Design for what comes next.
If humans have a future, it’s a sustainable one. Products of this future will need to be drawn from resilient supply chains and regenerative ecosystems.
I help product and sustainability teams design for the post-disposable economy using hands-on workshops, custom field guides, and methodology developed inside the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and a creative practice honed at the Royal College of Art.
Ethos
Constraints are lenses, not limits.
Most consulting engagements end at the slide deck. My approach is grounded in the tangible. Informed by fifteen years of industrial design, three inside the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and a working theory that big problems yield to small, testable questions - not bigger ones
FOUR WAYS TO ENGAGE
Activation →
Workshops, sprints, and capability programs that build circular thinking into how teams operate.
Innovation →
Products, tools, and digital experiences from a 15-year practice in design for participation, longevity, and reuse.
Research →
Original analysis, interactive data, and The Riparian. Observations on the systems shaping circularity.
Tools→
Free interactive tools and analyses — cascade mapping, lifecycle waves, mineral demand scenarios.
Selected work
Highlights from fifteen years of design projects across products, workshops, tools, and public installations.
The full portfolio →
About
I'm a circular economy strategist and industrial designer based in San Diego. Most recently three years inside the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, working with some of the world's largest organizations on implementing circular strategies. Before that: fifteen years across toy design, escape rooms, public installations, and innovation consulting for the Fortune 100.
MA from the Royal College of Art,
BFA from the University of Michigan.
Recent recognition
Senior Service Design Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2023–2026)
Eco-Expert, iF Design Award (2024-25)
Play Everywhere Challenge Winner - KABOOM! and Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation - $50,000 grant for the Play Path (2021)
Waterside Gobbler featured in the Evening Standard (2019)
HAVE A WORTHY CHALLENGE?
Thirty minutes, no deck, no pitch - just a real conversation about what you're working on and what's in the way. Under NDA from the first hello and a sprinkling of fairy dust.
Let's solve your circularity challenge.