Unpacking the foundational work I did for A+E

In favor of a ten thousand-foot view of design ethics. — Would we always know when our designs do damage, in the long run or short? Would we have the courage to admit it and the initiative to change it? We live in a culture of instant gratification and persistent distraction. The two qualities go hand in hand, reinforcing each other…

An easy online portfolio and critique experience for art students and their teachers Project Overview The project was commissioned by Young Audiences New York, a 66-year old nonprofit education organization that gives children and youth from under-resourced schools and neighborhoods a chance to experience and create art. Within their portfolio…

Project Overview For this project, we developed an environmentally conscious new feature for Seamless called ecoEATS, which sells surplus meals at a discounted rate through the existing app interface. My role My role was broad, encompassing all stages of the UX process, since I contributed to each part. My largest…

A better website experience for Eataly Project Overview The design challenge was to redesign the Eataly website, making it more user-friendly as well as responsive for mobile. My role The project was split into two phases. For the first phase, research, I worked on a team of four, collaborating with…

A new event spaces feature for Airbnb My role I worked in a four-member team, with Ania Gall, Rachel Kamelhar, and Sabina Roslyakova. We collaboratively split work so that we each had a chance to test all roles in the UX process from researcher to designer to tester. Timeframe The…

A new music app that generates playlists for locavores My role My role in this project was broad, spanning from UX researcher to designer to tester. …