hi, i’m elspeth

By day: I’m a strategic designer focused on human-centered experiences in healthcare. I think a lot about:

  • Improving user experiences

  • Prioritizing equity, inclusion, and accessibility in all content and processes

  • Innovating and being creative within constraints

  • Branding across complex systems

After work: I’m taking an art/craft/design class, running, reading, and/or writing my Substack newsletter. Creative 20 is a daily practice I do with a friend, when we spend 20 minutes (give or take) on a personal creative project. We’re at 3+ years now, no skips!

I’m looking forward to my next museum visit, writer’s group meeting, concert, drag show, and trip to Japan.

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On a roll in a letterpress class. Former teacher, forever student.

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Choose your own adventure! StairMaster Pitch available upon request.

Professional Certificates

  • Motion Design and Animation
    Parsons School of Design | The New School
    2024 (in progress)

  • Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in Design
    Parsons School of Design | The New School
    2023

  • Human-Centered Design in Healthcare
    Parsons School of Design | The New School
    2022-2023

  • UX/UI Mobile Design
    Pratt School of Design
    2018

  • Professional Program in Graphic Design
    UC Berkeley Ext.
    2015-2017

education

University of Chicago
Bachelor of Arts
Art History & Visual Arts

contact

If you’re interested in working together,
feel free to email me at elspeth.michaels@gmail.com.