Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for PLUS Rides™ Inc., a spinout company from Tomorrow Lab.
Personally Owned Urban Micromobility Solution
PLUS is an electric scooter meticulously designed for urban commuters, emphasizing comfort, portability, storage and easy maintenance. Its minimal, eye-catching design contains a unique product architecture that separates electronic and mechanical components, ensuring swift repairs and cost-effective upkeep. This offers a sustainable alternative to the environmentally detrimental fleets of scooters that have cluttered cities and often end up discarded within months. PLUS is Ideal for metropolitan riders seeking a seamless ownership experience.
Responsibilities
I lead the industrial design of the e-scooter from conceptualization to MVP realization. I managed junior design staff and coordinated our team with the electrical and mechanical development. We swifty adapted the design to correspond to component sourcing and found opportunities to simplify repairability. We strived for a minimal design that would obscure the complexity within. PLUS folds down smaller than other e-scooters and incorporates multiple centralized carrying points for ergonomic transport.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Trisha Clarke-Stone.
Daily affirmation box to inspire and inform
Glow is a connected affirmation box that seamlessly delivers daily, tailored content to inspire and inform. Entrepreneur and author, Tricia Clarke-Stone approached Tomorrow Lab to adapt the positive energy of the #BlackGirlMagic movement away from the toxic environment of Twitter and into a physical, daily ritual.
Responsibilities
I led a team of designers and engineers to develop this product from blue sky concepts to a MVP. We explored a variety of interaction methods focusing on creating a meditative moment and celebrating the message reveal. Our aesthetic goal was to create a beautiful decorative object for the home that avoids feeling like “just another screen.”
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for SymplBrush.
Rapid Whole Mouth Cleaning Device
SymplBrush is a automated whole mouth toothbrush that handles technique and timing for you. Dr. Keith Arbeitman approached Tomorrow Lab to create a device that cleaned faster, safer, and more thoroughly than other brushes.
Responsibilities
I led the industrial design team through the design of the toothbrush and stand while working closely with the engineering teams. Our challenge was to balance the size necessary for a comfortable grip and effective bristle tray with a friendly, intuitive appearance. Our process holistically considered how the product fits into someone’s life, including: interface, storage, charging and maintenance.
Self-lead concept project.
Tactile Fitness Speaker
Feat. is a Bluetooth fitness speaker that prioritizes portability, durability, and tactile use so that your focus stays on your workout.
This project was inspired by my frustrating experience cycling with a budget speaker. While cheap and water resistant, the unintuitive controls lacked hierarchy. This is especially dangerous when trying to skip a track, one-handed, while cycling through New York City’s notoriously dangerous streets.
Your workout, Feat. your music.
The final concept can be operated completely through tactile feedback. The large buttons are separated by different faces; each with a distinct feel. The playback control button is prominently featured; protruding slightly from the top. The durable, water resistant housing is as tough as your workout.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Teralytic.
Bringing IOT to Big Agriculture
Teralytic is a US-based precision agriculture firm creating a connected hardware and software platform to improve a farm’s yield by monitoring the growing conditions of the soil. By offering low-cost and easy-to-use NPK soil sensor hardware, each platform packed with sophisticated soil sensing capabilities allows crop data to be available on a farmer’s mobile device or laptop in nearly real time by using an efficient and robust wireless technology to transmit data to a central hub.
Responsibilities
I collaborated with a team of designers and engineers to develop a proof of concept prototype into a DFM- ready design. We tested different installation and interaction methods before selecting a two component architecture. The soil probe’s “head” sits above ground and houses higher cost components such as the wireless technology. The “shaft” is embedded in the ground making contact with the soil and housing the less expensive sensors. The bright orange pieces indicate important touch points to the user and make it identifiable in a crop field. The rugged, durable design allows the sensor to withstand the elements while accurately relaying the necessary data.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Citi Bike and Motivate.
Rewarding New York City’s Angels
The Citi Bike “Steel Angel Key” is a premium reward for users of Citi Bike, the nation’s largest bike sharing system. Citi Bike and their parent company, Motivate, approached Tomorrow Lab to create a special key to reward their members who earn points while volunteering their time to balance the New York City bike ecosystem. By transporting bikes from crowded stations to empty ones, these “Bike Angels” help the environment and fellow riders.
Responsibilities
I led a team of designers through a fast-paced design prototyping and development process. We collaborated through brainstorms and concepts sketches to create dozens of key design concepts. We tested a variety of materials including concrete and recycled plastic before landing on laser cut maps of Citi Bike locations as the insert. The final run of awards were assembled at Tomorrow Lab.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Elemental Path.
A companion to explore the galaxy
Scout is a robot, a learning companion, and a best friend - designed specifically for kids. Scout is a super-smart and inquisitive galactic explorer that is excited about playing games, creating stories, going on adventures – and of course answering questions – without ever getting tired.
