Experiments

Things I make to think

Unbriefed, unshipped, occasionally unwise. This is where I test new tools and ideas before they earn a place in real work: small builds, half-finished prototypes, and the odd physical object.

The Sonamode hero shown side by side in a desktop browser window and on a phone
Concept app0→1

Sonamode

A content stream with a switch on it: pick a persona built from real geography, work and experience, then spend an hour surfing the internet that lands in front of them. No debating, no dunking. Every persona is co-written with someone who lives it.

Coming soon
This site's hero shown in a desktop browser window beside the same page on a phone
Design engineeringAI tooling

This site (meta, I know)

Redesigning and rebuilding hannahdgrossman.com. Migrating off Squarespace with a suite of tools; some old, some new: Figma (design system, vectors), Claude Design, Claude Code CLI, Github, and Vercel. Flexing my design engineer biceps.

Read the build notes → In progress
Image to come
Research ops

U-Lab in a box

A ten-minute research kit—script, prompts and a recruiting flow—so any designer on a team can test with real users in an afternoon without a research partner.

Draft
Image to come
3D printingPrototyping

Printed interface parts

Physical knobs, mounts and stands off the FlashForge, made to find out how a control should feel before it exists as pixels.

Ongoing