Maxim McNair
Creative Engineer, based in NYC.
Variant
Variant is a tool that uses generative AI to create multiple UI/UX design variations from a simple prompt. As Founding Design Engineer, I worked on the core UI and helped build the agentic design workflows that power the product, shaping how users generate, explore, and iterate on interface ideas through AI-driven interactions.
Public Work
Result of a week long hack week at Cosmos. Public Work is a visual search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources
Cosmos
Lead web app development at Cosmos, a discovery engine for creatives. At Cosmos, users can save inspiring content from across the web, organize discoveries into meaningful clusters, and share curated collections with the world.
Objects from the future
Objects from the Future is a tool for encouraging creative thinking about the future, adapted from imagination card game, The Thing from the Future by Situation Lab. A collaboration with researcher Lore Oxford.
Lumine
WebGPU based image editor
Nmblr
Nmblr is a real-time collaboration platform for research and discovery in pharma. I led the construction of this greenfield project with a focus on building an interactive and real-time app with drag-and-drop functionality throughout.
BoilerRoom
Connecting club culture to the wider world, on screen and through parties, film and video.
InMySize
InMySize is a streetwear shopping app that shows users clothing from multiple stores that are currently in stock