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It's hard to choose among portfolio pieces - I think these were fun and interesting. This selection of projects illustrates application design, design architecture, market analysis, primary research, visual and interaction production, design systems, theming, and tooling. 

But of course, there are more!
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ALWAYS WITH ME

NAGRA wants a new approach to the home network control market. Research and design prototyping informed a unique, friendly experience design, delivered in flexible modules within a customizable, themable mobile app, on a partner-friendly security platform.

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CAMERA AS TOOL

Want the camera you always have on hand to do more for you? So did we. So we created a sensor-rich, smart camera to help you to better see the world around you.

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PLUM BLOSSOM

Save and share whatever you see on screen - in its original format - with links to its source. This curation system extended the Android clipboard and created a free visual file system for Nokia Android devices.

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ROBOHON

Sharp's high-end Japanese-only robot phone recrafted for kids; we took our character designs on an adventure in licensing, distribution channels, and more.

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SAY 'NINA'!

Add speech support to your mobile application by customizing our default agent persona, Nina, and using our multimodal interaction model and SDK.

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KEEP OR KILL?

Cisco's Prime platform powered more than 100 applications, 20 of them Cisco's own. Complete a visual refresh and simplify the platform. Was that enough to keep it competitive?

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ACTIVITY BUBBLES

Ever tried to follow a slide deck presentation and chat with other attendees at the same time, on your phone? For Microsoft Office on Nokia, activity bubbles made it easy to start, join, and exit chats while keeping up with the presentation. 

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GOODBYE, SEND/END?

Can we leave the dominant mobile phone paradigm behind? We tested a new navigation system for PalmOS in Austria and South Africa and learned what really matters.

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MEDIA FOR ALL

Our premise: media will become incredibly important when it is easy to consume.  We struck out on our own from Apple's QuickTime Team to change how people publish and watch content.

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BUY IT, YOU'LL LOVE IT!

wYne.ai wants a digital platform for its restaurateurs to sell more wine to restaurant patrons. The solution? A taste quiz guides the restaurant customer's wine choice among stocked options, helping the restaurant manage its inventory and upsell beverages.

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MUSIC HUB

Want a way to manage all of your music? Want an easy way to purchase, subscribe, and manage your access to multiple services? The hub is the answer.

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KID TRACKER

How do you make use of piles of unused mobile components, and create a viable product for tracking kids? We learned what works and what doesn't.

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ALL ABOUT THE BRAND

Sales of our newest handsets with customized software were underperforming in India. We went to Gurgaon, Delhi to workshop with millennials to find out why.

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MY VOICE IS MY PASSWORD

The voice technology existed - it just needed an interface. This new user experience for a suite of forensic apps to capture and verify voice prints arrested the attention of security-conscious customers.

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WHERE'S MY CAR?

Insurance by the mile was a novel startup idea in 2011 when FairAuto requested a tablet-based concept. The company soon became Metromile with a favorite feature - 'Where did I park?'

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DESIGN AS A SYSTEM

From Apple to PalmOS to Nokia's Symbian OS, from Cisco to Nuance to Foxconn, the effective patterns are the ones that participate in a system of design. Here's a handful curated from my past projects.

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GENERIC PUBLISHING

Calling all mega-content producers: host and control all of your assets. Brand your content down to the individual user, Track views of your content by delivery properties. Simple! Just genericize it.

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© 2025 by elizabeth dykstra-erickson

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