Designing for the feeling
before the thought.

Hi, I'm Shawni! A Product Designer who thinks in systems but designs for the moments users can't afford to get wrong.

the work.

0-1 design

No-Choice Architecture

Somatic Mapping

myggie

A crisis-support companion app for the moment stress overrides clear thinking.

Component design

design systems

ux audit

pandora

Pandora, redesigned. Simplified navigation, persistent feedback, radio-first identity.

about.

Over a decade in brand and visual design, with the last six years spent in healthcare, taught me how to bring both craft and precision to environments that don't forgive confusion.

I design for moments where clarity isn't optional, whether that's crisis support tools, regulated health systems, or consumer products. Spaces where the stakes are real and the margin for bad UX is zero, because the person on the other side doesn't have the bandwidth to figure out a broken interface. That responsibility is what drives me, and it's what pulled me into product design.

Let’s work together