​AI Portfolio Playground: Mini Hackathon

​Workshop 5 of 6 — AI for Designers Series

​Most portfolios are built to be viewed. What if they were built to respond, guide, explain, or surprise?

​In this hands-on mini hackathon, we’ll explore how AI can turn a static portfolio moment into an interactive experience. You’ll work in small groups to create one portfolio interaction that helps a visitor better understand a designer’s work, thinking, or personality.

​Your idea could be practical, playful, or experimental — an AI case study guide, a personalized portfolio path, an interactive hero section, a project explainer, or something completely unexpected.

​How it works:
We’ll begin with short demos, then move into the mini hackathon. Hosts will form the groups, and each group will review the challenge, ideate one focused solution, and use AI to create a rough prototype or vibe-coded interaction. Once time stops, each group will add a screenshot or link to FigJam, briefly present what they built, and join a light voting round.

​Top 3 spotlight:
The top 3 voted outputs will be featured by Designed Minds on LinkedIn as a public spotlight for the ideas created during the workshop.

​The goal is not to ship a polished product. It’s to build a rough concept with enough shape that you can record it, share it, and keep improving it later.

​You’ll leave with:

• ​A working direction for an AI-enhanced portfolio interaction

• ​Practice turning an idea into a prototype using AI

• ​A better sense of how to make AI-generated outputs feel intentional, not generic

• ​A recording or rough artifact you can revisit for your portfolio, brand page, or case study

​Note:
No AI prototyping experience is needed. You can use any AI tool you’re comfortable with.

​Come ready to experiment, build quickly, and share what you create.

​Meet Your Hosts

​Michelle Yi Hsu is a product designer with roots in interior design who uses AI to turn imagination into something tangible, faster. She's worked across FinTech and IoT, and is currently based in the Bay Area.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-yi-hsu/

​Dhrumil Shah is a UX designer with backgrounds in IT and marketing. He uses AI like a working partner — from early concepts all the way to shipped products in healthcare and SaaS.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhrumil---shah/

​Parys G Khazaie came to design through political science and human rights. They use Claude, Cursor, and Figma MCP daily and care most about how AI changes the way you think, not just what you make.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paryssatis/

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​Workshop Series

​AI for Designers
From understanding it
to building with it.

​6 workshops · Hands-on · Open to all designers

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​The tools are changing. The role is shifting. And most of us are figuring it out in real time.

This isn't a lecture series about what AI might do to design. It's a hands-on experience where you learn by doing—writing prompts, building prototypes, creating portfolios, and eventually shipping something you made with AI from scratch.

Whether you've never opened an AI tool or you're already experimenting, there's a place for you here.

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​What you'll walk away with

• ​A working AI toolkit for your daily design practice

• ​Prompt-writing skills you built yourself, not copied

• ​An AI-generated portfolio piece or case study

• ​Something you actually shipped with AI

• ​A clearer sense of where your career is headed

• ​A community of designers on the same journey

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​Join Designed Minds, a community for design-builders who believe career growth is a marathon, not a sprint — and that no one should run it alone.

​www.designedminds.co