Elemental Path approached Tomorrow Lab wanting to leverage their “Friendgine” AI platform behind the Cognisaur into a new product with improved interaction features. The project's focus was to make an improved companion with more engaging interactions.
Responsibilities
I led a team of designers through the character creation and industrial design process. The key to the project was discovering who this character would be. Through brainstorms and workshops we created dozens of companion designs and outlined interaction layouts for each.
We landed on a space explorer traveling the galaxy excited to learn and share knowledge. As the project developed I worked on the principle CAD modeling to translate our character design from 2D to 3D.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Therm.
Smarter Thermostats, Better Control
Steam radiators heat the majority of New York City’s apartments, yet they offer little control. Their binary nature (completely on or off) results in wild temperature swings from freezing or sweltering. Therm brings steam heat into the 21st century. This WiFi-connected device allows full temperature control by retrofitting existing steam radiators.
Responsibilities
I led a team of designers and engineers through the design development process. We explored four forms based on the initial research of radiator outlet geometries. The derived concepts attempted to balance aesthetics with subtlety. Ultimately, smart home devices should inconspicuously improve your life. Two cover designs were created to fit the most commonly used radiator outlet geometries.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Dadi.
A Reproductive Preservation Service for Men
Dadi is a healthcare brand focused on male reproductive health. Launched in 2019, their premiere product and service is an at-home kit for collecting a sperm sample. The Dadi Kit includes an easy to use sperm collection cup with built-in and preservative dispensing capsule, and thermal control material built into the walls of the shipping box to keep the specimen at the right temperature for as long as possible while in transit to the processing facility. The Dadi system has far fewer steps than similar products and services on the market.
Responsibilities
I collaborated with designers and engineers on the Dadi Cup, Cap and Box.
Simplicity was the focus of every aspect of the design. The Cup has friendly contours and comfortable one-handed size. The double wall design lends a premium, weighty feel and additional thermal control. The cap design creates a fluid-tight seal and includes preservative dispensing, one-way ‘press to release’ button.
I led the layout and interaction design of the Dadi Box. I collaborated with the engineers on the size and placement of the temperature control chemicals hidden within the walls. The box creates a thermally controlled environment that safely transports the specimen.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for JUMP Bikes.
Simplifying the Bike Share Experience
JUMP Bikes, now owned by Uber Technologies, Inc., is a US-based bicycle and scooter sharing company. Tomorrow Lab engaged with JUMP to redesign their bicycle’s user interface and checkout / check-in process. The goal of this project was to move away from JUMP’s existing keypad, LCD display, and U-lock, and instead offer a dead simple RFID tap and electric/cable lock as the primary means to check-out and check-in the bicycle.
Responsibilities
We collaborated on reviewing the existing user experience and interface design. Because a phone mount was added to the bike, we separated the information into two groups: “on bike” and “in app.”
I led a team of designers through wireframing and testing the user interface. We developed the lead concepts into fully rendered designs including layout, scale, color, icon, and pattern decisions. The final design was shared with JUMP for their team to build from.
This personal project was an exploration of ceramic 3D printing processes, branding, and my love for coffee.
Bruet is a ceramic oil diffuser for a line of scented oils that compliment and enhance the experience of coffee. Each scent is specifically selected to compliment a flavor of coffee bean.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for Lotik Labs.
Providing Water-use Intelligence
Lotik Labs' smart system of wireless sensors provide low-cost point-of-use water monitoring and metering to track usage and detect plumbing risks before they happen. Owners of apartment buildings or homeowners themselves can outfit one room or an entire home with the sensors in order to gain real-time insights into their water usage, as well as valuable indications of oncoming plumbing problems.
Responsibilities
I collaborated with a team of designers and engineers on developing the design of the sensor. After several rounds of prototyping, we delivered a pilot production of 200 units for field testing. The project finished with a design refinement round to further integrate the learnings from pilot production and real-world testing.
Designed in collaboration with Tomorrow Lab for USPS and McCann NY.
Tracking Joy Across the Globe
The Most Wonderful Ornament™ kit from United States Postal Service® tracks your Domestic Priority Mail® holiday package to a friend or family member. You’ll know when your package has been sent, delivered and — for the first time ever — opened by the recipient. The product allows the sender and recipient to share the magic moment of opening a gift together, from across the city, country, or globe.
In under three months, Tomorrow Lab worked with McCann New York to define, design, develop, and deliver a small production run of ornament kits for beta trials during the 2016 holiday season.
Responsibilities
I collaborated with the design team to create the ornament, the part of the kit that is displayed in the sender’s home. For each concept we tested icons, imagery, and lighting solutions to beautifully communicate shipping status at a glance. We tested an array of decorative forms that could sit, stand, or hang. We focused on creating a holiday-inspired, aesthetic object that could be enjoyed by USPS customers of all religions and backgrounds.