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How I AIHow to use Cursor for interactive prototypes, sound design, and data visualization
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- June 16, 2025
- Duration
- 35m
- Channel
- How I AI
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Elizabeth Lin is an independent design educator who has crafted learning experiences for Khan Academy, Primer, and Lambda School. She currently runs design is a party, an alternative online design school where she teaches courses like The Art of Visual Design and Prototyping with Cursor. In this episode, she shares how designers can leverage Cursor to create interactive prototypes with sound, explore different visual aesthetics, and transform basic designs into polished interfaces—all without deep coding knowledge. *What you'll learn:*
- How to use Cursor to explore different design aesthetics—from brutalist to Y2K to cyberpunk
- A simple workflow for creating interactive sound elements in prototypes that would be difficult with traditional design tools
- A step-by-step process for transforming an ugly dashboard into a polished design using strategic prompting
- Why broadening your inspiration sources helps Cursor generate more unique and creative design
- Techniques for teaching AI tools to understand your design preferences and taste
- A practical approach to creating data-driven prototypes by connecting Cursor with Notion databases
- How to use Cursor Rules to streamline your prototyping workflow and avoid repetitive setup tasks
*Brought to you by:* Lovable—Build apps by simply chatting with AI: https://lovable.dev/ Retool—AI that's designed for developers, and built for the enterprise: https://retool.com/howiai *Where to find Elizabeth Lin:* Website: https://www.lalizlabeth.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethylin/ X: https://x.com/lalizlabeth *Where to find Claire Vo:* ChatPRD: https://www.chatprd.ai/ Website: https://clairevo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairevo/ X: https://x.com/clairevo *In this episode, we cover:* (00:00) Introduction to Elizabeth (02:20) Demo: Exploring different visual styles with Cursor (08:20) Comparing different design iterations from the same prompt (12:35) Building a working piano prototype with one prompt (16:30) Understanding what’s happening behind the scenes (18:28) Practical design team scenarios using Cursor (21:00) Step-by-step walkthrough of transforming an ugly finance dashboard (27:29) Using targeted prompts to improve layout and visual design (29:22) Building data-driven prototypes powered by Notion databases (31:12) Lightning round and final thoughts *Tools referenced:*
- Cursor: https://cursor.sh/
- Notion: https://www.notion.so/
- v0: https://v0.dev/
- ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/
*Other references:*
- Edward Tufte: https://www.edwardtufte.com/
- Robinhood: https://robinhood.com/
- Cash App: https://cash.app/
- Stripe: https://stripe.com/
- Neopets: https://www.neopets.com/
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/
- Shad CN: https://ui.shadcn.com/
- Sketch: https://www.sketch.com/
- Figma: https://www.figma.com/
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/
_Production and marketing by https://penname.co/._ _For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email jordan@penname.co._
SPEAKERS
Elizabeth Lin
guestClaire Vo
host
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of How I AI, featuring Elizabeth Lin and Claire Vo, How to use Cursor for interactive prototypes, sound design, and data visualization explores Designers use Cursor to prototype aesthetics, sound, and data visuals Elizabeth Lin shows how designers—not just engineers—can use Cursor as a creative partner to explore web aesthetics, rapidly generate styled pages, and iterate by re-prompting or refining specific issues one at a time.
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