I’m a digital product designer at Spare Labs in Vancouver, Canada. I work with executives, product managers, and developers to turn ideas into real products that people love to use.
My experience in UX design includes leading teams, building early stage products, developing & extending design systems, and spatial & physical experiences.
I've been lucky enough to design for clients like Amazon, Lululemon, Telus, Postmates, Noon Home, Wiivv, and IDEO - among many others. My work has won awards from Red Dot, Time, the Wall Street Journal, and more.
When I'm not working, I read, watch Formula 1, and write music.
Woke Studio
Carter Wosk Creative Achievement Award 2018
Gather VR
SPARK Experience Award Finalist 2018
Noon Lighting System
Red Dot Product Design 2018
Mio Slice Band and App
Red Dot Product Design 2017
Wall Street Journal Best of CES 2017
Men's Health Best of CES 2017
PC Magazine Best of CES 2016
Tzoa Envirotracker
Time Top 25 Inventions of 2015
2018
Switched to full time freelance work, a years-old goal based on advice from Craig Mod, who took the time to write me a very long email.
2017 - 2018
Officially started leading the UX team at Woke. By this time, Woke was 10 people, and we had a beautiful studio all to ourselves.
2014 - 2017
Started as a product designer at Woke Studio. I was employee #1, and we occupied a tiny corner of a makerspace.
2014
Landed an internship working on UX at PrintToPeer, a 3D printing software company. I'd been hacking on my own 3D printer for about a year at the time, and it was so cool.
2014
Graduated from the Industrial Design program at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
2013 - 2014
Worked as a Research Assistant at Emily Carr, contributing to 3D printed fabrics, acoustic wall panels, longboard parts, and one giant robot.
2010
Left home to seek my fortune in the big city. Started at Emily Carr.
2005-2010
High school. I drew cars, designed houses, made bad poetry and art, and learned to produce music. I worked recycling containers at the bottle depot, and built custom orthotics for the family business.
2004, 2005
I read more books from the Nanaimo Public Library over the summer than anyone else, two years running. There was an award for this. It was more books.
1992
I was born. For many years I was a child. It was nice.
Graphics
Sketch
Adobe CC
Prototypes
Flinto
Origami
Invision
Marvel
Web
HTML & CSS
Javascript
Atom
Chrome
Design Management
Zeplin
Jira
Asana
Slack
Google Docs
3D
OpenScad
SolidWorks
Rhino
Unity
Sound
Ableton Live Studio
GarageBand
Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack
Blue Yeti
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Squier Stratocaster
Gear
2014 Macbook Pro 13
iPhone X
Custom PC
Samsung 28" 4K Display
Hand and Sew Simple Wallet
Gregory Millcreek Backpack
Best Books
Neuromancer - William Gibson
A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge
Remnants - K.A. Applegate
jPod - Douglas Coupland
The Manual - The KLF
A Good House Is Never Done - John Wheatman
Drawing for Designers - Alan Pipes
101 Things I Learned In Architecture School - Matthew Frederick
Total Competition - Ross Brawn and Adam Parr
I made it myself, handcoded in pure HTML and CSS.
Type is set in Alegreya Sans by Huerta Tipografica and Bluu Next by Velvetyne Type Foundry.