# Chris R. Becker > Senior UX and product designer, educator, author, and mentor based in Los Angeles. Work spans product strategy, interaction design, research, and design education; teaches at Otis College of Art and Design, with teaching affiliations at ArtCenter College of Design and Santa Monica College. This is the personal site of Chris R. Becker. Pages are static HTML with semantic headings and JSON-LD structured data. Profiles: [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisrbecker/), [Medium](https://medium.com/@cbecker), [Instagram sketches](https://www.instagram.com/sketchesbychrisrbecker/). ## Main - [About Me](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/about.html): Chris R. Becker is a design educator, product design leader, and author in Los Angeles. Background, teaching, writing, and where to find me online. - [My Books](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/books.html): Practical guides for designers building careers and craft. - [Experiments + Inspiration](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/experiment-inspo.html): Web experiments and a shelf of sketchbooks and inspiring books. Open one and scroll through the pages. - [Friends](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/friends.html): People and places I like and admire: friends, people I follow, and the communities I write, teach, and mentor with. - [Chris R. Becker — Sr. UX/Product, Educator, Author, Mentor](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/): Chris R. Becker is a senior UX and product designer, educator, author, and mentor helping teams and emerging designers solve real problems. - [Now](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/now.html): What I’m focused on this season. - [Product Work](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/product-work.html): Research, strategy, and interaction design for digital products. - [My Teaching & Workshops](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/teaching.html): Teaching, workshops and mentoring in UX, UI, design systems and AI: samples, institutions, speaking and ADPList reviews. - [Articles + UX Writing](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/writing.html): Essays on design practice, plus microcopy and content strategy. ## Case studies - [Allē Grow Product Design Vision](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-alle-grow.html): Case study: UX strategy and prototype ideation for Allē Grow, the early vision for Allē for Business, delivered with Bttr and Allergan Aesthetics in eight sprints. - [Allē Admin User Journey Maps](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-alle-user-journey.html): Case study: user research and user journey maps for the Allē Admin customer support team, and a template that scaled across a 45+ person UX and product design organization. - [UX/UI 24 week Bootcamp Curriculum](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-curriculum.html): Case study: designing a 24-week UX/UI bootcamp curriculum from 0 to 1 with Trilogy Education Services and 2U, taught at 25 institutions. - [Designlab Accessibility Course](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-designlab.html): Case study: co-creating Designlab's 4-week Advanced Usability and Accessibility short course, built on the book Learn Human-Computer Interaction. - [DU.edu Information Architecture](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-du-ia.html): Case study: information architecture for the University of Denver website redesign, from card sorting and sitemap strategy to final desktop and mobile navigation. - [Macintosh 30-Year Anniversary](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/case-study-mac-30.html): An interactive marketing website experience for Apple Macintosh 30 year anniversary. ## Project highlights - [Allē Responsive Navigation](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-alle-responsive.html): Project highlight: a responsive navigation system for the Allē platform across desktop, tablet, and mobile. - [Alterra Pitch Work](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-alterra-pitch.html): Project highlight: UX sketches, storyboards, and a multimedia prototype for an Alterra Mountain Company pitch. - [CB2 National Unlock Door Promotion](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-cb2-door-promotion.html): Project highlight: CB2’s national “Unlock Affordable Modern” door promotion, 2010–2011, with street teams, an online microsite, social media and an in-store game. - [Five Hats Ideation Workshop](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-ideation-workshop.html): Project highlight: two 90-minute remote ideation sessions, What If and Five Hats, for Open Door Consulting and Deutsch Inc. - [Kering Retail Strategy Deck](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-kering-retail.html): Project highlight: a 36-slide pitch deck and omnichannel retail strategy for Kering Eyewear and Studio Young Taste, flip through it slide by slide. - [LADWP Design Thinking Workshop](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-ladwp-workshop.html): Project highlight: a 2½-day design thinking workshop for LADWP employees, facilitated with Enterprise U. Empathy and define on day one, ideate, prototype and test on day two. - [OK Go This Too Shall Pass: Rube Goldberg Music Video](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-okgo-this-too-shall-pass.html): Project highlight: interaction fabrication for OK Go’s one-shot Rube Goldberg music video “This Too Shall Pass,” built with Syyn Labs. - [OSU Robotics Icon System](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-osu-robotics.html): Project highlight: an icon system of badges for OSU Robotics, from concept to a shirt.\ - [CRB|40: Shaping My Own Surfboard](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-surf-board.html): Personal project: for my 40th birthday I shaped my own surfboard with FoamEZ and used my graphic design background to customize it. - [Facilitating Fun: UXPA 2023 Poster](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-uxpa-poster.html): Project highlight: Facilitating Fun, a poster accepted to the UXPA 2023 International Conference in Austin on how UX helps teams collaborate and have more fun. - [AI Folksonomy Workshop: WIAD 2026](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/project-waid-folksonomy.html): Project highlight: a short lecture on folksonomy and a group workshop with 55+ designers at World IA Day 2026, creating folksonomic icons together. ## Other - [Privacy + cookies](https://www.chrisrbecker.com/privacy.html): How chrisrbecker.com uses analytics cookies, forms and embedded media, and how to change your consent.