Jake
Founder, Designer, and CEO
Jake is a designer who loves unwinding complexity. He appreciates beautiful design in his magical tools so we all can focus on the art of astrology, not the messy overwhelming data.

Videos with Jake
Relationship Relative Roles Proposal for OOUX and the ORCA process
Design Consulting
125: Gird Your Grids
Cosmic Astrology
124: It's Log!
Cosmic Astrology
123: Who Gave Her Permission?
Cosmic Astrology
122: Alignments and Adjustments
Cosmic Astrology
121: Boundaries and Entries
Cosmic Astrology
120: Charge of the Lightstream Brigade
Cosmic Astrology
119: An Orgy of Envelopes
Cosmic Astrology
Podcast appearances with Jake
The Stars Ascending
Magic in the United States
Cosmic Astrology
Jake and Tres talk about how astrology has survived and evolved in the United States and ask: is astrology a science or pseudoscience? Magic or art? Psychological tool or a divination method? The answer might just be like the stars: all of the above.

From Inheriting Strategy to Shaping It
The Object-Oriented UX Podcast
Design Consulting
What if prioritizing relationships could boost your bottom line? I explore how prioritizing relationships helps businesses build trust, create clarity around revenue with users, and design strategies that work to create value for everyone.

OOUX at HelloFresh with Jake Zukowski
The Object-Oriented UX Podcast
Design Consulting
Sophia Prater and I discussed how a designer on my team at HelloFresh started sneaking OOUX through the backdoor in our strategic projects. We also debated the need for product managers as a role, as they seem utterly superfluous when you have strategic UX designers.

Articles
The Top UX Predictions for 2015
by UX Magazine
Design Consulting
My claim to fame in the 2010s. My work in automotive was recognised by professionals as an important topic about safety and desirability.

Being Metrics Driven Stinks. Be Informed by Metrics Instead
on LinkedIn
Design Consulting
Metrics-driven product development is stupid and bad. Instead, you should be metrics informed. Don't be like HelloFresh or Booking.com.

Service Design Wins Elections
on LinkedIn
Design Consulting
My infamous prediction that Trump would win the 2016 USA election, as he was talking about real (if not insignificant) pain points of the American populace. I'm sad I was right.

Podcasts Produced
To Say the Least 2010

Our Cosmic Journey









