I'm Ceren. Lead Product Designer at NewtonX, where I design AI-powered research tools for people making high-stakes decisions with data they need to actually trust.

I built Hub from zero — AI assistants, statistical analysis tools, data visualisation systems, the works. I think in systems and ship in pieces. Design decisions are grounded in real validation, but I believe the best designers know when to stop gathering signal and start making the call.

At the core of everything I make is trust: the people using what I build are making real decisions with real consequences. If they can't tell whether a number means something, the whole thing fails.

Alongside product design, I'm a painter and photographer. I have an MFA in Dynamic Media from MassArt, where I wrote a big thesis book on surveillance, privacy, and identity — work that ended up in Wired and Arte.tv, and took me to SXSW twice. That lens still shapes how I think about systems, people, and power.

When I'm not building products, I'm hiking the Maine coast with my Siberian Huskies, reading a good book at a good pub, or enlightening you — tirelessly — on composting. I love Impressionism, the West End, good eats, good wine & beer.

I divide my time between NYC and Portland, ME.