Thinking With AI: How to Keep Your Style in the Digital Era
“Thinking With AI: How to Keep Your Style in the Digital Era” earning to Think With AI, Not Instead of Myself
I wrote about how AI changed my workflow.
In this part, I want to be honest — AI didn’t automatically make me a better designer.
It changed the way I think.
- AI Doesn’t Think for Me — It Accelerates My Decisions
At first, I used AI as an idea generator.
But I realized something important:
Without clear vision, the output becomes chaotic.
AI amplifies structure.
And it exposes the lack of it.
With my background in engineering, structured thinking became my advantage.
- Minimalism Became a Filter, Not Just a Style
Minimalism used to be aesthetic.
Now it is strategy.
Before every project, I ask myself:
• Does this simplify the idea?
• Does this have a function?
• Can this be cleaner?
AI can generate hundreds of variations.
But selection is my responsibility.
- Advantages of Working With AI
✔ speed
✔ idea scalability
✔ unexpected solutions
✔ time efficiency
- The Downsides We Should Talk About
✖ risk of losing personal style
✖ dependency on generation
✖ shallow solutions
✖ repetitive aesthetics
AI doesn’t replace thinking.
It tests it.
- What I Changed in My Process
— I work with clear briefs
— I build my own reference library
— I never publish the first version
— I let ideas rest
And most importantly — I leave space for silence.
Because creativity is born in calm, not in noise.