Huckleberry Vashon

design research prototyping

2025 - 2026
A rebrand of a small outdoor preschool to better match their joy and whimsy.

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COVID-19 Response

design research prototyping html+css

2020 - 2023
A multi-project progression of technological responses to the COVID-19 outbreak. Collaborations with the University of Washington, the Washington State Department of Health, Apple, and Google.

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The Next Generation of ORCA

design research prototyping

2019
Reimagining Seattle Public Transportation
Winner of HCDE Open House People's Choice Award.

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Google Recipe

design prototyping

2019
A recipe management application designed to fit into the Google apps suite, the result of a 2.5 hour UX Protothon.

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Roadie

design research prototyping

2017
Simplifying the sound mixing process for independent musicians and small music venues.

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Visual Design

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Writer/Poet Logo Suite

2025

Block Party Poster

2025

New Years Card

2024

Spice Labels

2024

Block Party Poster

2024

WA Notify Logo Suite

2022

COSRI Logo Suite

2021

CIRG Demo Logo

2021

P3BC Branding

2021

Ancora Choir Designs

2020

Ancora Choir Designs

2020

eSAC Branding

2020

Ancora Choir Designs

2019

Web + App Design

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Caring Contacts Toolkit

research design html + css view site

2023 - 2025

ISACC - Informatics Supported Authorship of Caring Contacts

research design html + css view site

2023 - 2025

Let's Talk Tech

research design html + css view site

2022 - 2025

Take on Transplant

design html + css view site

2021 - 2024

Rural Opioid Initiative Research Consortium

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2021 - 2025

cPRO Health

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2021 - 2025

HIV and Aging Research Consortium

design html + css

2020 - 2025

WA Notify

design html + css

2020 - 2023

StayHome Resources

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2020 - 2021

StayHome App Design

design research

2020 - 2021

StayHome Project Site

design html + css view site

2020 - 2021

PROgress HIV Care

design html + css view site

2020 - 2024

Seattle Humane Adoption Redesign

design prototyping learn more

2019

Packing Planner

design prototyping learn more

2019

Research, Publications and News

2025

Informatics Supported Authorship of Caring Contacts - ISACC

Itty Bitty Art Show. May 2025. Base Camp Studios. Seattle, WA.

2024

Lets Talk Tech - the first tool to empower shared decision making about technologies to support dementia care [Poster]
Clara Berridge; Natalie R Turner; Liu; Sierramatice W Karras; Amy Chen; Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen; and George Demiris.
PennAITech Research Symposium. Feb 2024.

2023

Dementia Care Works Integrating Holistic Nursing Practice into Dementia Care

Link to Paper

2022

Let’s Talk Tech: Supporting family decisions about dementia home care technologies - University of Washington Memory and Brain Wellness Center. September 2022.

Link to Article

Advance Planning for Technology Use in Dementia Care: Development, Design, and Feasibility of a Novel Self-administered Decision-Making Tool.
Clara Berridge; Natalie R Turner; Liu; Sierramatice W Karras; Amy Chen; Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen; and George Demiris.
JMIR Publications, 5(3). May 2022.

Link to Paper

2021

A toolkit to support the implementation of patient reported outcome measures in routine HIV care [Poster]. Duncan Short; Heidi M. Crane; Justin McReynolods; Sierramatice Karras; and Rob J Fredericksen.
Oral presentation: ISOQOL 28th Annual Conference. October 2021.

StayHome: A FHIR-Native Mobile COVID-19 Symptom Tracker and Public Health Reporting Tool.
Hannah Burkhardt; Pascal Brandt; Jenney Lee; Sierramatice Karras; Paul Bugni; Ivan Cvitkovic; Amy Chen; and William Lober.
Online Journal of Public Health Informatics, 13(1). March 2021. Number: 1
Link to Paper

2020

Have you been exposed to the coronavirus? There's an app for that in WashingtonKUOW. WA Notify. November 2020.
Link to Article

PROgress Implementation Toolkit: Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) Assessments Into Routine HIV Care.
Rob J Fredericksen; Duncan Short; Emma Fitzsimmons; Justin McReynolods; Sierramatice Karras; William Lober; and Heidi Crane.
Funded by ViiV Healthcare as part of the PROgress Study. November 2020.
Link to Paper

StayHome Usability Study

COSRI Usability Study

2019

2019 HCDE Open House - People's Choice Award.
Human Centered Design ; and Engineering - University Washington.
June 2019.

Link to Article

FailState - International Relations Board Game User Research

2018

The Potential for Playful Technology Research Study

Link to Article

Amtrak Usability Study
An in-depth analysis and usability study of the Amtrak website.

Link to Article

2017

Parents on the Playground User Research

Self Sentient Artifical Intelligence Research Project

2016

Smart Cities Research Project

2015

Odegaard Library User Research

Mini Fridge Usability Study

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karras@uw.edu

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