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ABOUT ME
Greetings!
I am a New York based Product/UX Designer. I recently completed my graduate studies at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP), where I learned how to make the invisible, visible. It was at ITP that I learned how to learn. Studying design, technology, and creative story-telling with a human-centered approach has influenced all my projects ever since.
Prior to ITP, I worked at startups (my own and others) and also completed my other graduate studies at Rutgers University in behavioral economics, which has given me great insight into human behavior and the psychological and cognitive factors that go into decision-making. The insights gathered from these fields helped me better understand why people behave the way they do, design more effective products and services that positively influence behavior, and make more informed predictions about how design impacts people.
I stay up late at night pondering questions like how urbanization will look with the advent of self-driving cars and whether you can imbue emotions onto inanimate objects...
Projects
A short compilation of projects that I've worked since attending ITP
Projects
A short compilation of projects that I've worked since attending ITP
UX
UX
USER PERSONAS
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Thesis
Thesis
TACTUS - See with your finger
Tactus is a wearable device worn on the wrist that interprets color and sends the user a tactile response. Think of it as braille for color. Using embedded sensors on the device, color values are translated to a electromagnetic wave that creates a sensation on the users finger. The device can be used by both visually impaired people and those looking to augment their own senses. It creates a new sensory modality for the user and more importantly the ability to not only see art, but feel it.
PERSONAL STATEMENT
I began the project with a focus on synesthesia and the ability to induce, over a period of time, a learned response to different stimuli. I believe that humans have the ability to force an evolutionary step in their development. At first, I did not associate my own visual challenges as an influence to my work but with some feedback and a deeper focus on my project, it became apparent that my colorblindness was the motivation for this project.
As a child I was fascinated by shows like “Beyond 2000” and NOVA specials. I remember seeing a segment on a visually impaired person who used echo-location to navigate, allowing him to ride a bike. Another influence of mine is Neil Harbisson, who has labeled himself the first cyborg. He has a device implanted in the back of his skull that sonifies colors. The ability to feel color is a derivative of this work. I also met with Rune Madsen to flush out the mapping of colors to waves and what the feeling should be for each color.
Full documentation can be found here.
Press
Press
