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Case 01Connected devices

The first UX designer in the room.

Leadership lens

My work crossed native apps, device interaction and the tools behind the Era product family.

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Philosophy

The next generation of consequential products will embed intelligence into the spaces, objects and rituals of everyday life. Interfaces are becoming ambient, adaptive and context-aware, but capability alone won’t win.

The products people return to will be the ones that feel natural, emotionally resonant and culturally relevant — while preserving human agency and trust.

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Why it existed

A connected product extended beyond the device: into mobile control, commerce and tools used behind the scenes.

As PAX’s first UX designer, I worked on native app experiences, gesture-based device interactions and touch-enabled desktop tools.

Session Control brought device settings into the mobile experience. The Era ecosystem also connected devices and pods with partner-facing software.

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Why it was difficult

Four surfaces. One product experience.

Fig. 01 — Connected product touchpointsEditorial map of project scope
An editorial map places device interaction, mobile apps, ecommerce and production tools along one line. It shows the scope of the case, not a shared software architecture. DeviceWIRELESS HARDWARE AppMOBILE StoreECOMMERCE LineMANUFACTURING TOOLS

Device

Gesture-based interactions extended the experience beyond a phone screen.

App

Native iOS and Android work included Session Control.

Tools

Partner and production software formed another part of the Era ecosystem.

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The object

PAX Era companion app showing session control for a connected device

The product is a physical object first. Everything else is how it keeps its promise.

Fig. 02PAX Era session control—software extending the physical product without competing with it.

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What I decided

Three views into the connected work.

  1. Control in the app.

    Onboarding and device-selection studies show how the mobile experience introduced a connected product and its controls.

    Three PAX mobile onboarding and device-selection screens
    Fig. 03a — Pairing and onboarding studies
  2. PAX mobile navigation studies across light and dark themes
    Fig. 03b — Navigation system studies

    Interaction in the hand.

    My contributions included gesture-based interaction for PAX Era, Era Pro and PAX 3 alongside the app work.

  3. Tools behind the product.

    I contributed interface, interaction and sound design for touch-enabled desktop software in the Era ecosystem.

Life is a team sport. Train hard. Collaborate. Never make big decisions in a silo. People never forget a feeling — especially delight. Design is never done, only due. Surround yourself with intelligence and genius.
Capability alone never wins.
Working principle — carried from PAX into everything since

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The evidence

PAX mobile device drawer and device-management interface studies
PAX.01 — Device management systemMobile product study
A working wall of PAX mobile flows with annotations and feedback notes
PAX.02 — Working system, made visibleFlows · critique · iteration
PAX responsive ecommerce experience shown on desktop and mobile
PAX.03 — One brand across screensResponsive ecommerce

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Why it mattered

One product experience,many touchpoints.

PAX brought together customer-facing apps, physical interactions and the tools behind the product. My contribution crossed those boundaries as the company’s first UX designer.

07 — Why it's mine

This case documents selected work across native apps, device interaction and supporting tools. Specific customer and organizational outcomes remain outside this account until they can be sourced.

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