About

I am Juan Camilo Bolaños, an interaction designer and AI systems builder based in Medellín. I design interfaces people understand right away, and the automation that keeps the operation behind them running.

I came to interactive design because of how multifaceted the degree was, and that mix ended up becoming how I work: I define how the whole system works, what gets automated and what doesn’t, and I stand behind those decisions all the way to production. A system isn’t ready because it looks good: it has to work.

The case studies in this portfolio come from real settings: a bar in Medellín, the innovation team of a flexible packaging company, a home automation company and a proposal for an interactive space at the Parque de la Conservación. I work between departments that don’t speak the same language, and I report what doesn’t work: these cases include evaluations of 2.4 out of 5 and tests where half the participants failed the task.