Michael is a designer who works between North Queensland and Victoria, primarily on digital products and often services.
Currently UX design lead at Sod 👀 and very occasionally doing freelance.

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Viktoria & Woods

With Sod · Product designer

UI Design, UX design

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

With Sod · UX Design Lead

Research, Testing, Product design

2024 AWA Winner

Social Justice Hub by Sacred Heart Mission

With Sod · UX design lead

Co-design with high-school students

2025 AWA Winner

The Doherty Institute

With Sod · UX design lead

In progress

Forty Winks

With Sod · UX design lead

Design systems · Co-design and User Research · Product design

Jean Hailes for Women's Health

With Sod · UX design lead

Ideation workshopping · Co-design and User Research · Product design

Skills to call out

Workshop facilitation and design

Senior level UX Design skillset

Co-design

UI Design

Design research

Usability testing

Interviewing in diverse circumstances

18 months of design team management

UX copywrtiing

Up to date with tools and industry / tech trends

Worthy mentions

A doc about workshops

Experience, learnings and ramblings from 7 + years of facilitating and designing workshops, co-design projects and research sessions.  

UI Design playground

An ongoing board featuring interface deign, graphic design artefacts (posters and logos) and even some breautiful wireframes.  

About me

I enjoy delving into a wide variety of design 
problems with all kinds of people. For the last 7 years I have been lucky enough to assist 
Sod (FKA Straight Out Digital) in growing the human-centered design function of their service offering. In this period I have gained vast experience in workshop facilitation, digital product design, co-design, wider service design and team management.

I also enjoy exploring new places, adding chilli, bird watching whilst hiking and printed graphic design . I spend lots of time with music and currently have a show on community radio. Ranging from jazz and blues to house, dubs and breaks. Also enjoy exploring rain forests and oceans where I currently live.