I've been making things my whole life. Now I design products.
I started with crayons my parents kept on a high shelf. I climbed the cabinets to get them. Then it was painting and music. During COVID I took a UX course, started freelancing, and worked my way into enterprise design at Honeywell. That's where I fell in love with it: understanding problems, working with people to solve them, and seeing the product get better because of it.
I love the iteration. Looking at what I've shipped, questioning my own decisions, and digging through every detail until it's right. I used to be uncomfortable with ambiguity. Now I see it as a signal that it's an actual problem worth solving.
Why this site looks the way it does
A few of the decisions behind the design.
The color palette
Pink was my starting point. I researched the color extensively and chose to pull back from it. Burgundy and rose keep the warmth and sophistication without making the palette about the color itself. Cream and dark chocolate anchor each theme. I wanted backgrounds that were soft and readable, not stark. The headshot was styled to match the palette, not the other way around.
The body font
Areal, found through 99% Invisible. It was designed as a statement on AI-generated text. The am dash is a character that looks like an em dash but with serifs, a small human signature baked into the typeface. I built this portfolio with Claude Code, so using a font made as a commentary on AI felt appropriately meta.
Video loops instead of screenshots
A screenshot shows a screen. A loop shows how someone actually uses the product. I wanted the homepage to answer "how does a user solve a problem" without needing a click.
Dark mode
I look at screens all day and dark mode is easier on my eyes. I wanted anyone visiting to have the same option. It follows your system preference and you can toggle it.
No frameworks
Framer felt flat. I couldn't get deep into the details. Astro let me control everything and it's HTML-first, which made accessibility straightforward. I learned a ton building it.
Fluid type
Some sites just look right at every viewport. I want that. Headlines were the natural place to start experimenting with fluid scaling. Body text is next. I want the site to hold up at any size, not just the ones I designed for.