Not a “how-to” but a “why not” article. — Recently, I came across a few messages in a design Discord channel regarding individuals joining the UX industry as their mid-career change. They have my utmost respect as I may not be as brave as them in my own mid-career. That said, let me share about my ‘switch’ from…

Imitation is the best form of flattery. Or is it not? — In 2017, I came across the term Design Piracy while reading one of the articles by Justin Zhuang, a Singapore design critic, writer, and researcher at In Plain Words. “Piracy is a ghost that will always haunt the world of design.” A quote from his writings left a deep impression…

I’ve recently shared about the learnings of a Product Designer in a start-up company. There are definitely more learnings from that 1 year. They always say that you learn faster by making mistakes and that is very true. Here are 5 mistakes that I painfully made (and yes, I’m still…

As a solo product designer in a startup, I learned a lot of lessons by failing, experimenting, and diving into lots of online resources. It was a fulfilling year. — A year ago, I joined Seedly, Singapore Biggest Personal Finance Community, as a Product Designer. Though I had prior intern experience at Shopee, I was still half foreign with how the tech industry works. The transition was hard from doing a graphic design brief to a product design brief was…

I spent close to two months surveying and studying hawker signages in Singapore. — Hawker centres have been around since the 1970s. They house a variety of food and delicacies from different ethnic groups. It is also a place to gather to chat and bond over a meal. The first hawker centre — Yung Sheng Food Centre was opened in July 1972. This hawker…

A friend texted me earlier last month to ask about Chinese punctuation. She raised two questions: Why does the comma occupy so much space? How can I reduce it so it doesn’t look weird when I centralise the paragraph? Here’s an attempt to share my thoughts and research knowledge on…