A design concept for an unlikely collaboration. — Part of my New Years Resolution was to rectify my relationship with my creativity. While reflecting on 2019, I realized I’d been taking ~designing~ too seriously. Don’t get me wrong; I care about my designs with all my heart. But I was so obsessed with retrofitting the story of…

What would an AR concept design look like for MARTA? — I’m a MARTA fanatic. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has not only been my primary transportation choice while living in Atlanta, but has also connected me to this city in a deeper way than an Uber could ever provide. There’s something thoroughly satisfying about mastering the timing of…

How my phoneless week revealed many missed opportunities. — When Apple first announced cellular connectivity on its watches, my visions for the future excited me. The death of the smartphone was in sight! But when I activated cellular on my watch a couple of weeks ago, I quickly realized my predictions were further away than I thought. Last week…

My realization that the foundation of a startup and the design process are extremely similar. — I had just graduated from Georgia Tech’s Industrial Design program before joining the startup accelerator program — Create-X. I didn’t know much about startup culture and was only vaguely familiar with terms like MVP (minimum viable product) and PMF (product-market fit). But through the program, it became impossible to miss…

How designing for makeup users opened my eyes to bias in action — I am defined by my obsessions. Every couple of months, a new person, product, company, or idea pops into my head and can’t escape. Slowly it begins to consume every ounce of my free time. I think about it during my runs, my YouTube suggestions shift, and I let it…

“Oh you’re Industrial Design! So you design factories, right?” — Nearly four years ago, I walked into Georgia Tech’s College of Design bubbling with excitement but also completely petrified. I had no idea what the next four years were going to look like. Sure I had seen sample projects, toured the school, and read the curriculum, but that didn’t help…