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Research-led design for people, products, and systems

Through research, strategy, and design, I connect people's needs with the bigger picture to help shape better products, services, and organizations.

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CASE STUDIES IN PROGRESS

Coming soon

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Cozy Corner Post

An analog mail subscription that brings reflection and connection into everyday life. I led it end to end, from concept to launch, and it reached its subscriber goal within three months.

CONSULTING / CASE STUDY COMING

Life-Centered Design School

Helped shape the school's new consulting offering and translate it into

its webpage.

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

The Village Oslo

A women's community in Oslo built around connection and support through motherhood. I'm starting user research to inform its website and service design.

About

UX researcher and designer based in Oslo, working across research, strategy, and design.

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I studied sociology because I wanted to understand how people and societies work, and why things are the way they are. That curiosity led me to climate change and development policy, where I explored how larger systems shape people's lives, whose needs get overlooked, and who gets included in decisions. Throughout my career, I've been drawn to exploring complex problems, understanding what's behind them, and figuring out how to make things better. Whether I'm looking at systemic challenges or a seemingly small design decision that can have a wider impact, I want to take what I learn and turn it into practical change. UX research and design bring these interests together, allowing me to move beyond studying problems to shaping better products and experiences that make a difference in people's lives.

How I work

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Look beyond the obvious problem.

The first explanation isn't always the full picture. I look beyond the immediate problem to understand the people, assumptions, and systems shaping it. That means asking better questions, connecting seemingly unrelated insights, and being willing to challenge the original brief.

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Question who and what gets considered.

Through life-centered design work, from introducing the approach to Greenpeace's Planet 4 team to my work with the Life-Centered Design School, I explore how design can account for more than immediate user needs, including the wider systems and living things affected by our decisions.

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Turn insight into something people can use.

The best ideas don't happen in isolation. I enjoy bringing people together to explore possibilities, build on each other's thinking, and turn ideas into something tangible that people can actually use.

I'm curious about the things people take for granted: why we do things the way we do, what we're missing, and what might be possible if we looked again.

Have a problem worth thinking through?

I'm always interested in connecting with people working on thoughtful products, services, and challenging problems.

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