Hey! I am Dian. I am a product & industrial designer based in London. Education, emotion and learning value drive all of my projects. With a personal focus on research and ideation, I believe that meaning is created from spontaneity and play whilst remaining grounded in the realities of complex problems. I have worked on a multitude of practices from UX design for service startups to creative direction, and hope to continue adding spark to every project I embark on.
Experience.
Industrial & Graphic Design Intern
Narrative Studio / Nov 2019-Apr 2020
Design intern as part of an in-house team working across market research, ideation, 3D prototyping and modelmaking for commercial client briefs.
Design intern
Design Against Crime Research Centre /Oct 2019 – Mar 2020
Part of team responding to ECR's innovation challenge of retail shrinkage prevention. Conducting interviews, in-person retail visits and prototyping for project commissioned by ECR in investigating the role of design to prevent retail shrinkage for UK supermarkets.
Design researcher intern
VIP World (Visually Impaired People World) /Aug 2019 – Oct 2020
Design researcher in service design startup helping to identify the needs of visually impaired people and prototyping services to help them feel empowered and gain greater independence travelling to unfamiliar places in London.
Freelance graphic designer
Wild Nurture / Jan 2019- Now
Graphic designer assisting with visual aspects of start-up clothing brand as well as content creation on social media channels.
Young Challenge member
A New Direction / Aug 2018- Now
Member of a panel of young Londoners that advocate equal and rich cultural opportunities in the creative sector. Allocate funding for arts programs in different London boroughs.
Languages.
English
Mandarin Chinese
Cantonese Chinese
Awards.
Pro Carton Young Designer's Award (Shortlisted)