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Hi, I’m Doug

Lead Product Designer

A loud advocate for user-centred design, I lead and deliver on all phases of design: research, low-fi prototyping & validation, finely-crafted UI, and design system development. I’m also a front-end engineer.

My key strengths

User-centred

I believe in more empathy and less ego. There are always ways to keep people at the heart of the project, and to find ways to test assumptions, direction and implementation, rather than to blindly produce a prototype.

Data-driven

Give me all the data. The product looks fantastic, but does it really work? With data we can set benchmarks and define success. Whether its quant or qual, data is the currency of research, and I use it throughout the project lifecycle.

Strategic

What’s the bigger picture? Why does this business exist? I believe that understanding this is critical to informing an effective design approach. And conversely, I believe that design can be critical in devising the strategies themselves.

Generalist

I’m also a full-stack engineer and have delivered many successful development projects. This technical side is a powerful asset because it enables me to bridge that awkward gap between design and engineering to make a much more efficient delivery.

What’s in my toolkit?

Discovery

Solving for information

  • Interviews & screening
  • Journey mapping & personas
  • Contextual inquiries
  • Data planning & analysis
  • Accessibility audits

UX Design

Solving for users & business

  • Information architecture
  • Low-fi prototypes
  • Usability testing
  • Technical proofs of concept
  • Feasibility studies

UI Design

Delivering high-quality UI

  • Fine interface design
  • Digital brand
  • Design systems
  • Quality assurance

UI Engineering

Building the interface

  • Design Systems
  • React & NextJS
  • Headless CMS
  • Static sites
  • iOS / SwiftUI


Side projects

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Kiwa Deployments

Launching soon!

Provision and deploy SilverStripe applications on DigitalOcean.
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Aura

Embedded music

Aura is a RaspberryPi-based music system for any business that plays music for their customers.
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Chef’s Warning

Automated allergen advice

Chef’s Warning automatically generates allergen warnings for restaurant menus based on recipes.
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Exposure Sim

V2 coming soon

Explore the relationship between ISO, aperture and shutter speed. Master the exposure triangle today!
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Sketch 2 HTML

Defunct

This custom Sketch plugin converts your Sketch artboards into responsive HTML layout
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Yamstrap

Defunct

Generate boilerplate responsive HTML layouts by describing the layout in a .yml file