I’m a product designer based in Los Angeles and Seoul.
Design
I’ve been playfully dubbed by peers as a “pixel pusher” or “wireframe monkey” due to my obsessive nature over the finer details in design work. But personally, what excites me the most about designing is the comprehensive challenge of understanding relationships between variables and shaping their interactions to create elegant solutions rooted in empathy for both the user and the business.
Background
In 2019, I graduated from UC Irvine with a BA in English and worked within different industries including music, education, and property management before making the decision to pursue a career in product design. I began my journey as a designer by enrolling in General Assembly’s User Experience Design Bootcamp where I fell in love with learning and practicing the foundational skills of the discipline. I completed the course in early 2024 and have been designing since.
Expression
When I’m not designing, I like to stay creatively active by consuming culture, making music, and writing. I’ve found that I derive a lot of personal happiness and satisfaction from learning about the creative processes behind influential works and producing ideas of my own. You can browse these ideas here.
I’ll always be captivated by an attentive creative direction that cares enough to sculpt the smallest of nuances within a project to better serve a specific vision. The following are some examples of creative direction that consistently provide inspiration for my designs and other ventures:
Acne Studios (Stockholm-based fashion house)
Min Hee Jin (Creative direction behind NewJeans)
teenage engineering (Swedish consumer electronics company)
To view my full curation of inspiration, take a look at my Are.na.