Consulting & Collaboration
Consulting for design decisions that depend on real human variability.
I work with organizations that need to evaluate fit, accommodation, safety, accessibility, or usability across diverse user populations. My work combines anthropometric data, inclusive design methods, computational tools, and evidence-based design judgment.
How I can help
Applied support for products, systems, standards, and tools.
Consulting engagements can range from a focused design review to a custom analysis workflow, tool, or standards-support effort.
Product fit & accommodation analysis
Evaluate how well a product, workspace, or system accommodates a target population using anthropometric data and virtual fit-testing methods.
Anthropometric data analysis
Select, interpret, synthesize, and apply human body-size data for design decisions that need to account for population variability.
Inclusive design review
Identify risks created by designing for averages, simplified percentiles, or narrow user assumptions, and develop better design constraints.
Standards & guideline support
Support standards, guidelines, and technical reports with evidence-based methods for evaluating accommodation and human variability.
Custom tools & workflows
Develop calculators, data tools, dashboards, and repeatable workflows for internal design-analysis and decision-support needs.
AI-assisted design methods
Use AI carefully to help scope design problems, extract constraints, generate candidate specifications, and support human-centered decisions.
Example engagements
Typical problems I can help with
- Evaluate whether a proposed design accommodates a target user population.
- Translate product requirements into anthropometric design constraints.
- Compare design alternatives using population-based accommodation analysis.
- Develop or review methods for standards, guidelines, or technical reports.
- Create a custom tool or workflow for repeated design-analysis decisions.
Need help evaluating a design for real users?
Share a short description of the design problem, population, product or system, and the decision you are trying to support.
Contact Matt