For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Welcome to Modhaus Design. A digital studio exploring where design craft meets product systems. I’m Harrison, a Melbourne-based designer who thrives in ambiguity and loves to build accessible, research-led experiences across data-driven products and enterprise experiences. Consider this my lab and library: experiments, case studies, and tools that turn messy problems into clean, beautiful experiences.

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Welcome to Modhaus Design. A digital studio exploring where design craft meets product systems. I’m Harrison, a Melbourne-based designer who thrives in ambiguity and loves to build accessible, research-led experiences across data-driven products and enterprise experiences. Consider this my lab and library: experiments, case studies, and tools that turn messy problems into clean, beautiful experiences.

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Welcome to Modhaus Design. A digital studio exploring where design craft meets product systems. I’m Harrison, a Melbourne-based designer who thrives in ambiguity and loves to build accessible, research-led experiences across data-driven products and enterprise experiences. Consider this my lab and library: experiments, case studies, and tools that turn messy problems into clean, beautiful experiences.

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Welcome to Modhaus Design. A digital studio exploring where design craft meets product systems. I’m Harrison, a Melbourne-based designer who thrives in ambiguity and loves to build accessible, research-led experiences across data-driven products and enterprise experiences. Consider this my lab and library: experiments, case studies, and tools that turn messy problems into clean, beautiful experiences.

Selected work

No.

Work

01

Everyday Assistant with Nook AI

Nook AI

2026

AI

[ VIEW ]

03

Building the VicRoads Design System

VicRoads

2026

PD

02

Your Home's Digital Logbook

HomeHub

2026

PD

[ VIEW ]

04

Enterprise API Solutions

VicRoads

2025

PD

07

Custom Plates

VicRoads

2023

PD

08

Re-imagining Australian Weather

The Bureau of Meteorology

2022

PD

09

The BOM App

The Bureau of Meteorology

2022

PD

10

Murray-Darling Basin Water Information Portal

The Bureau of Meteorology

2022

PD

11

BOM Design System

The Bureau of Meteorology

2021

PD

12

Cisco Webex Expert on Demand

Transurban

2019

PD

13

Webex Hologram

Transurban

2018

PD

05

Modernising the VicRoads Website

VicRoads

2025

PD

[ VIEW ]

06

VicRoads First Commercial Product

VicRoads

2024

PD

[ VIEW ]

Values

[ VIEW ]

Values

[ VIEW ]

Background

[ VIEW ]

Background

[ VIEW ]

News & Media

[ VIEW ]

News & Media

[ VIEW ]

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Hi there, I'm a multi-disciplinary designer who cares deeply about creating work that’s not just beautiful, but genuinely useful.

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Hi there, I'm a multi-disciplinary designer who cares deeply about creating work that’s not just beautiful, but genuinely useful.

Thoughtful

Considered

Beautiful

Well made

These values shape how I work. From the way I frame problems to the details I obsess over in the final build.


Good design starts with asking the right questions. I rely on design thinking to uncover what’s really needed, then use craft to bring that thinking to life through systems, interfaces, and interactions that feel deliberate and cohesive.


Collaboration is key, but so is care. I believe in building things that not only function well, but feel well made; designed with precision, built with purpose, and delivered with consistency across the entire experience.


I believe that best work happens when we blur the lines between roles; when we come together with purpose and build something better than any one of us could alone.

I studied experience design in Melbourne and began my career in the transport sector, where I designed internal platforms and tools to improve employee experience. It was a formative time that taught me how to navigate complex systems, uncover root problems, and balance user needs with operational constraints.


Since then, I’ve spent the past eight years working with some of Australia’s most trusted organisations across both public and private sectors, shaping digital products through a design lens that blends strategy, research, and craft. Whether I’m defining service journeys, mapping information architecture, or refining high-fidelity UI, my focus is always on creating design solutions that are coherent, accessible, and human-centred.


I’m at my best in ambiguity, helping teams bring structure to complexity, align on vision, and scale thoughtful, systems-led design practices. My process moves fluidly between problem framing and interface design, and I’m comfortable guiding cross-functional teams toward outcomes that make a real difference to users and businesses alike.


Outside of design, I’m fascinated by sound; its rhythm, atmosphere, and ability to shape how we feel and remember. That sense of narrative and emotion informs how I think about product design too. At its core, design is a storytelling tool; connecting people not just to functionality, but to meaning.

Thoughtful

Considered

Beautiful

Well made

These values shape how I work. From the way I frame problems to the details I obsess over in the final build.


Good design starts with asking the right questions. I rely on design thinking to uncover what’s really needed, then use craft to bring that thinking to life through systems, interfaces, and interactions that feel deliberate and cohesive.


