Hi, I'm Tess.
I believe that beneath mediums, technologies, and trends, it’s our individual eccentricities and shared experiences that drive human-centered design.
As designers, it is not only our job to identify and understand these behaviors, but to design our responses ethically and responsibly.
I believe good design is like a good friend: honest and intentional with a sense of humor. I hope to educate, inspire, and humanize through design by working with diverse teams that always ask “why”.
I earned my Master’s in Interaction Design from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, and I am currently working as a Product Designer at the customer data platform Segment. Previously, I was Senior Designer at digital film and advertising studio Portal A, and before that I was a Production Designer at Apple. Before that, I was a teenager, and prior to that, a baby. Let’s keep growing together.
WHAT I'M EXPLORING AFTER HOURS...
Sarah in Buenos Aires
Jim, PJ, and Toni. Ink on paper
Sunshine in Copenhagen
A daily walk
Salt flats in Pamukkale
Black Lives Matter
Book fabrication and design
At the museum
The work continues
Trader Joe's in San Francisco, March 2020
Boyfriend
It's a great day to buy meat
My youngest brother
Sweet treats in Palermo
Catching the G
En route
Aaron. Pencil and ink on paper.
Ladies who lunch
Waiting
Custom dinner invitation
Heading to work in Hanoi
A break at the market
Love through the window
River in Bangkok
The corner store
We will get by, we will survive
Caves in Turkey
Looking for a snack
Morning person
Etienne in Laos
Jerry in Laos
Laura as a cartoon
Strolling in Tokyo