Catalogued the features and user data collection of leading hiking and outdoor applications like Komoot and AllTrails to create a complete picture of current offers on the market, and inform how to best include AI-enabled features in a familiar format.
Planned and conducted user interviews to gain a detailed understanding of the various contexts of use for planning and navigating hiking trips with digital tools, as well as identify user behavior patterns and typical pain points.
Created a typical user journey for planning an outdoor activity with digital tools in order to identify redundancies and opportunities to improve the product.
Developed design concepts for AI-enabled features that would streamline the digital planning process for outdoor activities and presented them to stakeholders.
Katherine Berwind
UI/UX Design
Interaction Design
Prototyping
Game Development
As an emerging professional in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, I bring a multifaceted approach to the design of technical systems. By merging user needs and engineering considerations, I can help you create unique products and programs with positive user experiences at the forefront.
Featured Projects
Save the Flock!
Join your friends and save your sheep- or abduct them in your UFO. In this party game, a team of up to three players on PC must herd their sheep back into the barn before the alien gets them. Use your trusty sheep dog to push the flock to safety. OR be the alien in VR. Pilot your spaceship over the farm and use your tractor beam to suck up as many sheep as you can and cause havoc on your friends’ farm!
About Me
I am a user experience and interaction designer with a focus on using new technology to create innovative, user-first solutions. Previously, I worked in HCI research, contributing to the design and development of automotive human-machine interfaces as well as AI solutions for the planning and navigation of outdoor activities. Now, I am seeking to bring my learnings from research to specific product, software, game, or web development and design. My approach to product ideation is grounded in gaining a detailed understanding of user needs to inform the product specifications. I want to bring my combined psychological and technical approach to design to your projects.
Work Experience
Designed a mixed-methods user study evaluating the cognitive load of drivers as well as usability and user acceptance of a novel HMI concept for a climate control system in a passenger car.
Created visual assets for the user interface using digital drawing software.
Developed a touchscreen interface for a vehicle infotainment system using manikin-based inputs to model passenger comfort as opposed to traditional direct inputs of temperature and fan speed.
- Evaluated the HMI in real life driving conditions, with an on-road study. Guided drivers through the data collection process, and collected both qualitative and quantitative data.
Analyzed data and synthesized findings into actionable design recommendations focused on allowing users to interact seamlessly with a unique AI-based digital twin of the vehicle for precisely customized climate control.
Conducted market analysis of smart climate control systems as well as a survey of academic research on human machine interfaces in automotive vehicles to assess the state of the art and inform the user interface design of a unique AI-based smart climate control system.
Identified usability and market gaps that could be addressed with the novel system, and incorporated those considerations into the design process.
Facilitated ideation workshops featuring brainstorming and sketching sessions as well as user interviews to gather feedback and iteratively refine concepts.
- Built interactive prototypes for three novel HMI solutions in Figma, grounded in user-centered design principles and insights from the workshops.
Guided clients through standardized neuropsychological testing for clinical diagnosis.
Analyzed both quantitative and qualitative findings, and reported them to the diagnosing doctor.
Required solid communication to communicate testing requirements and results to clients across varied ages and cognitive abilities.