A 32-page primer. What this tool actually is, what it's good at, and how designers use it day to day. Read it before you buy anything else.
No jargon. No hype. No "the future is here" preamble. Just what the thing does and how designers actually use it.
An orientation guide. Thirty-two pages you can finish in a lunch break.
It explains what Claude is, what it can produce, and where the strongest use cases are for designers in 2026.
It ends with a single short exercise. If it clicks, you'll know whether Vol. 01 is worth buying.
Not a tutorial on any particular product interface. Interfaces change; the method doesn't.
Not a deep dive on prompting. That's Vol. 01 — bought separately.
Not a sales pitch. If AI design isn't for you, this book will help you find out quickly.
A practical inventory. The nine artefacts where the model reliably produces useful output, and what to expect.
Narrative structure, layout, typography. Export to PDF or PPTX. Covered in Vol. 05.
Functional HTML mocks of apps, landing pages, onboarding flows. Vol. 06.
Editorial print layouts like the one you're reading. Vol. 04.
Timeline animations, transitions, hero videos. Vol. 07.
Colour scales, spacing, type ramps, component libraries. Vol. 08.
Copy, briefs, product descriptions, content audits. Underrated use.
Announcements, social posts, editorial covers.
Tables, flow diagrams, editorial data viz in SVG/HTML.
Paste a screenshot, get a competent second opinion on hierarchy, rhythm, accessibility.
Bitmap illustration, photorealistic imagery, complex logomark design, brand strategy from scratch. Use other tools (or humans) for those.
Not everyone uses the tool the same way. Here are the four patterns we see most often in the wild.
If you have Claude open somewhere, paste this prompt. If the result is interesting, Vol. 01 is the next step.
— Did it respect the "no photography, no illustration"?
— Did it pick a typeface that feels like the references, not a generic sans?
— Did it use one accent, or sneak in several?
— Does it feel like Phaidon, or like a Canva template?
— If it's close: pick one thing to improve and iterate.
— If it's miles off: restart, with more specific references.
— Either way: buy Vol. 01. You'll learn why, and how to do it better.
Vol. 01 picks up where this ends. Sixty-eight pages on prompting, forty worked examples, fourteen exercises.