Matthew Thien

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Matthew Thien

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I'm a product designer with a computer science background, drawn to SaaS products where good design means making hard things easier to use.

Currently experimenting with Claude Code, building personal projects and bringing my ideas to life. Let's build something together!

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Designing a Notification System for Mortgage Brokers

Rocket Mortgage

WEB

PRODUCT DESIGN

Designing a Notification System for Mortgage Brokers

Rocket Mortgage

WEB

PRODUCT DESIGN

Crafting a System Prompt for an AI Sales Coach

Rocket Mortgage

CONVERSATION DESIGN

Crafting a System Prompt for an AI Sales Coach

Rocket Mortgage

CONVERSATION DESIGN

Building an Unofficial Design System for ClassPass

Coursework

DESIGN SYSTEM

PRODUCT DESIGN

Designing a Mobile App for Coffee Lovers

Coursework

MOBILE

UX/UI DESIGN

EXPLORATIONS

Thoughtscape

Thoughtscape is a spatial media diary where my film reviews live as poster cards on a digital cutting mat, arranged by hand and explored like a workbench rather than scrolled like a feed.

Thoughtscape

Thoughtscape is a spatial media diary where my film reviews live as poster cards on a digital cutting mat, arranged by hand and explored like a workbench rather than scrolled like a feed.

Thoughtscape

Thoughtscape is a spatial media diary where my film reviews live as poster cards on a digital cutting mat, arranged by hand and explored like a workbench rather than scrolled like a feed.

Thoughtscape

Thoughtscape is a spatial media diary where my film reviews live as poster cards on a digital cutting mat, arranged by hand and explored like a workbench rather than scrolled like a feed.

Playlist Palette

Playlist Palette is a web app that transforms your Spotify playlist into an animated color gradient, using your album art as the source.

Pratt Institute Library Design System

I designed a scalable visual system with accessibility guidelines that enable non-designers to produce consistent branded digital signage for Pratt's library..

Pratt Institute Library Design System

I designed a scalable visual system with accessibility guidelines that enable non-designers to produce consistent branded digital signage for Pratt's library..

Pratt Institute Library Design System

I designed a scalable visual system with accessibility guidelines that enable non-designers to produce consistent branded digital signage for Pratt's library..

LLM Bias Research — Elon Musk

I conducted a comparative study testing whether Grok's affilitaiton with Elon Musk produces measurable bias. I analyzed the tone, neutrality, and perspective across politically charged questions.

LLM Bias Research — Elon Musk

I conducted a comparative study testing whether Grok's affilitaiton with Elon Musk produces measurable bias. I analyzed the tone, neutrality, and perspective across politically charged questions.

LLM Bias Research — Elon Musk

I conducted a comparative study testing whether Grok's affilitaiton with Elon Musk produces measurable bias. I analyzed the tone, neutrality, and perspective across politically charged questions.

AI Perspective of NY Times and Breitbart

Engineered journalist personas into Claude to generate coverage of the same news story from opposite political outlets — then analyzed how tone, framing, and formatting differed.

AI Perspective of NY Times and Breitbart

Engineered journalist personas into Claude to generate coverage of the same news story from opposite political outlets — then analyzed how tone, framing, and formatting differed.

AI Perspective of NY Times and Breitbart

Engineered journalist personas into Claude to generate coverage of the same news story from opposite political outlets — then analyzed how tone, framing, and formatting differed.

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