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Nathan Richards — UX Designer Portfolio

Task Suggest for Claude: a highlighted task-shaped phrase with the suggestion card open, offering to run it in the background
Aug 2026

Task Suggest for Claude

A feature concept for Claude's Chrome extension, built as a working prototype rather than a mockup. The security audit I ran before calling it done found a DOM bug that would have broken it on most React- and Vue-built sites, reshaping how the whole thing reads the page.

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May – Aug 2026

Shalom Village

Not a design brief. A question: should an assisted living community invest in VR at all? Eight residents, three workshops, and a 75% return rate later, the answer came with a $2,161.92 CAD recommendation.

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Quiet Circle app screens: Live Signal location tracking and the home screen with Quick Actions
May – Jun 2026

Quiet Circle

LGBTQIA+ youth face real safety risks from tools that don't account for discretion. Quiet Circle is a stealth-capable app I co-designed with Nhu Hua, usability-tested to zero errors on 4 of 5 core tasks, combining crisis signaling, peer community, and intersectional resources.

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Pursuit OCR registration screens: entering the access code and waiting for players to join
Jan – Apr 2026

Pursuit OCR

A tricycle racing track built for shareable moments, but not replayable enough for return visits. When a budget cut scrapped our kiosk concept, I redesigned the registration flow for mobile across three sprints, closing the digital-physical gap that confused players in testing.

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about my background

Three disciplines, one way of thinking about people.

01. Thinking

Philosophy

Studying philosophy trained me to question assumptions, define problems precisely, and notice where systems quietly fail people.

02. Interacting

Recreation

Years facilitating recreation meant reading a room fast, building trust with strangers, and adjusting to needs people never stated out loud.

03. Designing

User Experience Design

Turning research into interfaces people can trust and navigate, built in Figma to WCAG standards, and refined through feedback from real collaborators.

I'm finishing a Graduate Certificate in UX Design at Humber Polytechnic, on top of a philosophy degree from Guelph. Right now I'm also studying how AI is changing interaction design, and looking to bring all of it into a full-time UX role.

Want to know more?

I'm currently exploring UX roles where interdisciplinary thinking is valued as much as a polished mockup.