DEAN CLANCY

Product Designer specializing in cross-platform ecosystems โ€” turning fragmented touchpoints into singular, cohesive experiences across automotive, mobility, product, and emerging tech.
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// ABOUT

Black and white portrait of a man with a stern expression, short hair, mustache, and beard, looking directly at the camera.

I OPERATE AT THE INTERSECTION OF HMI, CONNECTED VEHICLE, & AI-AUGMENTED DESIGN - BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT PERFORM IN THE REAL WORLD, AT SCALE, UNDER CONSTRAINT.

Throughout my career, I have established 10+ years of experience crafting quality products and services for Fortune 500 companies, creative and R&D agencies, state and federal organizations, and numerous startups across industries of all shapes and sizes.

If you are here seeking work inquiries, freelance availability, or want to say hello, please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or reach out by email, Iโ€™d love to hear from you.

// PRร˜WESS

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UI // UX Design
Product Design
Creative Direction

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HCD Methodology
Service Design
XD // CX Strategy

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Brand Identity
Design Systems
Brand Collateral

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Graphic Design
Film // Photo // Audio
Interaction Design

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Prototyping
User Research
A // B + User Testing

// Clients

Logos of Ford, Subaru, Whirlpool, and Gladiator.
Collage of four black and white logos: Carhartt with a stylized 'C' forming a bear's face, Alibaba with its text, Jennair with a geometric icon and text, KitchenAid with bold text.

// PRรธCESS

Flowchart illustrating the design and development process, starting with research, moving to product design, UX design and prototyping, UI design, development, and ending with delivery.

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Design at this scale is inherently iterative โ€” and intentionally so. I operate inside an Agile framework adapted for multi-surface product environments: short sprint cycles, continuous stakeholder alignment, and design decisions validated in parallel across vehicle, mobile, and web rather than sequentially. Agile here isn't a process poster โ€” it's how NDA-level work ships on deadline across distributed teams.

// METHร˜Dร˜LOGY

The era of Atomic Design has been supersededโ€ฆ


Today I work in an AI-Augmented Generative Systems model โ€” where LLMs accelerate concept generation, stress-test design intent, and surface edge cases before a frame is drawn. Token-driven component architectures are authored for both human designers and AI-assisted generation pipelines simultaneously.

In mobility and HMI contexts, this matters more than anywhere else. When the surface is a moving vehicle โ€” and the user's eyes need to be on the road โ€” design decisions aren't preferences, they're commitments. AI compresses the distance between intent and artifact. Human judgment determines what earns trust.

LC Method
AI-Augmented Design Process
Continuous Iteration
Agentic
Ideation
Prompt-driven discovery that stress-tests the brief โ€” surfacing edge cases and unmet user needs before design begins.
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Generative
Systems
Token-driven design systems built for human workflows and AI pipelines simultaneously โ€” scalable, semantic, and generation-ready.
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Multi-Surface
Coherence
Cross-platform UX validated in parallel โ€” vehicle HMI, mobile, and web share unified information architecture and interaction patterns.
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AI-Augmented
Critique
LLM-powered heuristic evaluation โ€” continuous WCAG auditing, cognitive load analysis, and safety-critical HMI review at scale.
HCD
Anchoring
AI accelerates execution; human-centered judgment owns the outcome. Ethical design accountability where it matters most.

// Wร˜RK

Black-and-white photograph of a 1958 Porsche 356A T2 Carrera 1500 GT/GT Speedster, with front view, parked outdoors with bushes in the background. The image shows two views of the car side by side, and a third photo captures a side view of the car in motion. Text descriptions below detail the car model and features, with options to read more or view the rear view.
A smartphone screen showing a black-and-white photo of palm trees on a beach with the ocean and a setting sun in the background. The screen displays camera options like SLO-MO, VIDEO, PHOTO, PORTRAIT, and SQUARE.
Silhouette of a person seen through a spiraling optical illusion pattern.
Laptop displaying Ford's website featuring various Ford Mustang models with the headline "Street Legal, Track Ready" in black and white.
Black and white poster featuring an image of the moon with a couple's face silhouette in front of it, advertising a romantic event titled 'Moonstruck In The Park' at New Center Park Detroit, MI, on August 1, 2023, at 8 PM.
A smartphone screen showing a car customization app with a black and white image of a Mustang, options for exterior and interior configuration, and color selection with cobalt blue highlighted.
Slide presentation with the title 'Top Investor Questions,' displaying three columns. The first has a black-and-white building photo with the heading 'Private vs Public Real Estate' and a 'Download' button. The second and third columns contain placeholder text and 'Download' buttons. Below is a section titled 'Stockholder Materials' listing documents like 'Prospectus,' 'Notice to Stockholders,' and annual reports, each with a download icon on the right.

Public Wรธrk

// PRAISE

โ€œDean shreds. The guy has serious design chops, a heart of gold, and a working sensibility that is pretty much workaholic, though completely forgivable because he makes work fun, which is the classy way to do it. The manโ€™s a catch.โ€

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