Shaping products that people love
Ciao! 👋 I'm Qiao — product designer with 10 years experience, maker 🎨, and proud cat mom. Breathing life in San Francisco, born in Taiwan.
My process is equal parts strategy, craft, and curiosity. I map chaos, find the signal, and turn it into something people love to use. The result: clarity, ease, and delight.
Currently exploring what’s possible with AI-native apps, prototyping with tools like Curser, V0, and Lovable. Before that, I designed physics simulation CAE web app at Luminary Cloud and helped shape customer data platforms at Segment and Twilio.
I hold an MFA in HCI from ArtCenter and a BA in Design from NTUST. Beyond design, I’m often immersed in sci-fi worlds, making art, or brewing tea. Music (whether jazz, funk, electronic, or indie rock) keeps me in flow and fuels my creativity.
Belief
Technology should serve humanity with clarity, empathy, and intention — translating complexity into experiences that feel alive, meaningful, and unmistakably human.
Collaboration
Work openly, listen deeply, and value every voice. Build trust and shared ownership to create solutions stronger than any one perspective.
Adaptability
Stay open, responsive, and ready to shape solutions for an ever-changing world.
Integrity in creation
Create with honesty, care and responsibility, especially when the path is harder.
Methods
Design for lasting impact.
Ruthlessly prioritization
Focus time and resources on what drives the most impact.
Deep customer relationships building
Embed user trust and insight at the core of every decision.
Clarity, ownership, and joy
Because great work should feel great to make.
My story
I believe great design emerges from collaboration, where diverse perspectives unite to form a shared vision. Immigrating to the U.S. taught me humility, openness, and resilience, and showed me that uncertainty is a teacher, not an obstacle. Each challenge has been an opportunity to grow, each connection a bridge between cultures, and each success a reminder that identity is both carried and created. These experiences shaped my belief that empathy builds trust, diversity expands possibility, and perseverance often matters more than certainty.
Services
Design consultation
Design system guidelines
User experience (UX)
User interface (UI)
Design thinking
Web app design
New feature development
UX improvements
Design components
Design system guielines
Tool kits
Figma
Framer, Spline, Blender
Adobe creative suite
CSS, HTML
Javascript, Python
Cursor
Designing Success