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Christopher Dettbarn

is a strategic digital designer with a passion for creating intuitive, engaging, and immersive user experiences through a blend of anthropological research methods and UX design systems.

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Studying Humans, Designing Solutions

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With a background in anthropology, I specialize in developing deeply human, actionable, and empathy-driven digital solutions to problems that users face in the real world.

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A mobile app and website intended to act as an all-encompassing database for political candidates and representatives.

The RepFinder Project

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An online food ordering platform designed to allow moviegoers to purchase their favorite snacks with ease.

The Snackify Website

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