Russ Lebo

The Emmy and Webby-winning website "Live Hope Love" used a blend of poetry, photography, video interviews, and music to create a deeply human and emotive online experience.

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Interaction Design, Experience Design, Content Strategy, Development

CityForward was an innovative web platform developed by IBM as part of its Smarter Planet Initiative. Designed to serve city officials, researchers, academics, and engaged citizens, CityForward offered a comprehensive view of urban life across 250 major cities globally. The platform aimed to facilitate data-driven decision-making and foster a deeper understanding of urban trends.

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Experience Design, Data Analysis & Visualization, Knowledge Management, Development

The complexity and scale of federal forms significantly impacts American citizens by hindering access to essential government programs, services, and benefits. I worked with the Office of Evaluation Scientists to help them simplify these forms to enhance public access to services like healthcare, housing, and financial aid.

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Experience Design, Human-Centered Research, Accessibility Standards & Best Practices

The website for the White House's Made in America Office (MIAO) provided transparency into the U.S. government's procurement processes. 

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Experience Design, Interaction Design, Agile Design, Information Architecture

The project for USDA aimed to revamp the digital presence for the agency's food safety and inspection service, crucial for safeguarding public health by protecting the food supply. This involved creating a user-friendly and informative website to build public trust and aid policy formulation.

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Experience Design, Data Analysis & Visualization, Human-Centered Research, Content Strategy, Natural Language Processing, Market Research, Knowledge Management, Agile Design, Information Architecture

As part of the largest and most integrated global marketing campaign in Columbia's history, the Omni-Heat design emphasized cinematic seamlessness as users navigated through product shots and videos of incredibly attractive people engaging in humorous, exaggerated activities.

IBM's CarePlex was an innovative healthcare platform utilizing Watson’s artificial intelligence to enhance the medical care process for clinicians, patients, and caregivers. The project, a collaboration between IBM and Boston Children’s Hospital, aimed to integrate cognitive computing into healthcare to provide dynamic medical records and personalized care recommendations.

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Interaction Design, Experience Design, Data Analysis & Visualization, Knowledge Management, Information Architecture

The Seven Bridges Genomics Platform resolves the information bottleneck of genomics research by providing a central hub for teams to store, analyze, and jointly interpret their bioinformatic data. The NIH’s National Cancer Institute uses SBG to facilitate research and collaboration on petabyte-scale datasets like The Cancer Genomics Atlas (TCGA) in an environment that supports rapid discovery. Scientists use the Platform to collaborate on their research from anywhere in the world, bringing their questions to the data.

Bluecadet created an interactive website for the Lincoln Memorial, commissioned by the National Park Service. The project aimed to offer a virtual yet deeply engaging experience of the memorial, emphasizing accessibility and historical reverence.

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Experience Design, Interaction Design, Development, Information Architecture

Bluecadet and the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston took an innovative approach to enhance visitor engagement and accessibility to the museum’s art collections through interactive kiosks. The project sought to transform the museum experience by integrating technology into the gallery-education space, enabling rich dialogues between the museum, its artists, and its visitors.

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Interaction Design, Knowledge Management, Development, Experience Design, Kiosk Design, Information Architecture