Diversant – Savings Tracker App
I worked as part of a team to design a iOS/Android app to help people develop better savings habits, to help insure a financially stable future. My role in the project was mainly in UX and the system to help users allocate their earnings among all of the different expenses that they needed to address. We [...]
Read more »Couchsurfing – Local Community
A quick project to strengthen the commumnity at Couchsurfing so that users could share events and answer each other's questions. I created wireframes to show events and discussions.
Read more »O’Reilly Media – Effective Sketching for UX Design
Effective sketching is a hands-on learned craft. I worked with Greg Nudelman (www.designcaffeine.com) to create a set of exercises to help develop skills in using sketching on paper and whiteboards for better communication. In the videos, we cover: Sketching on Post-it notes and using them for storyboarding and wireframing The elements of graphic storytelling: Things, people, [...]
Read more »Silicon Valley Innovation Center – Prototyping Class
I was asked to teach prototyping at the Silicon Valley Innovation Center to a group of students visiting from Astana, Kazakhstan - the students had so many different ideas that they wanted to test out! Everything from designing semi-trucks, to smartphone holders, to footwear. Storyboarding is a great way to get a team on the [...]
Read more »Cengage Learning – 21 Voices Infographic
I designed this poster to help tell a little bit about a diverse group of user testing subjects - their age, education, family life, etc.
Read more »TurboTax – iPad W-2 scan
At Design Caffeine, I worked on a process for an iPad user to easily add information from their W-2 forms into their tax filing. I started by sketching out some ideas about how a user could get a visual cue that they were holding the iPad level to the document: After we chose the best [...]
Read more »Cengage Learning – Study Booster
Some quick sketch ideas of how a student could be shown their progress on a particular subject over time, using simple graphs and color.
Read more »Cengage Learning – Pathbrite / Mindtap Integration
One of my tasks at Cengage learning was planning the integration of new features - in this case, "Pathbrite" was purchased for integration into our existing "Mindtap" platform. I created a flow where necessary information would be able to travel between the two programs.
Read more »Cengage Learning – Instructor Asset Library
In my spare time, I like to create comics - it's fun to put those skills to use in creating effective storyboards! I like to start a project with sketching on paper - like a storyboard to help get the team on the same page with the problem we're trying to solve, or some sketchy [...]
Read more »Cengage Learning – Psychologist’s Apprentice
For My first project at Cengage Learning, I was introduced to a project that was just about to be sent to a team of off-site developers - in the form of a Powerpoint file put together by the Project Manager. The concept was great - a case-study application for students, although the Powerpoint had navigation [...]
Read more »Design Caffeine – Enstage
EnStage asked us to design a banking app to be used in India - it was great to learn about tap-to-pay, one-time-use credit cards, and other innovative payment methods in the course of this project.
Read more »Design Caffeine – Credit Union iPad app
Here are some wireframes that were made as part of a project to design an easy-to-use white-label app for credit unions - showing an idea to use an arrow design to guide users to the next step.
Read more »Design Caffeine – Saba Marketplace
At Design Caffeine, I worked with Saba to design a way for recruiters to combine the features of several subscribed job boards, along with a "front page" that would show relevant news.
Read more »Design Caffeine – Genentech
Genentech asked us to design a search function for all of the research conducted in their facilities. It was an amazing experience, speaking with their scientists to discover how they would like to find papers, what sorts of keywords they would use, and what types of filters they would like to have at hand.
Read more »UI/UX Design – MyStuff app Storyboard and Wireframe
I drew this storyboard and wireframe as part of a group project to help develop a design for an app which helps users keep track of all of their stuff and perform useful tasks, like keeping records for insurance reasons, looking up users manuals, and finding maintenance supplies. Storyboard: Wireframes:
Read more »UI/UX Design – Foodfriend App
I have been working on more UI/UX design projects, including “Foodfriend” – a meal sharing mobile app. I started with some research, talking with target user groups about their needs – it really helped me to focus the project! Storyboards were drawn for a user interface design project for a Coursera course, where I tried [...]
Read more »UI/UX Design – iPhone Daredevil
I’ve been working on more UI/UX designs lately – including this one for an app that lets people test the limits of their iPhones – by gauging the maximum deceleration numbers that users can achieve. (I know… it would result in lots of broken phones, but it was a fun idea for an exercise.)
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- Museum/Exhibit Design
- Propmaking
- Sesame Street
- Silent Library
- PBS – Hooper Interstitials
- Blue's Room
- Cube Fabulous
- Inside Amy Schumer
- Whitest Kids U'Know
- Storyforia
- Rob Thomas – "Someday"
- Hamish and Andy
- Godzilla puppet
- J. Viewz – Come Back Down
- Snow Cat
- Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Miscellaneous Props
- Family Circus
- Project Accessory
- The Heart She Holler
- Furniture Design
- Illustration
- Comics
- Animation