Product Development
A human-centered approach to the design, testing, and development of products and services
GuRue is a navigation aid focusing on safety, combining a digital app and a physical guide. Our mission is to Leverage community data and connections so that people can make more informed safety choices regarding how they live and socialize in urban areas. Improving freedom of movement empowers our users to enjoy their lives day or night. With GuRue and the GuRue Guide, we want to help you go safely, stay connected, and remain aware.
GuRue
The Vietnamese Boat People podcast's Mission is to preserve and carry forward the stories of the Vietnamese diaspora, a generation of people that overcame life-threatening situations in search of peace, freedom, and safety, and to carry forward these stories for younger generations to be inspired by that history of resilience. Our interdisciplinary design team was asked to explore this storytelling process in search of methods for enhancing, expanding, and scaling their collection.
VietnameseBoatPeople.org
A convertible dining table that swiftly and effortlessly transitions from work time to family time helping users to focus on what matters most. The Hideaway is designed to reduce stress and encourage bonding while simultaneously reinforcing the dwindling boundaries between work and home, leading to an increased quality of life for the whole family.
The Hideaway Desk
The SmartView project is an ergonomic redesign of the standard electronic kitchen scale intended to increase the comfort and functionality of a ubiquitous yet often overlooked appliance. The physical device has been updated to include multiple points of adjustability. Offloading the display and recipe tracking features to the included companion app allows users to take advantage of their smartphone's full suite of accessibility tools.
