Hi, I'm Lori — welcome to my desk.
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A designer who works where ambiguity lives.
I work best in complex, constraint-heavy environments — early-stage products and system redesigns where the real challenge is uncertainty, cross-functional trade-offs, and shaping something scalable from a blurry start.
Advertising → business development → HCI → UX design. Each stop reframed the previous one — and pointed me at the question I'm still asking: how do we make intelligent systems more human-centered?
What I care about when design gets hard.
Six principles I keep coming back to — earned across product, research, and design.
01
Clarifying the core
Prioritize the few decisions that move the product forward — let the rest follow.
02
Embracing constraints
Focus on the high-frequency actions. The 80% the user does daily matters more than the 20% they might do once.
03
Intentional partnership
Use prototypes — not opinions — to align stakeholders. Show the trade-off, then decide.
04
System-level thinking
Favor scalable patterns over one-off fixes. Today's interaction is tomorrow's foundation.
05
Iteration as risk reduction
Test the riskiest assumption first. Cheap iterations early prevent expensive ones later.
06
Designing for transitions
State changes are where users get lost. Pay attention to the seams between flows, not just the screens.
Tools & methods
Fluent · daily
Comfortable · regular
Currently exploring
Buckets reflect today's working state — recategorize as proficiency shifts.
What's on the desk right now.
A snapshot of where my attention sits this season.
What people who've worked with me actually said.
From founders, PMs, professors, and the designers I've shipped with.
Lori has one of the strongest ownership mindsets I've seen. She never waits to be told what to do — she anticipates needs, brings solutions, and follows through with impressive reliability. You can trust her with ambiguous problems!
"Lori is someone you can trust with ambiguous problems. She doesn't wait for direction — she clarifies the problem, proposes thoughtful options, and follows through with consistency."
Working with Lori was an absolute pleasure. She doesn't just 'design screens'; she deeply understands the product vision and strategy behind them. Her design system became the foundation for all our future features.
Lori is the kind of person people naturally follow. She's kind, smart, reliable, and steady under pressure. She makes the team feel safe to experiment and fail, and motivated to work hard. Even back then, it was clear she was going to build an exceptional career.
Lori is the kind of collaborator who elevates everyone's work. She asks smart questions, challenges assumptions respectfully, and always finds elegant ways to make research insights tangible through design.
What stood out most was Lori's system-level thinking. The design foundations she set up continued to support new features long after the initial release.
Working with Lori feels steady. Even under pressure, she stays clear-headed, makes sound decisions, and helps the team move forward without panic. Her clarity of thought and execution is inspiring.
Lori doesn't just design interfaces, she understands the product intent behind them. Her design decisions consistently strengthen the product.
Awards, features, and other small wins.
A running log of work I'm proud of and the moments that marked it.
Essays I've written while making sense of AI.
A small but growing shelf — more on the way.
Want to know more about my work?
Check out my resume to see how I bridge product thinking, research, and design across teams.
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