Owen Crosby Sims

My name is Owen. I design things. If you like what you see, let’s talk!

Featured Work
Digitol
A device that allows for screen-less, gesture-based controls to enhance your listening experience, built for Spotify. 
2023 // Product Design, Prototyping

MittenCorps
A talent retention program designed to connect the best and brightest educated in Michigan with small towns where their talents, skills, and economic contributions are most valuable, currently being piloted by the state of Michigan.
2024 // Service Design
Small Scale Social Infrastructure

A community-focused proposal to activate unused space and foster connection in the Little Village neighborhood of Detroit.
2024 // Strategic Design, Modeling, Prototyping
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About
SCHOOLUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

MAJOR B.S. Urban Technology
@ Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning

MINOR Business
@ Ross School of Business

YEAR / GPA Senior / 3.85
COURSES
Architecture, Business, Economics
Human Centered Design, Marketing, Prototyping, & more

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma, Rhino 3D
Miro, Google Suite, Excel, Keynote, Python, & more
I am a creative and curious thinker, passionate about making positive changes in the world through design. Teammates describe me as focused and hard working, with high standards for excellence. I’m originally from Chicago but also lived in London. I’m energized by new communities, cultures, and ways of thinking.

I am actively seeking to launch my post-college career in the summer 2025. I am most interested and experienced in product & industrial design, strategy & service design, consulting, and creative applications of technology to urban spaces.











Reach out at owensims@umich.edu