Alan McLean Designer · Brooklyn, NY

Designing for
human wellbeing.

I’m a designer at Google DeepMind, working on Gemini. I care about improving the wellbeing of humanity through technology.

Previously, I led GenAI design for Google Docs and emerging health and wellness opportunities at Google. I’ve designed apps for clinical trials at Verily, data visualizations at Fitbit, and tools for athletes at Strava.

Before that, I was a Graphics Editor in The New York Times newsroom, focused on interactive visual stories.

I live in Brooklyn and love riding bikes.

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Selected work

Levels website: a runner wearing a glucose sensor, with the headline Your health, measured.
Levels
Google Nest Hub displaying a circular sleep summary in a pink and purple bedside setting.
Google Nest
An illustration of overlapping blue organic shapes and small outlined flowers.
Wellbeing Guidelines
A person wearing a Fitbit holds a phone showing a weekly activity visualization.
Fitbit
A three-dimensional map of New York City showing change in median income along the marathon route.
New York City Marathon The New York Times
Two cyclists on a banked velodrome, with a 250-meter distance annotation over the track.
Track cycling The New York Times
Snow drifting across a mountain slope behind the title Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek.
Snow Fall The New York Times