Before I moved to the Bay area, I studied and lived in the east coast

I know you probably hate reading too much text, so I created a self Introduction Video


A bit more about me :)

My favorite designers, artists and thinkers:

Nendo

“Giving people a small ” ! ” moment.
There are so many small ” ! ” moments hidden in our everyday.
But we don’t recognize them.
And even when we do recognize them, we tend to unconsciously reset our minds and forget what we’ve seen.”

Randall Munroe

Dmitry Kozinenko

Fabricio Teixeira


My favorite book

About two squares by EI Lissitzky

Open your eyes and your ears wide

Extend the boundaries of your imagination


My favorite apps:

xkcd, ToShow, Medium


EDUCATION

Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science

MS, Human-Computer Interaction

Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

MS, Design


EMPLOYMENT

Apple Inc, Cupertino, USA 2019-current

Lead UX Designer

ByteDance (Parent company of TikTok), Pala Alto, USA 2019-2019

Product Designer - SaaS

Renaissance (CMU Capstone Project), Pittsburgh, USA 2018-2019

UX Designer

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK), Chicago, USA 2015-2018

Design Professional

Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM), New York, USA 2014-2015

Designer


DESIGN EXPERTISE&INTERESTS

User Research, Product Thinking, Prototyping, Interaction Design, Usability Testing

Design for Localization

Design for AR

Design for VR

Design for iOS

Design for Accessibility

Design for Inclusion and Diversity


TOOLS & SKILLS

Product Design / UX

Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Framer, Principle, Balsamiq

Programming

HTML, CSS, Javascript (Bootstrap, jQuery, p5 and some other libraries), Python

2D Graphic

Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects), AutoCAD, Apple Keynote

3D Modelling and VR/AR

Unity, Cinema 4D, Rhino, Grasshopper, Sketchup, 3Dmax Studio, Maya

Video Editing and Animation

After Effects, Premiere Pro

Fabrication

3D Printing (DeskArtes 3D), CNC(MasterCam), Laser Cutter

Exploratory Research

Affinity Diagramming, Behavioral Mapping, Competitive Testing, Contextual Inquiry, Survey

Generative Research

Cognitive Mapping, Design Charettes, Experience Prototyping, Participatory Design, Persona Building, Storyboarding, User Journey Mapping

Evaluative Research

A/B Testing, Content Analysis, Usability Testing, Wizard of Oz


Interested in what you see?

Shoot me an email @ tanjiasi0514@gmail.com