Archive
These projects are from my master’s thesis and other graduate school work.
Thesis
The Human Resourcing Dept: Inside the staffing agency of the future
It’s 2088, and your old job has been automated. But an AI named PETAR is here to sort you into a future job based on the human attributes we still need: critical thinking, creative thinking, and emotional intuition. This immersive performance tested people’s reactions to a sudden loss of agency.
- writing
- speculative design
- visual design
- experiential design
- service design
- AI/ML
Jade: Wearable autonomy that preserves elderly independence
When Jade notices that its wearer makes a worrisome deviation from their routine, it rings and vibrates. If they don’t squeeze it to show they’re okay, it calls for help.
- speculative design
- industrial design
- service design
- UI
- UX
- AI/ML
Classmates: An AI assistant for career-changers
Classmates is a chatbot that guides career transitioners to their next role based on their preferences and personality, points them to learning resources, and connects them to their newfound peers.
- speculative design
- user research
- UI
- UX
- service design
- AI/ML
Water Token: cap-and-trade water governance as basic income
California is a notoriously problematic and overextended watershed. The Water Token Project is a speculative policy proposal that uses NOAA data to algorithmically price and allocate water every month using “water tokens,” tradable by corporations and citizens alike.
- speculative design
- service design
- policy design
- AI/ML
Other
She Served: Building understanding for women veterans
A boardgame and storytelling campaign designed to create empathy for women veterans in the US, She Served was the culmination of a 4-month user research project with the NY Veterans Affairs office.
- user research
- service design
- experiential design
- visual design
