Designing AI products people actually use
manick is a studio for product design and applied AI.
We work with product and engineering teams to design, build, and ship AI products—from clinical software to developer systems.
Approach
The interesting problems are rarely just visual and rarely just technical.
We work where product, interface, and behavior meet. That means prototyping in code, close iteration, and enough rigor to survive launch.
Led by Nick Mandal.
Embedded Work
For teams building something new, resetting a weak product surface, or turning a promising system into something people actually use.
- • Product, interface, and system designed together—not handed off between them
- • Working software from week one
- • In the codebase through launch, not just at kickoff
Product Direction
For teams where AI is on the roadmap but the hard questions haven't been answered yet—where it belongs, how it should behave, and what's worth building first.
- • Design and engineering working the same problem in the same room
- • Built around your stack and constraints, not a generic AI playbook
- • You leave with a plan, clear owners, and a first move for Monday
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