Designing with the Unknown

Hi, I’m Ryda.

I’ve spent over a decade designing for clarity - products that guide, respond, and delight. But recently, I’ve been drawn to something more unpredictable: the rise of AI in design.

This isn’t just about moving faster. It’s about how AI is changing what users expect and what designers must design for.

🧠 Why I Started Design x Machine

Everywhere I look, products are becoming more intelligent - surfacing predictions, adapting contextually, and responding to behaviours we never explicitly designed for.

But most design workflows and mindsets are still stuck in static states.

So I started this space to explore the deeper questions:

• What does UX look like when outcomes aren’t predictable?

• How do we design for AI, not just with it?

• What happens when the interface starts making decisions?

This newsletter is my ongoing experiment to make sense of it and share what I’m learning as I go.

💡 What to Expect

Design x Machine will dive into:

 • Notes from my own AI UX experiments

 • Real-world product patterns I’m dissecting

 • Reflections on control, ethics, and complexity in intelligent systems

 • Frameworks and mental models that help you design smarter

Not theory. Not hype.

Just thoughtful exploration from one designer navigating change.

🎁 Coming Soon

I’m also working on a few resources around designing feedback loops and adaptive UX for AI-native products, including:

 • Interface flows for generative content

 • Handling ambiguity and AI output errors

 • Onboarding flows that evolve with the user

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Thanks for reading.

Let’s explore what it means to design not just for users — but with systems that learn from them, too.

– Ryda