Playground

Let me introduce myself again: I am Subrata Dhar, a Product Designer. Now, this is where AI enters the picture, so this is the playground where I play with AI and test its capabilities and my understanding of code. I gotta agree, AI did spark the developer inside me by giving me the power to turn my designs into working prototypes, and some are very good and functional (at least, I think so).

Initially, I used Figma, and it prototyped; then I started learning ProtoPie for more advanced prototyping, and then AI came, and I started using Claude Designs, Google AI Studio, Kimi Studio, Figma Make, Antigravity, and so on. Framer has been part of that journey too, although I’ve found its computational and logical limitations can sometimes get in the way of what I want to build.

So welcome to my playground. This is where ideas stop being static screens and start becoming something you can actually click, move, and feel.

April, 2026

devicethread: Design System from Scratch

Idea

A complete design system built with the help of AI, turning hours of repetitive documentation work into a fast, organized process.

Build

Gave Claude all the raw pieces, colors and hex codes, spacing, typography, text fields, error states, and other components, and had it build the entire system piece by piece.

Website

May, 2026

Upswing: WebGL & Three.js Experiment

Idea

An interactive cloth simulation that moves and reacts naturally when you touch or drag it, adding a real, physical feel to a modern webpage.

Build

Gave Claude the overall idea and had it draft a PRD; no Figma this time, fully vibe-coded. Provided input to shape a brutalist design system as a Markdown file, then continued building from there.

Website

May, 2026

Glyphe: ASCII Art & Particle Simulation

Idea

A tool to convert images into ASCII art alongside a particle simulation, with export options in multiple formats, HTML, GIF, and PNG.

Build

Gave Claude the overall idea and had it draft a PRD, then started designing in Figma. Used Claude Designs for the visual design, iterating multiple times until I reached a near-perfect version.

Website

April, 2026

20waystobewrong: Cognitive Biases

Idea

A look at how the mind quietly jumps to conclusions and takes things for granted, understanding these patterns matters for any UX designer trying to know their users.

Build

Used Claude's deep research mode to dig into cognitive psychology, then designed it as a minimal, blog-style layout.

Website

More experiments coming...