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Work & Projects

A sampling of some of my public work and personal projects
  • Role Classic

    Role Classic

    Role-playing party game built for your phone. Designed around the question: "What if D&D was as easy to play as Apples to Apples?" With no social media and $0 in marketing, Role Classic gained over 100,000 players.

  • Hack Design

    Hack Design

    Introductory product design course. With lessons written by industry professionals, Hack Design has more than 350,000 students.

  • Beyond Tokyo

    Beyond Tokyo

    Roomscale VR travel experience built for the HTC Vive. Explore fantasy versions of famous locations in Japan while taking a journey through an interactive story about Hachiko, Japan’s most loyal dog.

  • Never Bout Us

    Never Bout Us

    Ground breaking 360 music video created for VR viewing. Released in 2016, it went on to gain over 800,000 views. It's release was accompanied by a physical press kit including a custom cardbord VR viewer and memorabilia from the artist.

  • Atlas

    Atlas

    VR sci-fi adventure for the Oculus Rift & Touch. Explore the world on your hover bike and solve environmental puzzles to unlock the mysteries hiding within the world.

  • Balances

    Balances

    Bitcoin financial app. Send & receive payments and track the balances of all your cryptocurrencies.

  • Profile

    Profile

    Digital Look Book packaged in an iOS app.

  • CED Innovators

    CED Innovators

    Interactive data visualization. Created with D3.js.

  • GOOD Fridays

    GOOD Fridays

    iOS music player. An exploration in mobile audio player design with the music of Kanye West.

  • Retina Mac Apps

    Retina Mac Apps

    The #1 resource for discovering retina supported apps after the 2012 launch of the first Retina Macbook Pro.

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