Chris Noringriis
@noringriis.bsky.social
Helping product & design leaders use AI and systems to deliver better experiences. Design lead with 12 yrs experience, growing Driversnote to 3M+ users.
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Chris Noringriis
@noringriis.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Continuing my introduction, here are some highlights of my UX/UI, graphic design, and illustration work from recent years.
I hope you all have a great week!
#uxsky #designsky #graphicdesign
I hope you all have a great week!
#uxsky #designsky #graphicdesign
The more I prompt, the more disconnected I can feel.
AI isn’t the problem, but conceding your taste and insight is.
It’s become harder to tell a shortcut to output from a shortcut to value.
AI isn’t the problem, but conceding your taste and insight is.
It’s become harder to tell a shortcut to output from a shortcut to value.
August 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The more I prompt, the more disconnected I can feel.
AI isn’t the problem, but conceding your taste and insight is.
It’s become harder to tell a shortcut to output from a shortcut to value.
AI isn’t the problem, but conceding your taste and insight is.
It’s become harder to tell a shortcut to output from a shortcut to value.
“Taste is a practice you can develop and strengthen. It's a reflection of who you are.”
— Rick Rubin
— Rick Rubin
August 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
“Taste is a practice you can develop and strengthen. It's a reflection of who you are.”
— Rick Rubin
— Rick Rubin
I shaped my design spec once so AI can scope forever.
I give it a handful of seeds: problem, context, a rough direction.
It returns structure I’d missed, questions I hadn’t asked, unexpected clarity.
A well-shaped prompt lifts the floor and raises the ceiling.
I give it a handful of seeds: problem, context, a rough direction.
It returns structure I’d missed, questions I hadn’t asked, unexpected clarity.
A well-shaped prompt lifts the floor and raises the ceiling.
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I shaped my design spec once so AI can scope forever.
I give it a handful of seeds: problem, context, a rough direction.
It returns structure I’d missed, questions I hadn’t asked, unexpected clarity.
A well-shaped prompt lifts the floor and raises the ceiling.
I give it a handful of seeds: problem, context, a rough direction.
It returns structure I’d missed, questions I hadn’t asked, unexpected clarity.
A well-shaped prompt lifts the floor and raises the ceiling.
It's only a matter of time before we grow tired of AI-generated content and yearn for pre-internet, physical experiences.
August 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's only a matter of time before we grow tired of AI-generated content and yearn for pre-internet, physical experiences.
5 rules for creating with AI without losing your voice:
1. Don’t just prompt. Curate.
2. Study what resonates. Steal the structure.
3. Fewer, sharper drafts > more noise
4. Rewatch, re-read, re-listen to what shaped you.
5. If it doesn’t feel like you, start over
1. Don’t just prompt. Curate.
2. Study what resonates. Steal the structure.
3. Fewer, sharper drafts > more noise
4. Rewatch, re-read, re-listen to what shaped you.
5. If it doesn’t feel like you, start over
August 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
5 rules for creating with AI without losing your voice:
1. Don’t just prompt. Curate.
2. Study what resonates. Steal the structure.
3. Fewer, sharper drafts > more noise
4. Rewatch, re-read, re-listen to what shaped you.
5. If it doesn’t feel like you, start over
1. Don’t just prompt. Curate.
2. Study what resonates. Steal the structure.
3. Fewer, sharper drafts > more noise
4. Rewatch, re-read, re-listen to what shaped you.
5. If it doesn’t feel like you, start over
The faster it gets, the less it means.
Volume and velocity are only part of the equation.
To create work that holds weight, you need direction.
You need a point of view.
That’s what taste is for.
Volume and velocity are only part of the equation.
To create work that holds weight, you need direction.
You need a point of view.
That’s what taste is for.
August 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The faster it gets, the less it means.
Volume and velocity are only part of the equation.
To create work that holds weight, you need direction.
You need a point of view.
That’s what taste is for.
Volume and velocity are only part of the equation.
To create work that holds weight, you need direction.
You need a point of view.
That’s what taste is for.
They say AI makes you faster.
That’s not the point.
I mapped AI into the design process to see more, not move more.
It helps surface patterns, stretch edges, and clear space to listen.
Not speed, but clarity.
That’s not the point.
I mapped AI into the design process to see more, not move more.
It helps surface patterns, stretch edges, and clear space to listen.
Not speed, but clarity.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
They say AI makes you faster.
That’s not the point.
I mapped AI into the design process to see more, not move more.
It helps surface patterns, stretch edges, and clear space to listen.
Not speed, but clarity.
That’s not the point.
I mapped AI into the design process to see more, not move more.
It helps surface patterns, stretch edges, and clear space to listen.
Not speed, but clarity.
4 ways I use music to sharpen creativity, focus, and thinking.
Each is backed by science.
