About
Hi, I'm Robert
Principal of Howze-Edge, and a product designer with more than a decade of turning complicated problems into things people actually enjoy using.
Off the clock
I love to cook
Dad to two poodles
Really into photography
I'll travel anywhere
There's always a person on the other side
B2B, B2C, healthcare, finance, travel. The labels change, but the person on the other end doesn't. It could be me, your friend, someone's mom. Somebody who just wants things to work the way they expected, and to feel comfortable while they do it.
That's who I design for. Meeting people where they are means working inside real constraints, and it means staying close to the industry: not just what looks right today, but where experience design is headed.
Whatever the product, the goal is the same. When someone closes the app, they should feel a little better than when they opened it.
How I work
Four things you can count on
- 01
Show something real, early
Decisions get made on prototypes, not slides. The sooner people can touch it, the sooner we know what's right.
- 02
No surprises
Risks, tradeoffs, and changes come from me first, and early. Nobody should be caught off guard in a review.
- 03
Always know where to look
I won't always have the answer on day one. I'll always know where to find it, and who to ask.
- 04
Research runs the whole way through
Not a phase at the start. It shapes the first sketch, the final polish, and what we fix after launch.