§ Generative
/remix
Three distinct directions for the same brief.
What it does
Most design tasks have multiple legitimate answers. AI defaults to one — usually the statistically most likely — and produces it as if it were the answer. /remix produces three genuinely distinct directions for the same brief, executed at equal fidelity, so you can see real alternatives before committing to one.
The variants commit to fundamentally different aesthetics — different typography, different color, different character register. They’re three different points of view on the same product, anchored to your context but diverging in how they express it. Pick one to develop further, or combine elements across them.
Specimen
/remix · Stillpoint home
v1 · EditorialMagazine-style spread. Hero with photo, three-card practices grid, numbered how-it-works steps, editorial pull quote, signup. Content-forward, generous spacing.
Three genuinely distinct directions /remix produced for the Stillpoint home page. All read from the same context, sketch, and foundation — the differences sit at the level of page archetype, not tokens. Flip between v1, v2, and v3 to see how the same brief commits in different directions.
When to use it
- The brief has multiple legitimate directions and the right one isn’t obvious from context.
- You want to see alternatives before committing — preference clarifies faster from seeing options than from discussing them in the abstract.
- Existing work feels right but you wonder what else is possible.
- You’re exploring direction early in a project, before locking in a system.
- The request is exploration-framed: “show me options,” “what else could this look like.”
How to use it
By default /remix produces three directions for the most recent design output or current scope. Pass a target — a component, page, or feature — to focus the variants. Pass a domain like 'typography’ or 'layout’ when the rest of the design is locked and only one axis is being explored.
- /remix hero section
- /remix typography
Anti-patterns it addresses
- Three variations on the same direction — same typography with minor color shifts — disguised as alternatives. Variations on a theme aren’t variants.
- A “best one + two alternatives” presentation that defeats the purpose. /remix presents three directions as equals; you decide.
- A pre-combined “hybrid fourth option” that undermines the three-direction structure — usually muddier than any of the three distinct ones.
- Variants in wildly different fidelity — one fully built, one half-fleshed, one a sketch. Comparison breaks down when the variants aren’t equivalent.
- Arbitrary divergence — three variants that ignore the product’s context to “be different.” Distinct doesn’t mean unanchored.