Welcome! You've reached the Department of Use and Beauty, your user-centered design partner in product development. If your team needs a design leader who synthesizes complex tasks + information to create clear, intuitive user experiences, you're in the right place. Karen Jones directs the Department, and provides a suite of user-centered design services:

  • Envisioning features, functionality, and flow
  • Product innovation concepts
  • Competitive analysis and stakeholder interviews
  • Usability research, testing, and product iterations
  • Brainstorming, mockups,and wireframes for interaction frameworks
  • 2d and 3d prototypes
  • Art direction and visual design

    • Let the Department help you leverage your strategic, technical, and analytical resources, by discovering the clear, simple, and elegant path through any complex process. Contact Karen today to schedule an initial consultation.