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I’m a huge puzzler – jigsaw puzzles, brain teasers, crosswords, you name it. There’s something really stunning to me about being able to take bits and bobs and fill their gaps with my mind.
However small – or especially, quotidian – they may be, there are so many puzzle pieces of my life that led me to product design. I’d always been interested in art, neuroscience and language as reflections of human ability, and product design embodies that power of inquiry and potential. With that, I aim specifically to morally optimize my design practice in a way that takes care of users’ mental, optical, and digital health.
But puzzles are much more than their seemingly logical and structured pieces – they require patience, compassion, and collaboration, and I think that’s the part of my life that design really tied together for me. The process of learning about and with people transcends design’s goal-oriented perspective to be informed and situated in lived human experiences, and my favorite thing about design is that it is constantly unfolding in this way, making it exhilarating to be learning new skills to approach it with.
philosophy
I describe myself as an everyday designer, meaning I believe design is life-based and ethically-oriented, and experiences and empathy will always blur into my work. Because design is so all-encompassing, a lot of the way I think about design is off-paper - the way I plate my food, the way I arrange the fridge, the way I lay out my room, right down to the last post-it I put on my desk, points to a design style (consciously and subconsciously). The blend of perfectionism and curiosity in me gravitates towards an oxymoronic style that thrives in clean chaos, elegant playfulness, and balanced asymmetry! By mixing intentional design with life’s element of surprise and unpredictability, I’m enraptured by the way design is inspired by the charms of flaws and discomfort.
I’m Fiona, a product designer situated in lived experiences and oriented towards ethics.
Hello my name is
你好 我叫
Grüß Gott ich heiße
Currently, I’m a junior at Brown University studying Human-Computer Interaction & Design, after studying Cognitive Science, specialization Design & Interaction and Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts at UC San Diego for my first year.
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I’m a huge puzzler – jigsaw puzzles, brain teasers, crosswords, you name it. There’s something really stunning to me about being able to take bits and bobs and fill their gaps with my mind.
However small – or especially, quotidian – they may be, there are so many puzzle pieces of my life that led me to product design. I’d always been interested in art, neuroscience and language as reflections of human ability, and product design embodies that power of inquiry and potential. With that, I aim specifically to morally optimize my design practice in a way that takes care of users’ mental, optical, and digital health.
But puzzles are much more than their seemingly logical and structured pieces – they require patience, compassion, and collaboration, and I think that’s the part of my life that design really tied together for me. The process of learning about and with people transcends design’s goal-oriented perspective to be informed and situated in lived human experiences, and my favorite thing about design is that it is constantly unfolding in this way, making it exhilarating to be learning new skills to approach it with.
philosophy
I describe myself as an everyday designer, meaning I believe design is life-based and ethically-oriented, and experiences and empathy will always blur into my work. Because design is so all-encompassing, a lot of the way I think about design is off-paper - the way I plate my food, the way I arrange the fridge, the way I lay out my room, right down to the last post-it I put on my desk, points to a design style (consciously and subconsciously). The blend of perfectionism and curiosity in me gravitates towards an oxymoronic style that thrives in clean chaos, elegant playfulness, and balanced asymmetry! By mixing intentional design with life’s element of surprise and unpredictability, I’m enraptured by the way design is inspired by the charms of flaws and discomfort.
Hello my name is
你好 我叫
Grüß Gott ich heiße
I’m Fiona, a product designer situated in lived experiences and oriented towards ethics.
Currently, I’m a junior at Brown University studying Human-Computer Interaction & Design, after studying Cognitive Science, specialization Design & Interaction and Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts at UC San Diego for my first year.
Hello my name is
你好 我叫
Grüß Gott ich heiße
I’m Fiona, a product designer situated in lived experiences and oriented towards ethics.
Currently, I’m a junior at Brown University studying Human-Computer Interaction & Design, after studying Cognitive Science, specialization Design & Interaction and Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts at UC San Diego for my first year.
context
I’m a huge puzzler – jigsaw puzzles, brain teasers, crosswords, you name it. There’s something really stunning to me about being able to take bits and bobs and fill their gaps with my mind.
However small – or especially, quotidian – they may be, there are so many puzzle pieces of my life that led me to product design. I’d always been interested in art, neuroscience and language as reflections of human ability, and product design embodies that power of inquiry and potential. With that, I aim specifically to morally optimize my design practice in a way that takes care of users’ mental, optical, and digital health.
But puzzles are much more than their seemingly logical and structured pieces – they require patience, compassion, and collaboration, and I think that’s the part of my life that design really tied together for me. The process of learning about and with people transcends design’s goal-oriented perspective to be informed and situated in lived human experiences, and my favorite thing about design is that it is constantly unfolding in this way, making it exhilarating to be learning new skills to approach it with.
philosophy
I describe myself as an everyday designer, meaning I believe design is life-based and ethically-oriented, and experiences and empathy will always blur into my work. Because design is so all-encompassing, a lot of the way I think about design is off-paper - the way I plate my food, the way I arrange the fridge, the way I lay out my room, right down to the last post-it I put on my desk, points to a design style (consciously and subconsciously). The blend of perfectionism and curiosity in me gravitates towards an oxymoronic style that thrives in clean chaos, elegant playfulness, and balanced asymmetry! By mixing intentional design with life’s element of surprise and unpredictability, I’m enraptured by the way design is inspired by the charms of flaws and discomfort.