Michael Darius

Current

Design Principal at M Concepts

Past

Senior Designer (User Experience) at Apple Computer,Inc.
Marketing Specialist at 3Com
User Experience Designer at Loral's Globalstar

Visual & Interface Designer at Sony Corporation
New Media Specialist at Allied Productions

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University Law School
Marymount College

Southwestern College

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Michael Darius’s Summary

With a missionary spirit and background in comparative media studies, Michael has led numerous startups into success. For twelve years he has enjoyed working with world class teams at Sony, 3Com and Apple to create breakthrough product experiences that we have grown to know and love such as the iTunes Music Store, .Mac and the iLife suite.

Michael Darius’s Specialties:

High touch design, Design Research, iPhone & Mobile Application Development, Ideation, Concept & Prototype development for Rich Internet Applications & Rich Media Widgets, Next Generation Icon design, Interaction design, Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling, Interactive Quicktime Authoring, Platform Strategy, Interface Engineering, Agile Development

Michael Darius’s Experience

Design Principal

M Concepts

(Design industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

An interdisciplinary boutique design consultancy and research firm based in La Jolla, California. Using cross-industry measurements we are interested in partnering with developers to create meaningful branded product experiences for unreached communities and the international mobile market.

M Concepts - Product design for the human condition.
Senior Designer (User Experience)

Apple Computer,Inc.

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

November 1999 — October 2004 (5 years )

Lead feature designer for Apple 3rd Party Developers, .Mac, iTunes Music Store, & iLife...

.Mac: WebAqua & WebMetal design language, .Mac navigation & Login, HomePage Application & Themes, Bookmarks, AddressBook, WebMail, Virex, Mac OS X Desktop integration (System Prefs, iSync, .Mac Screensaver, content explorations), Quicktime marketing content, (Workflows: Signup & Account), Initial iTools launch UI engineering

iTunes Music Store: Initial conception, design language, feature storyboarding, navigation studies & design templates for content team, music merchandising, PC launch & Globalization, Audiobooks, iMix (Workflows: Login, Signup & Account, Purchase, AOL, Paypal, Gift Certificates, Gift Cards, Allowance, Artist Alerts, Tell a Friend, Pepsi)

iLife: iPhoto & iMovie (HomePage integration), iTunes printing, iLife media browser research, iWeb storyboards
Marketing Specialist

3Com

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; COMS; Computer Networking industry)

July 1998 — May 1999 (11 months)

Worked with 3Com's marketing team to develop new marketing strategies and online experiences to stay competitive with emerging media.
User Experience Designer

Loral's Globalstar

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GSTRF.PK; Wireless industry)

January 1998 — June 1998 (6 months)
Visual & Interface Designer

Sony Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SNE; Consumer Electronics industry)

September 1997 — December 1997 (4 months)
New Media Specialist

Allied Productions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

September 1995 — August 1997 (2 years )

Michael Darius’s Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4 years , Comparative Media Studies (Open Courseware) , 2006 — 2009
Stanford University Law School

4 years , Intellectual Property Law (Open Courseware) , 2006 — 2009
Marymount College

2 years , Musical Theatre / Information Sciences
Southwestern College

1 year , Liberal Arts / Information Sciences

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Michael Darius’s Interests:

Miksang Photography, Neuroesthetics, Biomimicry, Sailing, Skiing, Mountain Biking, Good conversation, Witty humor, Soulful music, Good design, Simple Lickable Interfaces

Michael Darius’s Groups:

American Society for Aesthetics, The Pattern Language Association, IxDA San Diego Chapter Leader, Information Architecture Institute, Design Management Institute, SOHO San Diego, California Historical Society, American Anthropological Association, International Association for People-environment Studies, Media Ecology Association, Society for Consumer Psychology