Hello I am Gabriel.

I believe in positively impacting individual development through the creation of honest, playful and innovative products — Let's work together.

About me

I was originally an architect student yet I found more passion in digital mediums, thus I started design and user experience prompted by an equal passion for both design and human interaction involving devices and contextual-environments. I have a deep rooted love for digital mediums and believe in a content first approach to design. I moved from coffee-loving, beach going San Diego to the hustle and bustle of New York City where I am continuing advancing my career in product design/UX design through combining form with function and simplicity.

I NY and I plan on making this city my home. On my off time I enjoy jumping in-between different mediums from design to photography, perfecting my skills through trial and error.  

Experience

Lead  Product Designer (TV Apps)
CNBC - New York, NY

Sr Product Designer
Eightsleep - New York, NY

Sr Product Designer
Quip - New York, NY

Sr Product Designer
Soundcloud - New York, NY

Sr Product Designer TV / Mobile
Vimeo - New York, NY

Lead Product Designer (Mobile)
VICE Media - New York, NY

Lead Product Designer
Miner Labs - New York, NY

Sr UX/UI Designer
Saks 5th Ave - New York, NY

Sr Designer
Rokkan - New York, NY

Sr Designer
Merchancantos - New York, NY

Sr Visual Designer
Al Jazeera Media Network - New York, NY

Creative Director
Alloy Digital (Smosh ) - New York, NY

Skills

Uber Design Nerd
Art Direction & Leadership
UX & UI Design
Visual Design
Motion Design
NUI Concepts
Information Architecture
Cognitive Theory
Emerging Internet Culture / Trends
Illustration
Prototyping
Photography
HTML
CSS / SASS
Print

Fun Reads


Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability
Dont make me think
It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be
Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite
Popular Lies About Graphic Design
The Design of Everyday Things
Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things
Living with Complexity
The Design of Future Things
Things That Make Us Smart: Defending Human Attributes In The Age Of The Machine
The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution
Learning and Memory

"If you can design one thing, you can design everything."

—Massimo Vignelli