Here’s what to play, and when:
Each is backed by science.
Here’s what to play, and when:
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
4 ways I use music to sharpen creativity, focus, and thinking.
Each is backed by science.
Here’s what to play, and when:
Each is backed by science.
Here’s what to play, and when:
We used to handle every design detail ourselves, every input, every decision.
Now, we teach the process to lead machines.
Now, we teach the process to lead machines.
August 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We used to handle every design detail ourselves, every input, every decision.
Now, we teach the process to lead machines.
Now, we teach the process to lead machines.
The hidden cost of ignoring taste is AI workflows:
Most people don’t notice when it happens.
The prompts get faster.
The drafts get smoother.
The friction disappears.
But so does the feeling that you made it.
This brings us to:
Most people don’t notice when it happens.
The prompts get faster.
The drafts get smoother.
The friction disappears.
But so does the feeling that you made it.
This brings us to:
July 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The hidden cost of ignoring taste is AI workflows:
Most people don’t notice when it happens.
The prompts get faster.
The drafts get smoother.
The friction disappears.
But so does the feeling that you made it.
This brings us to:
Most people don’t notice when it happens.
The prompts get faster.
The drafts get smoother.
The friction disappears.
But so does the feeling that you made it.
This brings us to:
3 ways AI helps me design deeper, not faster
1. Sorts raw input into patterns I can act on
2. Pushes past safe ideas with unexpected prompts
3. Simulates edge cases before I test them
I still decide what stays, AI just expands my vision.
1. Sorts raw input into patterns I can act on
2. Pushes past safe ideas with unexpected prompts
3. Simulates edge cases before I test them
I still decide what stays, AI just expands my vision.
July 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
3 ways AI helps me design deeper, not faster
1. Sorts raw input into patterns I can act on
2. Pushes past safe ideas with unexpected prompts
3. Simulates edge cases before I test them
I still decide what stays, AI just expands my vision.
1. Sorts raw input into patterns I can act on
2. Pushes past safe ideas with unexpected prompts
3. Simulates edge cases before I test them
I still decide what stays, AI just expands my vision.
AI doesn't replace your systems.
AI enhances and amplifies your system’s effectiveness.
Without a structured workflows you have no leverage.
AI enhances and amplifies your system’s effectiveness.
Without a structured workflows you have no leverage.
July 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
AI doesn't replace your systems.
AI enhances and amplifies your system’s effectiveness.
Without a structured workflows you have no leverage.
AI enhances and amplifies your system’s effectiveness.
Without a structured workflows you have no leverage.
"Showing up" everyday doesn't necessarily mean you're making progress.
Consistency without calibration creates waste.
True leverage compounds only when consistency is paired with taste and feedback loops.
Consistency without calibration creates waste.
True leverage compounds only when consistency is paired with taste and feedback loops.
July 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"Showing up" everyday doesn't necessarily mean you're making progress.
Consistency without calibration creates waste.
True leverage compounds only when consistency is paired with taste and feedback loops.
Consistency without calibration creates waste.
True leverage compounds only when consistency is paired with taste and feedback loops.
Compound Leverage = (Human Intent × AI Consistency)ⁿ
You supply the clarity and vision.
AI removes friction, maintains momentum, and documents progress.
Over time, your identity and output converge.
You supply the clarity and vision.
AI removes friction, maintains momentum, and documents progress.
Over time, your identity and output converge.
July 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Compound Leverage = (Human Intent × AI Consistency)ⁿ
You supply the clarity and vision.
AI removes friction, maintains momentum, and documents progress.
Over time, your identity and output converge.
You supply the clarity and vision.
AI removes friction, maintains momentum, and documents progress.
Over time, your identity and output converge.
Manual research stacks input.
AI surfaces what matters.
AI surfaces what matters.
July 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Manual research stacks input.
AI surfaces what matters.
AI surfaces what matters.
Avoid piling on AI features that smother your product.
Focus on your essential engagement loops and keep them aligned with your user's natural habit cycles.
Skip unnecessary trends, layer engagement loops and keep users coming back for more.
Focus on your essential engagement loops and keep them aligned with your user's natural habit cycles.
Skip unnecessary trends, layer engagement loops and keep users coming back for more.
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Avoid piling on AI features that smother your product.
Focus on your essential engagement loops and keep them aligned with your user's natural habit cycles.
Skip unnecessary trends, layer engagement loops and keep users coming back for more.
Focus on your essential engagement loops and keep them aligned with your user's natural habit cycles.
Skip unnecessary trends, layer engagement loops and keep users coming back for more.
Instinct said AI had no place in design strategy.
It felt too cold. Too fast. Too removed.
Empathy? Intuition? That felt sacred. Human. Untouchable.
That belief kept me from seeing what was possible...
#designsky
It felt too cold. Too fast. Too removed.
