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ChatGPT Families

A concept for how OpenAI could bring families closer through everyday AI. Landing page, prototype, and the thinking behind it.

Concept · Not affiliated with OpenAI

AI that brings the people you love a little closer.

Built for the dinners, the carpools, the holidays, and the everyday in between. See the landing page, the feature surfaces, and a working Lovable prototype.

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ChatGPT

Families

Concept

A celebration, every day

Experiment 01

Lightning Bolt Animations

Three variations of the site's logo mark — exploring different animation personalities.

Variation 1

Pulse Glow

Breathes in and out with an amber glow on a continuous loop.

Variation 2

Draw On

Outline traces itself, then fills with amber. Loops with a pause.

Variation 3

Electric Crackle

Sparks flicker from the bolt edges at staggered random intervals.

Experiment 03

Bolt Light-Up Divider

Three bolts flicker on sequentially like lightbulbs, hold, then go dark and loop.

Chapter One

Building What Matters

Experiment 03 — Bolt Light-Up

Experiment 04

LinkedIn Thumbnail

1200 × 627 — screenshot this card for LinkedIn post images. Zoom out (Cmd –) for full resolution.

Steve Black

Building What Matters

Experiment 02

Animated Divider

Three motion treatments for the amber gradient rule used across the site. Each replays when you start scrolling again.

Chapter One

Building What Matters

Variation A — Draw On

Chapter One

Building What Matters

Variation B — Bolt Flash

Chapter One

Building What Matters

Variation C — Shimmer

Experiment 05

LinkedIn Banner

1584 × 396 — three layout variations. Screenshot whichever you prefer. Zoom out (Cmd –) for maximum resolution.

Building What Matters

Variation A — Centered Stack

Building What Matters

Variation B — Horizontal Split

Building What Matters

Variation C — Bolt as Hero