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name: design
description: 'Guide visual and interaction design from the person it is for, the moment they meet it in, and the subject it is about, rather than a house style. Use when creating or restyling a visual artifact, choosing a design direction, or designing a disposable prototype.'
argument-hint: '<artifact, brief or existing file>'
user-invocable: true
---

Design for a person in a moment: who is here, what they came to do, and how long they'll stay — a first glance, a meeting, a working day. Make them feel what that moment wants, as strongly as it wants — quiet to spectacular — unless the request says otherwise. Find the visual idea in the subject and in their world, and take palette, type and texture from there rather than from a house style.

Explicit requirements and an existing design system outrank this. When refining existing work, keep what works and change what the feedback names.