Empathy? Intuition? That felt sacred. Human. Untouchable.
That belief kept me from seeing what was possible...
#designsky
July 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Instinct said AI had no place in design strategy.
It felt too cold. Too fast. Too removed.
Empathy? Intuition? That felt sacred. Human. Untouchable.
That belief kept me from seeing what was possible...
#designsky
It felt too cold. Too fast. Too removed.
Empathy? Intuition? That felt sacred. Human. Untouchable.
That belief kept me from seeing what was possible...
#designsky
The Hack:
→ Using AI to churn out UX designs in hours.
The Cost:
→ Generic outputs that miss what users truly need.
The Alternative:
→ Plant the seeds. Let taste and constraints shape clarity.
→ Using AI to churn out UX designs in hours.
The Cost:
→ Generic outputs that miss what users truly need.
The Alternative:
→ Plant the seeds. Let taste and constraints shape clarity.
July 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Hack:
→ Using AI to churn out UX designs in hours.
The Cost:
→ Generic outputs that miss what users truly need.
The Alternative:
→ Plant the seeds. Let taste and constraints shape clarity.
→ Using AI to churn out UX designs in hours.
The Cost:
→ Generic outputs that miss what users truly need.
The Alternative:
→ Plant the seeds. Let taste and constraints shape clarity.
Anyone can get 100 ideas from AI, but few can choose the right one.
Instead, use AI:
To listen
To feel
To decide
To slow down.
Instead, use AI:
To listen
To feel
To decide
To slow down.
July 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Anyone can get 100 ideas from AI, but few can choose the right one.
Instead, use AI:
To listen
To feel
To decide
To slow down.
Instead, use AI:
To listen
To feel
To decide
To slow down.
Stop chasing AI growth hacks to ship faster.
They promise speed but deliver shallow features and misaligned priorities.
Build systems to uncover what your users truly need.
Clarity, not chaos, drives sustainable growth.
#designsky
They promise speed but deliver shallow features and misaligned priorities.
Build systems to uncover what your users truly need.
Clarity, not chaos, drives sustainable growth.
#designsky
July 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Stop chasing AI growth hacks to ship faster.
They promise speed but deliver shallow features and misaligned priorities.
Build systems to uncover what your users truly need.
Clarity, not chaos, drives sustainable growth.
#designsky
They promise speed but deliver shallow features and misaligned priorities.
Build systems to uncover what your users truly need.
Clarity, not chaos, drives sustainable growth.
#designsky
Behind every elite designer’s decision is a mental model stack that ensures success:
- It gets to the truth.
- Ensures lasting impact.
- Defends against failure.
Here’s how you do it:
- It gets to the truth.
- Ensures lasting impact.
- Defends against failure.
Here’s how you do it:
July 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Behind every elite designer’s decision is a mental model stack that ensures success:
- It gets to the truth.
- Ensures lasting impact.
- Defends against failure.
Here’s how you do it:
- It gets to the truth.
- Ensures lasting impact.
- Defends against failure.
Here’s how you do it:
Designers,
Worried AI is coming for your job? Refine your taste ASAP.
1. Save what moves you
2. Learn from the legends
3. Spot patterns
4. Polish your prompts
5. Refine like an artist, not a collector
The speed of AI is worthless without a distinct style.
Worried AI is coming for your job? Refine your taste ASAP.
1. Save what moves you
2. Learn from the legends
3. Spot patterns
4. Polish your prompts
5. Refine like an artist, not a collector
The speed of AI is worthless without a distinct style.
May 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Designers,
Worried AI is coming for your job? Refine your taste ASAP.
1. Save what moves you
2. Learn from the legends
3. Spot patterns
4. Polish your prompts
5. Refine like an artist, not a collector
The speed of AI is worthless without a distinct style.
Worried AI is coming for your job? Refine your taste ASAP.
1. Save what moves you
2. Learn from the legends
3. Spot patterns
4. Polish your prompts
5. Refine like an artist, not a collector
The speed of AI is worthless without a distinct style.
What will you do now there's no where to hide?
May 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What will you do now there's no where to hide?
Figma Make kills pixel pushing. NOW designers can:
- Solve real, user-facing problems
- Focus on creating measurable value
- Test and validate ideas early
It’s the AI that finally gets the tool out of your way.
- Solve real, user-facing problems
- Focus on creating measurable value
- Test and validate ideas early
It’s the AI that finally gets the tool out of your way.
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Figma Make kills pixel pushing. NOW designers can:
- Solve real, user-facing problems
- Focus on creating measurable value
- Test and validate ideas early
It’s the AI that finally gets the tool out of your way.
- Solve real, user-facing problems
- Focus on creating measurable value
- Test and validate ideas early
It’s the AI that finally gets the tool out of your way.