The Lab

Experiments, small tools, and weekend builds. None of it warrants a full case study. I like it anyway.

EXHIBIT 01

Money Magnet

WON · HACKATHON
Money Magnet hackathon demo, winning application
WATCH DEMO ↗

A personal finance app built in 19 days for a hackathon. It won. The idea was to stop guilt-tripping people about coffee and organize spending around what they are actually saving for. Four screens, from empty state to a dashboard with something in it.

Role
Design
Tools
Figma
When
19-day sprint
Money Magnet welcome screen with the tagline Your money, your goals
01 · Welcome
Money Magnet home dashboard, empty state
02 · Home (empty)
Money Magnet home dashboard, first goal added
03 · First goal
Money Magnet insights screen showing spending breakdown and cash flow
04 · Insights

EXHIBIT 02

Roundtable Design Library

BRG · 2023–2025

A 3-tier token system for Berkeley Research Group's Roundtable platform. Splitting the library into Primitives, Semantic, and Component layers cleared out a pile of engineering complaints and made front-end delivery about 25% faster.

Role
Sr. Product Designer
Tools
Figma · Tokens Studio
When
2023–2025
Impact
25% delivery velocity
░ COLOR TOKENS ░Color tokens
TIER 01Raw values

Primitives

TIER 02Purpose-bound aliases

Semantic

TIER 03Slot-specific bindings

Component

The library leans heavily on semantic tokens; component-level bindings are reserved for slots that don't fit a generic alias (the cerulean used to tag data cards, for example).

Hover a token to trace the cascade across tiers. Click to pin.

░ STAMPED COMPONENTS ░Stamped components
Roundup

Energy Storage Procurement, Reconsidered

Three states moved bills to committee this week. Here's what the record signals about the next legislative session.

Read full ›Updated 2d ago
Maryland · HB-247

Energy Storage Procurement

PassedUpdated 3d ago
Filter / Categories
Category Eyebrow
Research
THANKS FOR PLAYING.

Built in Washington, D.C., for anyone who reads the patch notes.