent concepts: Modular Interfaces and Creative Canvas.

Select a mode: the start offers modes instead of a blank box

LearnedDec 2025

Six people tried both.

Six participants tried both; the tool felt like it was meeting them halfway.

Details

My role
Designer, researcher and prototyper on a team of 4.
Proof
Literature review; concept-level testing of Modular Interfaces and Creative Canvas.
Set aside
One default interface for everyone.
Where it landed
Concept tested.
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P-03ScreensConcept 1, Modular Interfaces: Code Mode

ThreadsTrust in AICreativity

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