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The work shown below, grounded in a human-centered perspective, spans both near-term solutions and long-term strategic initiatives across the consumer, financial, medical, and mobility sectors.

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Awards and Recognition

Work and perspective have been featured in WIRED, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, The Atlantic, the IDEA Awards, the Webby Awards, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Various patents have been awarded. Below are some representative projects shaped through direct design, design direction, and client relationship stewardship. Roles related to each project are also listed.

Featured Project

Futureproof Series: Postcards From The Future

Client: designbivouac (self-published)
Role: Concept Lead, Story Lead, Concept Designer, AI Visualization
Services: Future Vision Work, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

Futureproof is a series of thought-provoking scenarios that explore possible futures for technology and culture—like postcards from the future. This body of work demonstrates designbivouac’s future visioning approach of shaping visual and narrative elements to spark imagination and inspire new possibilities.

Featured Project

The Future of Automobility Series

Client: IDEO
Role: Design Director, Concept Lead, Story Lead
Services: Future Vision Work, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This future vision work explores mobility opportunities set in the not-so-distant future. Comprised of four chapters, the series richly visualizes how we might move people, things, spaces, and together as we enter the age of automobility.

Fleet Driver Safety Device

Client: Nauto
Role: Interaction Design Director, Client Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design

The industrial design, mechanical engineering, and user experience of Nauto’s AI-driven fleet safety device were carefully crafted to enhance performance and usability. Today, over 400 brands worldwide rely on Nauto’s AI-powered platform to improve driver safety and fleet management.

Online Banking Experience

Client: Chase
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

Research shows that customers manage their finances by organizing funds into distinct categories. The Chase modular interface concept was designed to help users intuitively control their funds while providing a clear view of their progress toward financial goals.

Featured Project

Suspension Demo

Client: Clear Motion
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

ClearMotion is ushering in the next generation of powered suspension, a breakthrough technology poised to revolutionize vehicle ride dynamics. This project centered on crafting an immersive product demonstration experience to showcase the system’s transformative potential and provide OEM partners with firsthand proof of its value.

Caterpillar Digital Strategy

Client: Caterpillar
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Purposeful Strategy, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

The Caterpillar digital strategy illustrates the power of knitting together the needs of the company’s internal stakeholders and customers. The project identified ways to apply human-centered design and a customer-first perspective to Caterpillar services.

Vehicle UI Explorations

Client: Mercedes-Benz
Role: Interaction Design, Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This short sprint augmented Mercedes-Benz’s design team, exploring various visual user interface directions. The themes explored included luxury, purpose, restraint, personalization, dynamism, and feeling alive.

Featured Project

QUE ProReader E-Reader

Client: PlasticLogic
Role: Interaction Design, Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

The QUE proReader was recognized as one of the ten best products at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show. It is designed for enterprise users and combines an elegant industrial design with an intuitive document management interface.

BLAID Visual Aid Device

Client: Toyota Robotics
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design

In collaboration with Toyota Robotics, user needs were thoughtfully identified to guide the design of the BLAID device. It empowers users to navigate confidently—whether moving through a room or across town—by integrating advanced cameras, sensors, a speech interface, and AI-driven intelligence.

iDrive Interface Redesign

Client: BMW
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This project enhanced BMW’s iDrive system by incorporating familiar user interface patterns, resulting in a more intuitive and efficient experience. The work directly influenced the current iDrive controller, which now features physical shortcut buttons and a streamlined menu for enhanced usability.

E-Commerce Website

Client: SAP
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Purposeful Strategy, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This project, in collaboration with SAP and Grainger, reimagined how users search for and purchase products as Grainger brought its vast catalog online. The solution enabled seamless collaboration between sales representatives and customers, making managing and curating product collections easier.

Smartphone Concepts

Client: Samsung
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Future Vision Work, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

A range of innovative concepts was designed for Samsung’s smartphone division, featuring multitasking across split screens, seamless work and personal content management, curved-edge displays, and integrated accessories.

Technology Forecast Project

Client: Businessweek
Role: Interaction Design
Services: Future Vision Work, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This technology forecasting project for Businessweek looked a decade ahead, envisioning potential consumer products. Many of the concepts proved remarkably prescient, including a personal communication device with fingerprint authentication—an early glimpse of what would eventually become the iPhone.

Featured Project

Table Concept

Client: Leading Device Manufacturer
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

Created in partnership with a leading device manufacturer, this tablet concept introduced innovative methods for users to share content effortlessly across people, devices, and platforms. It supported seamless discovery and interaction within a tightly integrated ecosystem. Content was intelligently organized and dynamically surfaced in a visually rich, intuitive interface, making it easy for users to access, engage with, and share information in meaningful ways.

Moving Goods Exploration

Client: Mercedes-Benz Vans
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Purposeful Strategy, Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

This project brought Mercedes-Benz Vans' future concept vehicles to life through design thinking, research, and hands-on prototyping. The work shaped innovative vehicle concepts and empowered the Mercedes-Benz Vans team to establish a cutting-edge research and prototyping lab in the heart of Silicon Valley.

VOIP Enterprise Phone

Client: Cisco
Role: Interaction Design, Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

The Cisco 7960 VOIP phone marked Cisco’s first major foray into consumer products, quickly becoming a favorite among businesses and Hollywood alike. The iconic 7960 series was a massive success in the corporate world and on the big screen, making frequent appearances in films and television shows.

Memory Product Website

Client: Samsung
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

Samsung’s memory website showcases the advantages of its cutting-edge memory chips, emphasizing longer battery life, enhanced reliability, and superior performance. Engaging social media characters personify common frustrations with inferior memory, bringing the benefits to life in a relatable way.

Health & Mobility Exhibit

Client: Hyundai
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

A compelling CES exhibit showcased the benefits of integrating health-sensing technologies into Hyundai vehicles through a physical demonstrator, day-in-the-life scenarios, and an immersive virtual reality experience. This innovative presentation highlighted how these technologies can enhance drivers' and passengers' safety and well-being.

Capsule Experience

Client: Blue Origin
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Future Vision Work, Interaction Design

Designing the concept for Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule involved shaping key elements of the astronaut journey. This included onboarding and orientation, the zero-gravity apogee experience, ensuring reassurance during capsule descent, and crafting a seamless post-journey experience.

Featured Project

Neurosurgical Navigation Station

Client: Medtronic
Role: Interaction Design Director
Services: Interaction Design, Visual Interface Design

Orthopedists and neurosurgeons are turning to advanced technology to enhance precision and accuracy and minimize risk during spine surgery. In response, Medtronic Navigation, a division of the world’s leading medical technology company, developed a cutting-edge surgical navigation solution. This innovation boosts surgeon and patient confidence, promotes surgical efficiency, and reduces exposure to harmful radiation.

Featured Project

Vehicle Access Experience

Client: Ferrari
Role: Interaction Design Director, Relationship Lead
Services: Purposeful Strategy, Interaction Design

This project delved into the meaning of the Ferrari brand for both current and potential owners, aiming to elevate the overall Ferrari ownership experience. By designing a new key and vehicle access system, the team deepened Ferrari’s connection with its customers through direct engagement with various Ferrari owners. The insights gained helped create customer archetypes to shape future branded experiences and informed the vehicle access experience for the Ferrari Roma.

Projects completed at IDEO unless otherwise indicated.

This is a small yet representative sampling of work. Should you have questions, reach out with an inquiry.