Collaboration is key, but so is care. I believe in building things that not only function well, but feel well made; designed with precision, built with purpose, and delivered with consistency across the entire experience.


I believe that best work happens when we blur the lines between roles; when we come together with purpose and build something better than any one of us could alone.

I studied experience design in Melbourne and began my career in the transport sector, where I designed internal platforms and tools to improve employee experience. It was a formative time that taught me how to navigate complex systems, uncover root problems, and balance user needs with operational constraints.


Since then, I’ve spent the past eight years working with some of Australia’s most trusted organisations across both public and private sectors, shaping digital products through a design lens that blends strategy, research, and craft. Whether I’m defining service journeys, mapping information architecture, or refining high-fidelity UI, my focus is always on creating design solutions that are coherent, accessible, and human-centred.


I’m at my best in ambiguity, helping teams bring structure to complexity, align on vision, and scale thoughtful, systems-led design practices. My process moves fluidly between problem framing and interface design, and I’m comfortable guiding cross-functional teams toward outcomes that make a real difference to users and businesses alike.


Outside of design, I’m fascinated by sound; its rhythm, atmosphere, and ability to shape how we feel and remember. That sense of narrative and emotion informs how I think about product design too. At its core, design is a storytelling tool; connecting people not just to functionality, but to meaning.

VicRoads

Senior Product Designer

2023–present

Melbourne

Currently leading the design of new commercial data products and services.

The Bureau

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I designed and delivered the Bureau’s new public website while implementing key improvements across its mobile app. I also built a modern, accessible, and scalable design system from the ground up, delivering complex weather forecasting and commercial data products and services to millions of Australians.

Exco Partners

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I worked on-site across client mobile and web initiatives, while also contributing to the growth of our agency’s design practice in collaboration with the Principal Product Designer.

Transurban

UX Designer

2018–2022

Melbourne & Sydney

Working across the internal employee experience, my focus was on optimising and integrating both new and existing products and services on mobile, as well as roadside technologies and augmented reality tools using RealWear and Microsoft HoloLens.

VicRoads

Senior Product Designer

2023–present

Melbourne

Currently leading the design of new commercial data products and services.

The Bureau

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I designed and delivered the Bureau’s new public website while implementing key improvements across its mobile app. I also built a modern, accessible, and scalable design system from the ground up, delivering complex weather forecasting and commercial data products and services to millions of Australians.

Exco Partners

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I worked on-site across client mobile and web initiatives, while also contributing to the growth of our agency’s design practice in collaboration with the Principal Product Designer.

Transurban

UX Designer

2018–2022

Melbourne & Sydney

Working across the internal employee experience, my focus was on optimising and integrating both new and existing products and services on mobile, as well as roadside technologies and augmented reality tools using RealWear and Microsoft HoloLens.

With close to a decade in product and experience design, I’ve led work across complex platforms and services, most recently at VicRoads, and previously at The Bureau of Meteorology, Exco Partners and Transurban. Along the way, I’ve collaborated with engineers, researchers, service designers and product owners to deliver work that’s as grounded in systems and research as it is in craft. My foundations were shaped at RMIT and refined with institutions such as IDEO and NN/g. These days, I live in Australia with my wife and our cavoodle, exploring with a great coffee.

With close to a decade in product and experience design, I’ve led work across complex platforms and services, most recently at VicRoads, and previously at The Bureau of Meteorology, Exco Partners and Transurban. Along the way, I’ve collaborated with engineers, researchers, service designers and product owners to deliver work that’s as grounded in systems and research as it is in craft. My foundations were shaped at RMIT and refined with institutions such as IDEO and NN/g. These days, I live in Australia with my wife and our cavoodle, exploring with a great coffee.

In Conversation

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2025 •

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2024 •

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2023 •

Media

Balancing feedback for better design

Harrison Cochrane

06 September 2024

Media

Balancing feedback for better design

Harrison Cochrane

06 September 2024

Colophon

Design by Harrison Cochrane.
Typeset in TT Commons™ Pro by TypeType.

© 2025

Design Institute of Australia

Notion Ambassador

Colophon

Design by Harrison Cochrane.
Typeset in TT Commons™ Pro by TypeType.

© 2025

Design Institute of Australia

Notion Ambassador

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Welcome to Modhaus Design. A digital studio exploring where design craft meets product systems. I’m Harrison, a Melbourne-based designer who thrives in ambiguity and loves to build accessible, research-led experiences across data-driven products and enterprise experiences. Consider this my lab and library: experiments, case studies, and tools that turn messy problems into clean, beautiful experiences.

