I’m a designer working across disciplines in physical design—from the architecture of everyday products to emerging technologies, consumer goods, materials, and the systems that bring them into the world. I’ve worked across design firms and technology companies, taking ideas from research and early experimentation into products, materials, and technologies that have shipped at scale, including award-winning consumer products and enterprise technologies.

Today, I teach design innovation at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, where I’m interested in how we educate design leaders for a changing profession—one where AI is expanding what designers can make, explore, and direct, while retaining the critical design skills of judgment, problem framing, and interdisciplinary thinking.

I love design that is simple and beautiful in its utility. I’m drawn to the murky space between a challenge and a solution, where the problem is still being defined and the possibilities are still open. That’s where I do my best work: bringing people, disciplines, and ideas together to move from 0 to 1.

If you're interested in collaborating, feel free to get in touch.

mcl@firstbay.com

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