I provide understanding to create meaningful products and services through a collaborative process of research and design.
I work with companies to envision and create products or services that connect more meaningfully with people's lives. I work as an interaction designer, user experience designer, information architect and design anthropologist. I work on everything from websites, applications, products, wearables, environments, and services.
In addition to my design work, I co-founded the Midwest UX conference in 2010 as a way to strengthen our regional design community and create a place for distributed practioners to create connections at a human scale. I've been deeply involved with community development through the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) as a local leader in Columbus and now I currently serve as President of the global IxDA community.
Speaking
I write and speak about the intersection of culture, design, and technology. I believe it is fundamental to both our design and business endeavors to be grounded in a combination of theory and practice.
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Kicking off a week of co-teaching “Intro to Interaction Design” in Copenhagen with @emenel at ciidsummer. @ UN City https://t.co/eDzM1eWfkJ -
Whitecaps baseball and fireworks on the fourth. @ Fifth Third Ballpark https://t.co/369XwWvXaB
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First beach evening of the summer on Lake Michigan. So good. @ Hoffmaster State Park https://t.co/OSdKhE1yIn
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Tomorrow/Friday night at 6PM I start running until I can run no more and get pulled from the course. We’ll be runni… https://t.co/jLkcMrYavT
In 2013, I ran a series of workshops for designers with Scott Sullivan exploring the connection between physicality and emotions. This article is a reflection on some of those ideas and how they apply to product design. Are you ready to get a little weird?
As the IoT takes off, the physicality of digital design becomes more and more important. This article explores some of the ideas around the connection between physicality and its emotional impact though a discussion of Laban Movement framework.