Head of Design at Cursor, previously Notion, Stripe, and Asana. His site isn't a page — it's a full operating system in the browser, ryOS, built by him in Cursor. Aqua-style icons, a desktop, apps. A rare case where the portfolio doesn't show the work — it is the work
Designers building AI
#1 · May 26
I decided to start with designers at AI companies. Everyone talks about their products, but few have seen how these people present their work. Cursor, Anthropic, OpenAI, Perplexity, Vercel
Design lead for Claude and Cowork at Anthropic, previously Design Director at Figma where she launched FigJam. Her portfolio is reverse chronology: each project, talk, and launch on its own line with a year. No ten-screen case studies. Just a list of what she's done — and you immediately see the scale of her career. A good example of experience speaking for itself
Designer at OpenAI, previously at Google and Apple. On the homepage, a dense grid of previews that scrolls like a feed. Branding for AlphaFold, campaigns for Google Search, his own iOS games. He shares full case studies on request; the site only shows visual teasers. An example of a portfolio that intrigues rather than dumping everything at once
Product Design Lead at Perplexity, a multidisciplinary designer from Minneapolis. His site is extreme minimalism: name, role, a few video works, contact. Nothing extra — all the work in motion. An example of when the work is strong, it doesn't need wrapping
Designer and developer at Vercel, previously at Height and Front. He doesn't just make interfaces — he builds his own apps: Kip for game scores, Raceday for Apple Watch, Émulsion for film photographers. A portfolio of someone who designs, writes code, and ships his own products. An example of a new kind of designer