Blog

Oct 15

Listening for Deeper Meaning Workshop

I got the opportunity to run a workshop at the Research and Design Summit held in August 2019 alongside my friend Adrienne Klum. We were both interested in helping people become better listeners. As professional creators of experiences, listening skills are integral to understanding people and their motivations, collaborating with... read more →
Apr 17

Hackathon Summer 2018

https://vimeo.com/334231705 Context: Hackathons at Rally are held every quarter. Every employee gets the chance to hack for 1 week. There are only 2 rules: work on something you're passionate about and demo what you did at the end. Problem Statement: Handoffs between disciplines in an agile value stream is really... read more →
Mar 20

CDI Workflow App

2014 // The Advisory Board Co. Context This was a relatively new product in the suite, it had faced many challenges from its inception. The product set out to be a disrupter of established software in a niche sector in hospitals. I worked on this product for about a year.... read more →
Apr 30

Workshop Process for Tablet app concept

Context: While working as the design lead on an alpha product that was struggling to sell, I had begun to gather evidence that pointed to reasons why the product didn’t have market fit. For reasons outside of the scope of user experience, the product was not very useful in it’s... read more →
Jun 14

Daily UI #002

Had a lot less time on day 2, took a much simpler approach. It's very hard for me to keep it quick and not obsess over the details.
Apr 10

Hey Dinner: Design Exercise

Exercise: Design a solution that makes daily grocery shopping more fun, more meaningful, more efficient, or all of these. The following is a transcription of a document that I assembled to narrate the process of the concept for a project I call Hey Dinner. Full pdf report here. I personally hate grocery shopping,... read more →
Apr 03
Jun 12

Making a logo

My friend Paul and 2 of his friends started an online merch business and asked me if I would do their logo. Here is the process I went through to design their logo.  (more…)
Dec 02

Birdhouse

I miss this guy. I also miss having access to the sculpture lab to be able to make stuff like this anymore. I hope my little birdhouse is doing well up in Alaska. Mostly made of found materials. Wood, plexiglass, leaves, corrugated tin, clock face, scrap metal, gears, etc.
Nov 20

Egon Doodle

Old doodle. Study of an Egon Schiele drawing, one of my favorite artists.
Nov 20