As a UX designer, I have learned the importance of empathy. The world is full of diverse needs and ideas and I believe that being able to see past my own perspective is key to creating impactful and inclusive design work.
What fascinates me about design is the focus on innovation, solving problems, and continually evolving in a way that is centered around users and making their experience pleasantly functional. As a designer, focusing on helping people is what allows me to produce engaging experiences that solve real world problems.
Howdy! I’m a UX designer, podcaster, futurist, and all-around nerdy guy. I love exploring the nuanced relationship between humans and technology, and the impact of technology on behavior and cognition.
Riding bikes, lifting weights, buying guitars, playing games, reading books, arguing about movies on the internet.
Nathanial Bui
App Development, Game Development, Audio Design
My creativity has always been influenced by interactive media, from digital art to video games. It is the merging of many different mediums and one of the greatest tools for changing the world. Art and audio. Code and data. Reading and gaming. Having control over these combinations helps us discover and share new stories and information.
Graphic design, digital music production, and playing/creating video games!
Michele Chao
UX Design / UX Research
My goal is to integrate good design with geography. I want to bring fluidity to the usage of applications through accessibility and collaboration with those like-minded.
Every designer’s story can be neat and linear, or it can be chaotic and adventurous. I never know where my story is headed, so I guess the chaotic route is my path.
What principle of visual design do you identify as?
Balance
Amani Saleh Elaameir
Graphic designer/ UX Designer/ 3D Modeler
Hi! My name is Amani Elaameir and I am an illustrator and designer based in Seattle, Washington. I have experience in graphic and visual design, branding, UI/ UX, 3D modeling, HTML/CSS, and game design. I strive to utilize my creative abilities to make inspiring products and continually hone and improve my skills.
I am a UX designer passionate about reimagining design’s role in dismantling systemic racism and improving service delivery in marginalized communities. Design has helped me understand the connection between my experiences as a Black woman, daughter of the African diaspora, and refugee. Too many services, products, and applications are not designed with communities like mine in mind. I am passionate about harnessing the power of design to help develop new ways to improve access in communities like my own, one design at a time. Life is not a sprint, it’s a marathon.
I am a Graphic Designer and UI/UX Designer aiming to create inspiring pieces. My goal is to create user-friendly designs for everyone to have the most pleasant experience possible. My strength is that I can adapt to a variety of mediums, not just specialize in one art style. I like to try out many things to discover my potential so that I can understand more about myself. I enjoy looking at my results, whether the design turned out well or not, and continue to grow from these experiences.
What I’ve come to realize is that what sticks with me the most is when something is able to become someone’s “favorite”. When a character, story, movie, or really anything is chosen as as this prestigious title, there must be a reason for why that is. That’s really what I want to do, just design things that are able to become that favorite.
Hello! I am an aspiring UX developer / designer that is passionate about problem solving and design. I love portraying my ideas with as much interaction as possible, hence my passion for front end development. I love reading Sci-fi books. Recently I am obsessed with reading “The Hail Marry,” by Andy Weir. If you want to know more about my work or just want to talk about anything Sci-fi related, I will be more than happy to have a coffee hour!
As a designer, I strive to make games that empower marginalized groups and individuals. I specifically hope to empower those within my communities. I also focus my designs on art and the development of game experiences. I hope to add games to the market that will change how characters in games are viewed entirely based on appearance, race, dress, etc. I focus on the design and development of user-centered experiences through games and constantly strive to improve my skills in that endeavor.
As a designer, I’ve always valued visual art and design because of its ability to communicate a message or idea without the need for verbal communication, something that I’ve always personally struggled with. It’s what I love about art and what I want to achieve and explore in my work.
Specialized in graphic and web design, such as logos and graphic illustrations for print, packaging, film, television, and the web. Also, I learned UX/UI designs from this IMD major, and I really enjoying it.
I am passionate about designing great user experience to make people’s life happy and easy, that is the reason I choose to be a UX / UI designer. I value the feedback from users. I am dedicated to help and always think about my users. I want to live a creative life that allows me to collect various artistic elements from culture, music, film, fashion, performance, and media. They all give great inspiration for my design.
Hello, I’m Jessica, I’m a passionate, curious, ever-evolving, and bubbly creator working to make the world a more colorful and impactful place through vector illustration, graphic design, and motion design.
Translating today’s technology into efficient and unequivocal works that anyone can use. I want to make interactive media that can be appreciated by all while keeping in mind those who often get oppressed because of their identity.
Tomina Saelee is a multimedia designer. By using popular themes such as gender, representation and race, Saelee touches various overlapping themes and strategies. With a subtle minimalistic approach, she seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events.
Hello! My name’s Luis Uribe Zambrano – ever since I’ve first had access to a computer, I’ve enjoyed working with software to explore my creative desires that can range anywhere from web design to music production.
I originally wanted to be a nurse or teacher as a means of helping others, but I eventually realized that technology also allows one to be creative with solutions. Design allows me to combine my passions for tech and desire to help into one.
I wish to create impactful products that go beyond basic functional purposes: I’d like to create fun but holistic experiences.