Human- Centered Design
Human- Centered Design
I’m a
Design
Researcher
ABOUT KATE
Kate is a human-centered design researcher with a passion for creating equitable and accessible designs. Drawing from her background in DEI, environmental studies, ethnic studies, and law, Kate uplifts user stories through her unique interdisciplinary design insights. Kate has a proven track record for turning behavioral insights into actionable design strategies. She specializes in qualitative fieldwork where she delves deep into underlying motivations and behaviors, transforming them into meaningful and tangible products.
PORTFOLIO OVERVIEW
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How might we foster a more personalized, supported, and cohesive student experience that engages a new generation of NYU students?
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The continuation of the NYU SX project.
How might we communicate the most critical, need-to-know information for first year students in the first semester of school after orientation ends?
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How might we design an engagement experience that motivates patients to start and stay on a vital new treatment that will delay, but not cure, their loss of vision?
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In hopes to better showcase their work, we worked with the food non-profit Eat Real to expand its visual brand identity and story.
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Organized and facilitated the revival of IDEO D.camp so that high-schoolers may explore the world of design from ideation to product.
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Conducted research for a Knowledge Dissemination Platform for Computational biologists to share and connect similar research and SME’s.
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Working with an ecommerce tech company, we created a concept to to provide medical services on their platform.