Nad Chishtie - A new way to design and build with AI

Lovable ( https://join.dive.club/lovable-content ) has quickly become the go-to way I build my ideas with AI and this week we get to hear from their first designer Nad Chishtie ( https://x.com/nadonomy ). We go deep into what it takes to succeed as a founding designer and all of the ways AI is shaping modern product teams. Some highlights: - Nad’s tips for collaborating creatively with AI tools - How designers can be enablers instead of bottlenecks - How Nad balances Figma with new AI tools like Lovable - Why Lovable built and deleted a Figma-like layers panel - What it’s like at the fastest growing startup in European history - + a *lot* more Dive is where the best designers never stop learning 🤿 - Nad mentions one of his favorite AI tools Granola (https://join.dive.club/granola-content) - I talked about Unicorn Studio (https://www.unicorn.studio/) Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:59 Experimenting with LLMs 3:12 Discovering GPT Engineer 4:32 Technical Background and Design Philosophy 7:20 Life as the Sole Designer at a Fast-Growing Startup 8:26 Designing for High Velocity and Quality 10:33 Advice for founding designers 12:02 Advice for Aspiring Startup Designers 15:56 Exploring the new Visual Editing feature 24:27 The Future of Design Tooling 28:09 Understanding MCP for designers 31:31 Balancing Technicality and Accessibility 32:40 Promoting Flow and Clock Speed 40:45 The Future of Design and AI Integration 46:25 Encouraging Experimentation and Learning 48:56 Building a High-Agency Team 🌐 dive.club 🐦 twitter.com/joindiveclub Now you can join advanced courses taught by the top designers to help you take a huge leap forward in your career 💪