👑 Level 5 · Master📘 Chapter 5⏱️ 16 minutes
Design: Make It Look Great
Posters, slides, pages and docs: tell Claude your idea and design choices, then polish what you get.
🔁 Remember: 🖼️ Artifacts 🧠 Skills 🧑💼 Helper tasks Now: 🎨 design.
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Reminder: Make designs with a parent or teacher. Use original ideas, never copy logos or characters, and keep private details and photos of people out of designs.
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Chapter 5 at a glance
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5.1 What can Claude design?
🎯 Goal: see the kinds of designs you can make- Claude can help make posters, slides, web pages, documents and app screen ideas.
- Design tools in Claude can show you the result so you can look, pick and change.
- You are the art director: you choose the idea, the feeling and the final look.
- Tools and names vary by plan, so a grown-up can check Claude’s help pages.
🎨 What you might make
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Poster
event or science fair
big message📊
Slides
a class talk
clear points📄
Document
a neat report
easy reading📱
Screen idea
a mini app look
layout🌍 Real-life examples
🔬 Science fairA bold poster about the water cycle.
📽️ Class talk5 slides about your favourite animal.
🚀 Try it yourself
I want a poster for our school Science Day. Ask me 4 questions about the message, audience, colours and mood. Then suggest 2 design directions.
❌ Weak“Make a poster.”
Too vague.
Too vague.
✅ Good“A bright Science Day poster for Class 8, with big title and 3 facts.”
Clear brief.
Clear brief.
🎉 Fun fact: Designers always start with a brief: who it is for and what it should say!
📝 Quick quiz
1. Who is the art director?
✅ You.
2. Name two things you can design.
✅ Poster, slides, page, document, app screen idea.
3. What does a design start with?A) A brief B) Random colours
✅ A. A brief.
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5.2 Write a design brief
🎯 Goal: ask in a way that gets good designs- A brief says what, who for, message, mood and colours.
- Say what must be there: title, 3 facts, a picture idea.
- Say what not to do: no tiny text, no clutter.
- Ask for 2 or 3 options to compare.
📝 Brief checklist
📌 What
Poster for Science Day
👥 Who
Students and parents
💬 Message
Water is precious
🎨 Mood + colours
Cheerful blue and yellow
🌍 Real-life examples
🧩 Options“Give me 3 different looks and say why each works.”
🚫 Rules“Big readable text, max 3 colours.”
🚀 Try it yourself
Make a design for [what]. Audience: [who]. Message: [one sentence]. Mood: [cheerful/calm/bold]. Colours: [2-3 colours]. Must include: [title, 3 facts]. Avoid: tiny text and clutter. Show me 2 different options.
❌ WeakAsking with no details.
Random result.
Random result.
✅ GoodA complete brief with a mood and rules.
Better first draft.
Better first draft.
🏆 Mini challenge: Write a brief using all 5 parts.
📝 Quick quiz
1. Name two parts of a brief.
✅ What, who, message, mood, colours.
2. How many options to ask for?A) 2 or 3 B) 100
✅ A. A few to compare.
3. Why add what to avoid?
✅ It prevents things you do not like.
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5.3 Good design basics
🎯 Goal: judge a design with four simple ideas- Clear: one main message, big title.
- Readable: large text with strong contrast.
- Balanced: space around things, not crowded.
- Consistent: same colours and fonts throughout.
👁️ The 4 checks
🔤Clearone big idea
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👓Readablecontrast + size
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⚖️Balancedbreathing space
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🎯Consistentsame style
🌍 Real-life examples
🌈 ContrastDark text on light colour, or the reverse.
📏 SpaceLeave empty space; it helps the eye.
🚀 Try it yourself
Look at my design description: [describe]. Check it against 4 ideas: clear, readable, balanced and consistent. Give one improvement for each.
❌ WeakTen colours and tiny text.
Hard to read.
Hard to read.
✅ GoodFew colours and big text.
Easy to read.
Easy to read.
🎉 Fun fact: Many designers say “less is more”: fewer things make the main thing shine!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What makes text readable?
✅ Size and strong contrast.
2. Is crowding good?A) Yes B) No, leave space
✅ B. Space helps.
3. What is consistency?
✅ Using the same style throughout.
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5.4 Credit and original work
🎯 Goal: design honestly and legally- Do not copy logos, characters or someone else’s artwork.
- Create original ideas and use your own drawings or safe images.
- If AI helped, say so.
- Ask a teacher before using a design for a school event or contest.
©️ Original or copied?
✅ Original
Your own characters and ideas
✅ Safe images
Ones you made or have permission for
❌ Copied
Famous characters, brand logos
🙋 Ask
Your teacher if unsure
🌍 Real-life examples
🆕 Make your own mascotInvent a new character for your class.
🏷️ Say AI helped“Designed with help from AI.”
🚀 Try it yourself
Help me invent an original mascot for my class science club. Do not copy any existing character. Give me 3 ideas with a name, colours and a short story.
❌ WeakAsking for a famous cartoon character.
Copying others’ work.
Copying others’ work.
✅ GoodInventing your own mascot.
Original and proud.
Original and proud.
🏆 Mini challenge: Invent a mascot that does not look like any existing one.
📝 Quick quiz
1. Is copying a logo okay?
✅ No.
2. Better choice?A) Create an original mascot B) Copy a cartoon
✅ A. Make your own.
3. Should you say AI helped?
✅ Yes.
🖌️ Poster Designer
Design a mini poster and get a brief to send to Claude. Everything stays on your device.
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💡 Use original ideas only. Nothing here is saved or sent anywhere.
Chapter 5 summary
What to design • Write a brief • Four checks • Original work.