Design your future. Or let it design you.
Experience design. Strategic communications. Content production.
Become the pioneer and visionary the world needs.
I am a design entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in R&D, conceptual design, and strategic communications. I am entrepreneurial and results-driven with human/systems-centered principles and ‘blue ocean’ strategies to drive innovative breakthrough solutions for my partners and my clients.
Nic DiPalma
Principal & Executive Creative Director
NicDiPalmaCreative
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Capstone
The geospatial analytics system that leverages imagery, mapping, and real-time data for delivering a 360º full scope awareness on-demand needed a unified interface across an entire portfolio of domains — land, sea, and air.
Client: GeoEye/Maxar Technologies
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HealthLink
Only one online healthcare exchange survived its first day of the Affordable Care Act without crashing — DC’s HealthLink — but it was not a long-term, sustainable system.
Client: District of Columbia Healthcare Benefit Exchange
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Family Courts
The DC Office of Attorney General’s initiative to modernize child services and family courts, translating their entire legacy platform to a more efficient and friendly user experience without reinventing an entire system.
Client: District of Columbia Office of Attorney General (Karl Racine)
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