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How I explore and execute ideas
My approach to design
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Problem solving through problem framing
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Thoughtfully framing challenges provides a foundation to make informed decisions and take intelligent risks. I am comfortable with the ambiguity and solution juggling involved with complex problem solving.
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​ Incorporating product requirements while exploring form factors for an audio-control device

Illuminating users' needs during their morning routines by reviewing maps drawn by interviewees (for Sol).
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Materializing ideas early, and iterating often
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I quickly materialize ideas in my process to facilitate 'talk back' with concepts and inspire new connections among them. Prototyping also reduces risk while converging on design decisions.
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Foam core, clay, and 3D printed prototypes for exploring product use-cases and form factors (for Sol)
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Collaborating through visual communication and true dialogues

Developing a rocking water bottle concept through increasing levels of fidelity.
Developing a rocking water bottle concept through increasing levels of fidelity
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Pardon the buzzword, but synergy is real. We have the greatest potential when we work together over nascent ideas. Nothing fosters co-creation better than making ideas visual.
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Working out a a journey map with my team
Working out a a journey map for a product interaction with my team

Guiding a user interview with illustrations
​ Guiding a user interview with visual materials such as card sorting exercises, for a project with P&G Ventures
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Capturing inspiration anywhere, and letting your subconscious work over problems
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I take notice of and sketch from my day-to-day encounters. Keeping a pocketbook helps me reinterpret ideas and discover opportunities.
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Recording various mechanical design concepts

Noodling over the renders and portfolio layout of Sol

Drawing mechanisms helps me remember them

My interpretation from

Notes from a talk by creative director 'Tea Uglow: How to Lead When You Don’t Know What You’re Doing'

A concept that came to me
while living in frigid Chicago