[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":64},["ShallowReactive",2],{"garden-favorite-door-en":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"extension":52,"heroAlt":53,"heroImage":54,"meta":55,"scrollytelling":56,"stem":57,"tags":58,"__hash__":63},"garden\u002Fen\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door.yml","Pick Your Favorite Door",[7,10,14,19,28,31,36,39,43,49],{"type":8,"text":9},"highlighted","This post is about the contact section of my portfolio, inspired by the doors in Monsters, Inc.",{"type":11,"paragraphs":12},"bracketBlock",[13],"I have been trying to bring more of my own references into this portfolio as a way to make the work feel more like me.",{"type":15,"paragraphs":16},"prose",[17,18],"A small personal detail: as a kid, my family used to call me Boo because I looked a bit like the character and my name sounded similar, so the idea felt personal and funny.","For this contact section, I wanted each path to feel like a door you could choose instead of a standard list of links.",{"type":20,"src":21,"alt":22,"caption":23,"aspect":24,"variant":25,"maxHeight":26,"rounded":27},"media","\u002Fmedia\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door\u002Finspiration-2.png","Monsters, Inc. door scene used as an inspiration reference","The movie reference that made the concept click","9\u002F16","bare","md",true,{"type":15,"paragraphs":29},[30],"I used AI to explore ways of translating that reference into a real contact component. It helped me generate options quickly and test a few directions early.",{"type":20,"src":32,"alt":33,"caption":34,"aspect":35,"variant":25,"rounded":27},"\u002Fmedia\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door\u002Fscreen.png","Early Google Stitch exploration for the contact section","A quick test with Google Stitch right after launch","auto",{"type":15,"paragraphs":37},[38],"Why did the AI add that random background? Who knows.",{"type":15,"paragraphs":40},[41,42],"Google Stitch was the tool I decided to test, and I tried it as soon as it launched. The point for me was to understand where a new tool adds value and where it does not.","The result was pretty disappointing. Even after I shared my design system and some direction, the design still looked pretty bad... But it did help me get to the idea for the final component.",{"type":44,"src":45,"placeholderLabel":46,"alt":47,"caption":48,"variant":25,"aspect":35},"video","\u002Fmedia\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door\u002Ffinal.mp4","Contact section","Contact section with three door-based contact options","The final component that made it into the portfolio",{"type":15,"paragraphs":50},[51],"In summary, AI is great, but I do not see it as a replacement for a human designer. It helps me explore ideas and concepts quickly, but the final design still depends on judgment.","yml","Contact section concept inspired by Monsters, Inc. doors","\u002Fmedia\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door\u002Finspiration-1.png",{},null,"en\u002Fgarden\u002Ffavorite-door",[59,60,61,62],"Portfolio","Contact Design","AI Exploration","Google Stitch","tRzwokCII3nrOUEvwSh2SpteoZvDtKDubtYUZ1jmY5k",1777547835263]