Cartographies of Imagination

My Work

Sarah B. Nelson is an interaction designer and design strategist specializing in research for and development of complex collaborative systems. Download my resume.

Thought Leadership

Creativity and Collaboration in product development

10 tips for managing a creative environment presented at SXSW 2008, Web 2.0 SF and NYC 2008
Bryan Mason, former COO of Adaptive Path and I explore the elements of a creative environment by interviewing creative professionals in writing, theater, music, and even restaurant kitchens. We identified patterns, common problems and processes and discussed ways to apply these techniques to design and product development practice.
Slides with audio, from SXSW 2008

Professional Projects

San Francisco Symphony Concert Concierge

Experimental E-commerce: introduction (pdf) | prototype | live site

Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Website Redesign and E-Commerce: wireframes (pdf) | site maps (pdf) | live site

Stevens Pass

Website Redesign and E-Commerce: introduction (pdf) | wireframes (pdf) | site maps (pdf) | prototype | live site

Federal Home Loan Bank

Account Administration System: introduction (pdf) | wireframes (pdf) | site maps (pdf)

Seattle Arts Coalition

Arts Calendar: site maps (pdf)
wireframes: public (pdf) arts org tool (pdf) uber admin (pdf)
live site

Safeco Insurance

Agent Intranet - Collateral Catalog: wireframes (pdf) | site maps (pdf) | use cases (pdf)

Exploratory Projects

Completed while a Masters of Design candidate at the Institute of
Design, Chicago, IL.

Luna: a practitioner supported fertility system for couples

A multi-modal, collaborative system: concept document (pdf)

A Platform for Sustainable Creativity: Lessons from the Neo-Futurists

Exploratory research: paper (pdf) | Adaptive Path Brownbag (pdf)

Portfolio Presentations

recruitID 2006 Portfolio Presentation

A summary presentation of work: presentation (pdf)