Privacy Control: a Strategy Recommendation for AT&T
A comprehensive privacy strategy for AT&T based on in-depth observations of the company’s corporate culture and extensive research into the value of data in an open market.
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Kite Day
Making a kite is a fun way to learn how failure and iteration lead to a successful product. As we like to say around here, fail early, fail often.
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Baby Cakes
A chocolate stout cake for the adults and milk cake topped with strawberries for the baby, sure to make everyone enjoy that special day.
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Designing for Playtex
A needfinding project for Playtex’s infant care division. We conducted observations and interviews to understand the experience of first-time parents. Final recommendations were made to create products and services that prepare parents for, and support parents during the first two months.
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Mini Personal Statement
A personal statement is an art piece that expresses some story or important part of yourself. This is a statement about my relationship with my father: the shared connection grown out of nearly 20 years of playing the violin together.
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Illuminating Object
This gentle flashlight is designed to be used during midnight trips to the bathroom, fridge, or anywhere else that requires just a little bit of light. The internal circuit that allows the light to slowly turn on when you pick it up but instantly turn off when you set it back down on its special stand.
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A Pen in the Style of…
An exercise in understanding design language. I created pens in the style of Movado and Elsa Peretti (a Tiffany designer), drawing on their use of geometry, materials and form.
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Expressing Emotion with Foam
Formgiving is the closest thing to an Industrial Design course that JPD students take. The class is focused on using an object’s form to convey meaning and style, and the scope of the class is limited to four major projects, compared with more than a dozen in last quarter’s art class. This focus allows students [...]
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Changing Behavior with Pirates
The final project in Human Values and Innovation in Design was to design a system leveraging smart phones to promote healthy behaviors. I was thrilled to have a chance to work Anisha Jain, a fellow first-year student who I discovered is particularly skilled at conducting interviews – a major component of the Stanford design process. After [...]
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Robot Poster
The poster is an advertisement for a robot dating service – which is exactly what the characters say. I haven’t decided if the robot is offered to humans in need of a companion for the weekend, or if he’s looking for a female robot for himself. I don’t think it matters.
I am a Product Designer
That means I make things (like computers and yo-yos). It also means I design systems (like buildings and tools to spur innovation). Before I make anything, I watch people, talk to them, and try to understand the complexities of their needs. At the end of the day, my job is to make other people happy.
I am a Mechanical Engineer
Numbers make me go weak at the knees. I love power tools and know how to use them. And yes, that is machine oil under my nails.
I like solving hard problems
Like sustainability, energy, and the aging population. If you have a big problem, chances are good I can help you solve it.