Selected work

No.

Work

Discipline

Year

Company

01

Everyday Assistant with Nook AI

AI

2026

Nook AI

02

Your Home's Digital Logbook

PD

2026

HomeHub

03

Building the VicRoads Design System

PD

2026

VicRoads

04

Enterprise API Solutions

PD

2025

VicRoads

05

Modernising the VicRoads Website

PD

2025

VicRoads

06

VicRoads First Commercial Product

PD

2024

VicRoads

07

Custom Plates

PD

2023

VicRoads

08

Re-imagining Australian Weather

PD

2022

Bureau of Meteorology

09

The BOM App

PD

2022

Bureau of Meteorology

10

Murray-Darling Basin Water Information Portal

PD

2022

Bureau of Meteorology

11

BOM Design System

PD

2021

Bureau of Meteorology

12

Cisco Webex Expert on Demand

PD

2019

Transurban

13

Webex Hologram

PD

2018

Transurban

Values

[ VIEW ]

Background

[ VIEW ]

News & Media

[ VIEW ]

Project

VicRoads

Discipline

Design; Brand

Year

2025

Company

VicRoads

Vehicle Report

Design

2024

VicRoads

Custom Plates

Design

2023

VicRoads

VicRoads Design Systems

Design

Body

VicRoads

Bureau of Meteorology

Design

2022

BOM

BOM App

Design

2022

BOM

Murray-Darling Basin Water Portal

Design

2021

BOM

BOM Design System

Design

2021

BOM

Selected works

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Hi there, I'm a multi-disciplinary designer who cares deeply about creating work that’s not just beautiful, but genuinely useful.

For anyone

Recruiters

Design Directors

Product Designers

Product Managers

Engineers

Hi there, I'm a multi-disciplinary designer who cares deeply about creating work that’s not just beautiful, but genuinely useful.

Thoughtful

Considered

Beautiful

Well made

These values shape how I work. From the way I frame problems to the details I obsess over in the final build.


Good design starts with asking the right questions. I rely on design thinking to uncover what’s really needed, then use craft to bring that thinking to life through systems, interfaces, and interactions that feel deliberate and cohesive.


Collaboration is key, but so is care. I believe in building things that not only function well, but feel well made; designed with precision, built with purpose, and delivered with consistency across the entire experience.


I believe that best work happens when we blur the lines between roles; when we come together with purpose and build something better than any one of us could alone.

I studied experience design in Melbourne and began my career in the transport sector, where I designed internal platforms and tools to improve employee experience. It was a formative time that taught me how to navigate complex systems, uncover root problems, and balance user needs with operational constraints.


Since then, I’ve spent the past eight years working with some of Australia’s most trusted organisations across both public and private sectors, shaping digital products through a design lens that blends strategy, research, and craft. Whether I’m defining service journeys, mapping information architecture, or refining high-fidelity UI, my focus is always on creating design solutions that are coherent, accessible, and human-centred.


I’m at my best in ambiguity, helping teams bring structure to complexity, align on vision, and scale thoughtful, systems-led design practices. My process moves fluidly between problem framing and interface design, and I’m comfortable guiding cross-functional teams toward outcomes that make a real difference to users and businesses alike.


Outside of design, I’m fascinated by sound; its rhythm, atmosphere, and ability to shape how we feel and remember. That sense of narrative and emotion informs how I think about product design too. At its core, design is a storytelling tool; connecting people not just to functionality, but to meaning.

Thoughtful

Considered

Beautiful

Well made

These values shape how I work. From the way I frame problems to the details I obsess over in the final build.


Good design starts with asking the right questions. I rely on design thinking to uncover what’s really needed, then use craft to bring that thinking to life through systems, interfaces, and interactions that feel deliberate and cohesive.


Collaboration is key, but so is care. I believe in building things that not only function well, but feel well made; designed with precision, built with purpose, and delivered with consistency across the entire experience.


I believe that best work happens when we blur the lines between roles; when we come together with purpose and build something better than any one of us could alone.

I studied experience design in Melbourne and began my career in the transport sector, where I designed internal platforms and tools to improve employee experience. It was a formative time that taught me how to navigate complex systems, uncover root problems, and balance user needs with operational constraints.


Since then, I’ve spent the past eight years working with some of Australia’s most trusted organisations across both public and private sectors, shaping digital products through a design lens that blends strategy, research, and craft. Whether I’m defining service journeys, mapping information architecture, or refining high-fidelity UI, my focus is always on creating design solutions that are coherent, accessible, and human-centred.


