About

Bonjour, Hi

My name is Chenyuan Zhang, a UX Designer with a web development background. My passion is to design products with extraordinary usability and aesthetics while respecting technical constraints.

I believe a great experience design should dissolve in the interaction of the product where people barely notice the trace of good UX. A big fan of “Don’t Make Me Think” and a daily practitioner of Design Thinking.

Why I chose to work in UX

As I was working as a web developer, I found myself enjoying more discovering ideas rather than implementing them.

Also making people feel good and their lives easier adds a moral layer to this profession, which is becoming a rare quality in the world of business.

My list of 3 evil products

Touchscreens on cars
Smartphones the size of a brick
Most Microsoft products

Something interesting about me

In spare time, I like to experiment different recipes in the kitchen. Occasionally you would hear me playing Ed Sheeran on my acoustic guitar.

I am a freelance portrait photographer. You can check my Instagram here

Education

McGill University

Master, Human-Computer Interaction

09/2019 – 05/2021

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

09/2014 – 05/2018

Interaction Design Foundation

UX Designer Path

11/2019 – present

Skills

Design Process

Persona, User Flow, Wireframe

Prototying

Sketch, Axure RP, Figma

Web Development

HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, WordPress