Complex systems.
Clear experiences.
I’m Nathan, a product designer making complex tools feel clear and dependable.
From AI workflows to clinical operations, I design around the people doing the work.
Selected work
A CLOSER LOOK AT THE DECISIONS
One workspace.The entire AI iteration loop.
Connecting authoring, testing, and comparison so AI teams can follow the logic, evaluate results, and keep moving.

A clearer system forclinical trial operations.
Bringing study setup and participant operations into one role-based workspace, with safeguards where the stakes are highest.
Designing with AI.
No interface yet. Just a deliberate starting point.
Before the pixels, a purpose.
I set the context, the constraints, and the questions worth exploring.
A thinking partner for alternative questions and assumptions I may have missed.
A useful question comes before a convincing answer.
Thinking out loud.
NOTES ON DESIGN & AMBIGUITYWhat “Complex Problems” Actually Means in UX
Why mapping the connections matters before drawing the screens.
“The Brief Was Unclear” Is Not an Answer
Two kinds of ambiguity, and how to move forward with each.