Ryan HigginsSelected Work
Case Studies
Deep dives into the problems, thinking, and outcomes behind projects where design had real stakes — enterprise FinTech, brand campaigns, AI tooling, and design education.
Fathom
An AI vision app for blind and low-vision people: real-time awareness, indoor wayfinding, and step-by-step task help. Designed by someone who lives the problem and shipped solo to the App Store.
Portfolio Dashboard
A net-new product built in 12 weeks to replace email and spreadsheets — consolidating private equity performance data for institutional investors and growing into a multi-product suite.
Call the Cup
A CEO challenge turned into a brand-defining engagement play on cf.com — concepted in a UX jam and shipped in a three-week sprint ahead of the World Cup group stage.
Document Extraction
A 6-month mandate to turn a Python prototype into Debt Workspace — an enterprise AI extraction product that proved covenant extraction was achievable, delivered in five phases.
Curriculum Development
14+ years building and evolving interaction design curriculum — keeping pace with a field that keeps reinventing itself.