Dan Makoski
is an executive who brings an organisation’s deepest purpose to life by weaving technology and strategy together through brilliant design.
He is currently Chief Design Advisor at Uplifting Design, elevating design within select companies, teams and future leaders.
He was previously Chief Design Officer at UnitedHealth Group, CDO at Lloyds Banking Group, Head of Design at Walmart (the Fortune 1), started Project ARA at Google, re-designed Hotmail and designed the original Surface at Microsoft, led design research globally at Motorola, and was the first VP of Design at Capital One.
Most importantly, Dan knows seven versions of the running man and regularly takes hip hop dance classes!
Grand Designs
Bringing simplicity and empathy to banking through Design.
role Chief Design Officer
company Lloyds Banking Group
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Walmart
Transforming expectations of the world's largest company through a bold redesign of walmart.com.
role Vice President of Design
released May 2018
more about Walmart.com
Moto X
The first phone that really listens.
role Head of Design Research
company Motorola
released 2013
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Surface 1.0
For 30 years, we've learned the language of computers.
It's time for computers to learn the language of people.role Interaction Design Manager
company Microsoft
released 2008
more Surface Announcement
Project Ara
Any creature can consume, but it is only human to create.
role founder & design director
company Google
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The Ara Team
Meet the amazing team behind Project Ara.
MAKEwithMOTO
You won't believe how Project Ara started. It may have involved a food truck, 18 design students, & 4K ft of velcro.
Studio Hybrid
The most beautiful computer ever created.
role Interaction Design Lead (joint project with Dell)
company Microsoft
released 2008
Compassionate Design
This is how I approach design, and why I have a jar of Play Doh on my head.
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