Hamish Henderson Product Designer.

About me

I am a designer, researcher, and consultant with over a decade of experience working at the intersection of design, innovation, and technology, primarily with start-ups. My background in Interaction Design and Human Factors Engineering informs my approach to solving complex challenges across diverse industries, including health, urban technology, construction, travel, enterprise technology, transport, real estate, and consumer electronics.

I work with organisations to design innovative and highly usable solutions for complex problems while building and mentoring teams to achieve their goals. As an ACS Certified Professional and Senior Member of the Australian Computing Society, I serve on the NSW Branch Executive Committee and am also a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

I am an Industry Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, where I actively contribute to design education. I have rewritten and developed key design courses, including Interaction Design Studio and Introduction to Interface Design at the University of Sydney, and helped establish Advanced Interaction Design. at UTS. My teaching spans subjects such as Design Process & Methods, Interface Design, and UX Design Studio. I have also contributed to the second edition of Design. Think. Make. Break. Repeat. and published research at national and international venues.

I have worked on multiple Australian Research Council-funded projects, contributing not only as a designer and researcher but also in a commercial management capacity—overseeing budgets, hiring research assistants, and leading project teams.

Outside of work, I enjoy surfing, building things, flying planes, driving cars, and riding motorbikes. I also mentor young designers through IxDA Sydney.

Who I've done projects for

Research projects and publications

SST Usability Study From parking meters to vending machines: A study of usability issues in self-service technologies International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction (2024) Access Article
Combatting Health Misinformation in Teenagers Developing an educational resource aimed at improving adolescent digital health literacy: using co-design as research methodology Journal of Medical Internet Research (2024) Access Article
Rapid Modular Prototype Tools to think with: augmenting user interviews with rapid modular prototypes Publication (Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction. ACM, 2018) Access Article
Redesigning the Parking Meter Lessons learned: a study on user difficulties with parking meters Publication (Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction. ACM, 2017) Access Article
Q Chef: AI driven food recommendations Q-Chef: The impact of surprise-eliciting systems on food-related decision-making Grace, K., Finch, E., Gulbransen-Diaz, N. and Henderson, H. CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-14) Access Article
Biometric Congnitive Load Monitor Measuring Cognitive Load through GSR and Heart Rate Sensors

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Media

DwellTrack | Channel 7 Evening News Chief UX & UI Designer Working under contract for Rapido, I led numerous research workshops with Sydney Trains and was responsible for the UI and UX design of the DwellTrack iPad application.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Honours) I.T. University of Technology, Sydney Major: Interaction Design, Honours: Product Design + First Class Honours + Dean’s List for Academic Excellence

Contact

mail@hamishhenderson.com

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