I am Musen, a multi-disciplinary designer strives to combine UI/UX design with creative technologies to evoke different physical and virtual experiences while focusing on innovation and practical business solutions.

education

Parsons the New School of Design | New York, USA | MFA Design and Technology, 2011-2013

Academy of Art & Design of Tsinghua University | Beijing, China | BFA Industrial Design, 2006-2010

WORKING EXPERIENCE

dv01 | DATA VISUALIZATION DESIGNER | New York | October 2019 – Present

The Central Hub Between Lenders and Capital Markets. The world’s first end-to-end data management, reporting and analytics platform offering loan level transparency and insight into lending markets.

  • Lead to design and build map visualization from scratch
  • Create meaningful and intuitive data visualization in the products to help the users to understand the data and find the connection between metrics and numbers.
  • Work closely with product managers and engineers to design web-based dashboard tool
  • Create UI component in design style guide and dynamic symbols in sketch library

 

Gro Intelligence | PRODUCT DESIGNER | New York | September 2015 – October 2019

Gro Intelligence builds web-based data visualization tool that focuses on agriculture.

  • Design the web-based visualization tool through UX flows, wireframes, and animated mockups.
  • Using Tilemill to design Gro Basemap from scratch and work with geospatial team and developers to deliver Gro Basemap
  • Design grointelligence.com with fully functional responsive site
  • Develop grointelligence.com front-end pages using HTML, CSS, and javascript
  • Design marketing collaterals such as data visualization charts, maps, brochures, diagrams, presentations
  • Design and code Mailchimp newsletter templates

 

Adornus Cabinetry | UI/UX DESIGNER |  Miami | August 2013 – August 2015

  • Developed front-end user interfaces for adornus.com and lussocucina.com
  • Created catalogs and promotional material including newsletters, stickers and posters
  • Produced, shot and edited company promo videos

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS

THE 9TH 100 ARTISTS EXHIBITION in Ouchi Gallery | New York | June 2014

KBIS (KITCHEN BATH INDUSTRY SHOW) 2014 | Las Vegas | February 2014 

Designed and executed Adornus Cabinetry’s booth at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas by sketching drafts, creating 3D models, and rendering the booth concept.

 

Parsons MFA Design and Technology Thesis Show | New York | May 2013 

My thesis project customizable and multifunctional furniture system “Units Furniture” was featured on Parsons school website.

 

The Start Of A Long Journey | Beijing, China | December 2010

Presented undergraduate thesis project fishing equipment design “Venture” at the first exhibition of Outstanding Works by 2010 Graduates from Key Art Institutions of Higher Education in China.

 

Salone Internazionale di Mobile | Milan, Italy | November 2009 – April 2010

Exhibited my furniture “Jie” in Milan Furniture Fair and Polytechnic University of Milan.

 

LeNS Student Design Competition | Beijing, China | October 2009

Designed a sustainable transportation system for Delft University of Technology and won 2nd prize.

Skills

Design

Sketch
99%
Principle
99%
Photoshop
99%
Illustration
99%
Indesign
99%

Web development

HTML
95%
CSS
95%
Javascript
50%

Others

Tilemill
90%
Mapbox
90%
QGIS
85%
Solidworks
90%
Rhino
80%
Keyshot
80%