Swapnil Acharya
Design Leader, Thinker and UX Strategist.
CDO at Cinevision.AI. Previously Creative Director at Leapfrog Technology and co-founder of Expresiv Studios. Designed norm-bending film posters, went up to Everest region with Google folks, and conceived Nepal's first economic daily newspaper.
Recent posts
How to Onboard an AI Coding Agent Like a New Intern
Training an AI coding agent on your team's standards works like onboarding an intern — except it never remembers. Free white paper on AGENTS.md and context engineering.
Vibecoders Took Over, and a Product Designer Stopped Shipping Figma Files
I stopped shipping 50-screen Figma files and negotiated a new role instead. A designer's honest account of what vibe coding actually changed — and what it did not.
Why AI Art & Design Won't Last (And What Will)
Novelty always dies; utility is what's left standing. Fifteen years of watching platforms rise and churn says generative AI's 'empowerment' moment is no different — and here's where that leaves designers.
Everyone's Getting Dumber and Calling It Efficiency
A self-inflicted deskilling of the knowledge worker is underway, and it's showing up in the data now, not just in the confessions.
Your Client Ran Your Design Through ChatGPT. Now What?
Clients are forwarding ChatGPT critiques of design work to their designers. Here is why that feedback is flawed — and a playbook to handle it.