October 2011
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User Experience Design Studio (HCDE 418)
During Fall quarter 2010, I had the opportunity to teach User Experience Design (HCDE 418) to 25 senior undergraduate students at the University of Washington. In eleven weeks, 5 teams of 5 students each successfully completed a redesign for the University’s eCare health services website. Processes taught included user research, ideation, persona building, system modeling, wireframing,...
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SXSW Mobile Web Application
For SXSW, Ascentium created a mobile website “app” for attendees to give speaker feedback in real time. This allowed SXSW attendees to make informed decisions about which panels and presentations to attend, and follows the familiar thumbs up/down model of the SXSW “panel picker.” I gathered requirements and prototyped the site, while working with development and visual...
April 2010
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Boeing Flight Deck Concept
Working with Boeing engineers, we were tasked with creating the flight deck of the future. Collaborating in small teams of graduate interaction and industrial design students, I was responsible for the design of the primary and multi-function flight displays.
Read my research review and heuristic recommendations here.
View details, diagrams, and process drawings after the jump.
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Multidisciplinary Design Center
This thesis project represents the culmination of my Master of Fine Arts work. My objective was to design a built environment that encouraged interaction between design scholars from multiple disciplines. The design was based on qualitative user research.
View details, diagrams, and process drawings after the jump.
The Environment
I designed every aspect of this 20,000 square foot space,...
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Coastal Georgia Comprehensive Center
The goal of this project was to renovate an existing school with a specific scope of work awarded under a grant. The school’s population is children 4-20 years old, with varying degrees of developmental and behavioral disabilities.
I was responsible for researching the needs of this special population, complying with educational and accesibility codes, creating the design, drafting and writing...
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RealNetworks
Mobile Experience
Realnetworks CE Mobile Player For this handheld media player I developed the layout, palette, and icons.
Realnetworks Player for the Nokia Communicator The interaction model for the Communicator poses an interesting challenge, as commands are hard-coded into keys. The solution was to use indicator bars with icons that matched the markings on the corresponding keys.
Also...
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eSociety
Print Marketing Materials and Website
Partnering with the marketing team to understand the goals of the site, we created an optimal user experience which targeted a specific audience. The brand objectives were met within the corporate metaphor of “information architecture” by using friendly, bright colors, as well as imagery from traditional architecture. In addition to creating the design, I...
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Working Class Studio
I was one of three graduate students selected for a summer internship at this interdisciplinary product design and screenprinting studio. Pictured here is “sweetgum” a custom textile hand crafted from inception to a production run of ten yards.
See more product design after the jump.
Ben Morris Textiles
The studio had received the right to the work of Ben Morris, a well-known artist...
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Interior Space Dividers
Elemental Dividers
The “Elemental Dividers” product concept was inspired by the Chinese practice of Feng Shui, and the lack of defined space typical of young adult’s apartments.
In Feng Shui, colors and elements are used to control the flow of energy in space. These architectural dividers provide an attractive means of controlling circulation and privacy. The palette is...