Gustavo Girard
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Notes & experiments.

Essays on AI design engineering, design systems, and the craft of shipping products. Notes and experiments by Gustavo Girard.

Editorial illustration for the article From Product Designer to AI Design Engineer
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From Product Designer to AI Design Engineer

The role is shifting fast. What changes when designers start shipping production code with AI, and why the title is finally catching up to the work.

Editorial illustration for the article Design systems for consistency and efficiency in UX
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Design systems for consistency and efficiency in UX

Why the best systems are invisible, and how to build one that scales without drowning the team in tokens.

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Gustavo Girard

Over fifteen years designing products for startups and enterprises. Currently at Arena, shipping creator and community tooling for top media brands, with a focus on AI prototypes, micro interactions, and a design system that scales. On the side, I partner with founders on AI, finance and lifestyle products. San Jose based, remote everywhere else.

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