Doug Cook
Founder & Principal at thirteen23
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDoug Cook is the founder and principal of thirteen23, an Austin-based independent design studio that applies human-centered design to product and experience challenges. With roughly two decades bridging technologist and designer roles, he previously served as Principal Technologist at frog design and began his career in research at DuPont, bringing a cross-disciplinary perspective grounded in philosophy and anthropology. He blends strategic thinking with hands-on practice to shape products that balance technical feasibility and human needs. Based in Austin, he pairs entrepreneurial leadership with a research-driven mindset, often surfacing unexpected insights from ethnographic and philosophical approaches to inform design decisions.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BA Philosophy & Anthropology, BA Philosophy & Anthropology at Grinnell College
Github Skills (4)
hand-tracking5
javascript3
typescript3
ai1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
thirteen23/FRICKbits
Jul 2016 - Aug 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes in 3 years
cook451/scribble-diffusion
Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
Turn your rough sketch into a refined image using AI
Contributions:5 pushes in 1 month
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