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Aman. D

Aman. D

Aman. D

Chicago-based UX and product designer experienced in strategy and user-centric products for complex challenges in fintech, health tech, and startups.

Chicago-based UX and product designer experienced in strategy and user-centric products for complex challenges in fintech, health tech, and startups.

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About me

About me

/ Product, UX/UI, interactions, animations, essays, and explorations with emerging tech. /

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Aman

Founder + Creative Director

Aman

Founder + Creative Director

Aman

Founder + Creative Director

I’m a designer based in Chicago, Illinois. Lately, I’ve been tackling exciting challenges in micro-interaction design, experience research, and AI exploration. Off the clock, I like to get creative in the kitchen, play video games, and stay fit.

I’m a designer based in Chicago, Illinois. Lately, I’ve been tackling exciting challenges in micro-interaction design, experience research, and AI exploration. Off the clock, I like to get creative in the kitchen, play video games, and stay fit.

  • User Research

    UI Design

    Prototyping

    Storytelling

    Product Thinking

    Cross-functional Collaboration

    Strategy

    Responsive Design

    Innovative Thinking

    Accessibility Design

    Problem Seeking + Solving

    UX Design

    Info Arch.

    Data Driven Design

    Adaptable to change

  • User Research

    UI Design

    Prototyping

    Storytelling

    Product Thinking

    Cross-functional Collaboration

    Strategy

    Responsive Design

    Innovative Thinking

    Accessibility Design

    Problem Seeking + Solving

    UX Design

    Info Arch.

    Data Driven Design

    Adaptable to change

Career Highlights
Career Highlights

Designed the UI and contributed to the front-end development, ensuring visual consistency and performance optimisation. 

Developed and tested interactive prototypes for internal tools to potentially increasing investor decision confidence by 15%.

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Recent Work

Recent Work

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Futuring.

Futuring.

On Hold
On Hold

Design Thinking Methodologies

Design Thinking Methodologies

Research

Research

Crafting an interactive solution to help students prepare for their academic life abroad

Web App - SaaS (Startup Track)

Morningstar

Morningstar

2024
2024

AI + Automation

AI + Automation

Product Design + Prototyping

Product Design + Prototyping

An AI-powered dashboard to help retail investors align portfolios with ethical values, increasing decision confidence by 15%

Web App/Dashboard - B2C

Whatt's Cookin'

Whatt's Cookin'

2024
2024

Research (Qual. + Quant.)

Research (Qual. + Quant.)

Mental Modeling

Mental Modeling

A nutrition-focused solution designed to improve students' dietary needs, achieving an 84.7% system usability scale score from early testers

Mobile App - B2B2C (Startup Track)

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Honourable Mentions*

Honourable Mentions*

/ These projects lack a case study due to confidential material. However, I can still provide an overview and screenshots. /

/ These projects lack a case study due to confidential material. However, I can still provide an overview and screenshots. /

EM | LLM Client

EM | LLM Client

2025
2025

UI Design

UI Design

Front-end Development

Front-end Development

Developing EM: A simple, private LLM client architecture for enhanced data sovereignty and seamless provider integration

Mobile App - iOS Chat (Startup)

Led the UX/UI design and development of EM, a private LLM client now available for download.

EM is a simple and highly private application. There's no sign-up required, and because all conversations are stored locally on the device, users' data remains private.

We are currently tracking early user adoption and feedback. Download the app from iOS store.

Abbott

Abbott

2023
2023

UI/UX Design

UI/UX Design

Usability Testing

Usability Testing

Optimising remote self-testing for Abbott’s BinaxNOW with AI-powered automation, enhancing product compliance and accessibility

Computer Vision - SaaS

Contributed to a project aimed at enhancing the digital experience for Abbott’s BinaxNOW self-test product. We explored the possibilities of computer vision in automating key processes and improve accessibility for users.

The software utilised advanced AI systems to assist users through the self-testing process, ensuring compliance with procedural guidelines.

Smallwood Assoc.

Smallwood Assoc.

2022
2022

UX Design

UX Design

Prototyping

Prototyping

Driving design efficiency and client portal modernisation to improve the user flow and boost the overall interface engagement

Web App/Dashboard - B2C

Championed user-centred design principles to standardise and modernise Smallwood's digital tools, successfully contributing to the redesign of their financial technology in the client portal.

This initiative streamlined the design-to-development handoff and increasing component reuse, resulting in a measured 11% reduction in front-end development time.

Latest Xperiments

Latest Xperiments

/ Interaction design, animations, essays, and explorations with emerging tech. /

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  • “Your work made a massive difference in the caliber of the creative reception. We absolutely look forward to working with you again soon!”

    - Mary Greco | Head of Brand Marketing and Growth Strategy, @Geneo

  • “We LOVE the strategy and the design ideas for the outreach and endowment campaign. It was a pleasure working with you.”

    - John Beltzer | president + Founder, @ The Songs of Love Foundation

  • “Thanks to you, I'm figuring out how to design my online presence! It's a game-changer. I'm so excited for the new traffic to my website.”

    - Kathryn Ibata-Arens | Award Winning Author

  • “You have always done an amazing job with DLBA and we appreciate all your hard work on our economic profiles and reports”

  • “Your work made a massive difference in the caliber of the creative reception. We absolutely look forward to working with you again soon!”

    - Mary Greco | Head of Brand Marketing and Growth Strategy, @Geneo

  • “We LOVE the strategy and the design ideas for the outreach and endowment campaign. It was a pleasure working with you.”

    - John Beltzer | president + Founder, @ The Songs of Love Foundation

  • “Thanks to you, I'm figuring out how to design my online presence! It's a game-changer. I'm so excited for the new traffic to my website.”

    - Kathryn Ibata-Arens | Award Winning Author

  • “You have always done an amazing job with DLBA and we appreciate all your hard work on our economic profiles and reports”

  • “Your work made a massive difference in the caliber of the creative reception. We absolutely look forward to working with you again soon!”

    - Mary Greco | Head of Brand Marketing and Growth Strategy, @Geneo

  • “We LOVE the strategy and the design ideas for the outreach and endowment campaign. It was a pleasure working with you.”

    - John Beltzer | president + Founder, @ The Songs of Love Foundation

  • “Thanks to you, I'm figuring out how to design my online presence! It's a game-changer. I'm so excited for the new traffic to my website.”

    - Kathryn Ibata-Arens | Award Winning Author

  • “You have always done an amazing job with DLBA and we appreciate all your hard work on our economic profiles and reports”