05 · Next.js · design system · motion gate
design and ship, same brain
the ui, the empty states, the trust ux for ai products. the model works; the screen has to earn it.
from $14k · 2–5 weeks·AI surface design + implement
30 min · no workshop · no deck
// for who
founders where the model works and users still don't trust the screen — uncertainty, latency, and "why this answer" were never designed.
// not for
figma-only handoff with no implement · pure rebrand with no model path · fairy-tale motion as delight
// what you leave with
- ai surface design and implementation in the same hand
- empty, wrong, and partial states that earn trust
- no design → eng relay race
// what you get
- trust UX checklist: uncertainty, citations, undo, latency honesty, empty, why-this-answer
- state set designed and built: empty · loading · partial · wrong · refuse · success
- motion only where it proves live (gated; reduced-motion safe)
- primary path UI implement in your stack (Next.js default)
- optional: marketing site that matches what the product can do
- optional: WebGL / configurator when the product needs a body
- handoff: components, tokens, run notes
// out
- unlimited screens under one band
- design system cosplay rebrand with no AI states
- chat bubble taped on as the whole product
- agency deck theater with no implement path
// how it runs
- 01
name the untrusted moment
which screen fails first.
- 02
lock the trust checklist
free sample on one hard state.
- 03
design and implement
state set in a room you can watch.
- 04
ship keys
optional door / body / buy path if the brief needs them.
// the stack
Next.js · design system · motion gate
named tools. no stack theater. if it isn't on the critical path for this line, it isn't listed.
// the band
from $14k · 2–5 weeks
AI surface design + implement
bands filter the room. exact number after a call — not a 40-page sow.
// faq
- is this just UI design?
- design and ship. same brain. pixels and the path under them. figma that dies in a folder is not the product.
- do you still do sites, 3d, commerce?
- when the product needs them — under this line, not as peer product cards. craft is still in the hands. the primary offer is AI surfaces that earn trust.
- how is this different from product-ai?
- product-ai owns the feature path including model calls. design-ship owns the body when trust UX is the entry problem — or pairs with any line so the screen doesn't gaslight the user.
- how do you price this?
- from $14k · 2–5 weeks for AI surface design + implement. optional sites / webgl / commerce move the band when the brief includes them.
// adjacent lines
book if you're not sure which. these two sit next to this line.
tell us what you're building.
30 min · your clock · no deck·hello@nightshiftglow.studio · we answer at 3am