I’m at my best in ambiguity, helping teams bring structure to complexity, align on vision, and scale thoughtful, systems-led design practices. My process moves fluidly between problem framing and interface design, and I’m comfortable guiding cross-functional teams toward outcomes that make a real difference to users and businesses alike.


Outside of design, I’m fascinated by sound; its rhythm, atmosphere, and ability to shape how we feel and remember. That sense of narrative and emotion informs how I think about product design too. At its core, design is a storytelling tool; connecting people not just to functionality, but to meaning.

VicRoads

Senior Product Designer

2023–present

Melbourne

Currently leading the design of new commercial data products and services.

The Bureau

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I designed and delivered the Bureau’s new public website while implementing key improvements across its mobile app. I also built a modern, accessible, and scalable design system from the ground up, delivering complex weather forecasting and commercial data products and services to millions of Australians.

Exco Partners

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I worked on-site across client mobile and web initiatives, while also contributing to the growth of our agency’s design practice in collaboration with the Principal Product Designer.

Transurban

UX Designer

2018–2022

Melbourne & Sydney

Working across the internal employee experience, my focus was on optimising and integrating both new and existing products and services on mobile, as well as roadside technologies and augmented reality tools using RealWear and Microsoft HoloLens.

VicRoads

Senior Product Designer

2023–present

Melbourne

Currently leading the design of new commercial data products and services.

The Bureau

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I designed and delivered the Bureau’s new public website while implementing key improvements across its mobile app. I also built a modern, accessible, and scalable design system from the ground up, delivering complex weather forecasting and commercial data products and services to millions of Australians.

Exco Partners

Product Designer

2022–2023

Melbourne

I worked on-site across client mobile and web initiatives, while also contributing to the growth of our agency’s design practice in collaboration with the Principal Product Designer.

Transurban

UX Designer

2018–2022

Melbourne & Sydney

Working across the internal employee experience, my focus was on optimising and integrating both new and existing products and services on mobile, as well as roadside technologies and augmented reality tools using RealWear and Microsoft HoloLens.

With close to a decade in product and experience design, I’ve led work across complex platforms and services, most recently at VicRoads, and previously at The Bureau of Meteorology, Exco Partners and Transurban. Along the way, I’ve collaborated with engineers, researchers, service designers and product owners to deliver work that’s as grounded in systems and research as it is in craft. My foundations were shaped at RMIT and refined with institutions such as IDEO and NN/g. These days, I live in Australia with my wife and our cavoodle, exploring with a great coffee.

With close to a decade in product and experience design, I’ve led work across complex platforms and services, most recently at VicRoads, and previously at The Bureau of Meteorology, Exco Partners and Transurban. Along the way, I’ve collaborated with engineers, researchers, service designers and product owners to deliver work that’s as grounded in systems and research as it is in craft. My foundations were shaped at RMIT and refined with institutions such as IDEO and NN/g. These days, I live in Australia with my wife and our cavoodle, exploring with a great coffee.

In Conversation

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2025 •

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2024 •

Industry Design Panel Speaker

The University of Melbourne

Fundamentals of Interaction Design (INFO10003)

October 2023 •

Media

Balancing feedback for better design

Harrison Cochrane

06 September 2024

Media

Balancing feedback for better design

Harrison Cochrane

06 September 2024

Colophon

Design by Harrison Cochrane.
Typeset in TT Commons™ Pro by TypeType.

© 2025

Colophon

Design by Harrison Cochrane.
Typeset in TT Commons™ Pro by TypeType.

© 2025

Selected work

No.

Work

01

Everyday Assistant with Nook AI

Nook AI

2026

AI

02

Your Home's Digital Logbook

HomeHub

2026

PD

03

Building the VicRoads Design System

VicRoads

2026

PD

04

Enterprise API Solutions

VicRoads

2026

PD

05

Modernising the VicRoads Website

VicRoads

2025

PD

06

VicRoads First Commercial Product

VicRoads

2024

PD

07

Custom Plates

VicRoads

2024

PD

08

Re-imagining Australian Weather

The Bureau of Meteorology

2024

PD

09

The BOM App

The Bureau of Meteorology

2024

PD

10

Murray-Darling Basin Water Information Portal

The Bureau of Meteorology

2024

PD

11

BOM Design System

The Bureau of Meteorology

2024

PD

12

Cisco Webex Expert on Demand

Transurban

2019

PD

13

Webex Hologram

Transurban

2018

PD

Values

[ VIEW ]

Values

[ VIEW ]

Background

[ VIEW ]

Background

[ VIEW ]

News & Media

[ VIEW ]

News & Media

[ VIEW ]