John Rice
Selected portfolio work collage
John Rice / Product Design

Clarity for products that aren’t clear yet.

I work from the reason a product should exist down to the details required to make it real.

What I bring
01

Create from nothing

Turn ambiguity or fragmented pieces into a coherent product.

02

Enter + earn trust

Join an existing team, understand the culture and move the work.

03

Operate at scale

Work through complex products, systems and organizations.

04

Why → How

Move from product meaning all the way down to how it works.

01 / Create from nothing

The Barber Game

Started as an idea for finding barbers. Research redirected it into a system for deciding whom to trust.

BarberGame / case study
Trust Engine
Product detail
02 / Enter + earn trust

Mozilla / Firefox

Joining an established team, learning the culture and becoming useful enough to be invited in.

Mozilla Firefox workMozilla design artifactMozilla interaction detail
03 / Operate at scale

Xbox

Defining products and interaction models across console, PC, mobile and second screen.

Xbox on WindowsXbox PC app system workXbox SmartGlass phone companion
04+ / Selected work

More evidence,
less explanation.

Bing Maps

From first principles to pixels.

Selected Bing Maps design artifact

Quincy / Gustav

Pen + touch interaction language.

Selected pen and touch design artifact

Big Science

Making a future workflow tangible.

Selected strategic prototype artifact
For hiring managers & recruiters

Have something that needs to become clear?

I’m interested in senior and principal product design work—especially projects that need someone to step in, establish direction and carry the work through to something real.