Ha, I guess I had your attention 👀!

Yufei, tho being an INTJ, is
welcoming, patient, and collaborative.

After completing middle school in China, I moved and lived across the US for school — Columbia (SC), Long Island (NY), Pittsburgh (PA), and Atlanta (GA). Spending my entire high school years with one host family and maintaining that connection to this day, forging friendships with people of diverse cultural backgrounds at school, offering constructive criticism to classmates in my professional development courses, I have became a skilled listener and critical thinker. I am open to diverse perspectives, excel in delivering feedback in a non-offensive manner, and I am always there to identify the strengths and weaknesses of multiple ideas, offering combined solutions that absorb strengths while minimizing weaknesses.

With a background in industrial design, animation, and fine arts, I bring logic, practicality, and aesthetics into my work in user experience design. Dedicated to self-reflection and continuous improvement both personally and professionally, my goal is to infuse positivity into those around me and my potential audiences in a subtle manner.

After middle school, I've lived across the US—Columbia (SC), Long Island (NY), Pittsburgh (PA), and Atlanta (GA). Spending 4 years with a host family during high school and maintaining connections to this day, forging friendships with people of diverse cultural backgrounds at school, and offering constructive criticism to classmates in my professional development courses, I've become a skilled listener and critical thinker. I am open to diverse perspectives and excel in delivering valuable feedback in an unoffensive manner.

With a background in industrial design, animation, and fine arts, I infuse logic, practicality, and aesthetics into my work in user experience design. Dedicated to self-reflection and continuous improvement both personally and professionally, my goal is to spread positivity to those around me and my users, even in small ways.

After completing middle school in China, I moved and lived across the US for school — Columbia (SC), Long Island (NY), Pittsburgh (PA), and Atlanta (GA). Spending my entire high school years with one host family and maintaining that connection to this day, forging friendships with people of diverse cultural backgrounds at school, offering constructive criticism to classmates in my professional development courses, I have became a skilled listener and critical thinker. I am open to diverse perspectives, excel in delivering feedback in a non-offensive manner, and I am always there to identify the strengths and weaknesses of multiple ideas, offering combined solutions that absorb strengths while minimizing weaknesses.

With a background in industrial design, animation, and fine arts, I bring logic, practicality, and aesthetics into my work in user experience design. Dedicated to self-reflection and continuous improvement both personally and professionally, my goal is to infuse positivity into those around me and my potential audiences in a subtle manner.

And…this is Yufei outside of work 🤪

And…this is Yufei outside of work.

Doodle, Doodle, Craft!

I love doodling random things during my free time. Whether it's capturing my D&D characters, my roommate's cat Sammie, a humorous scene from a random day, or storyboarding something cool I want to remember in real life. Communicating with friends and colleagues through doodles is my idea of fun. Their smiles and giggles are the ultimate reward I aim for. 😊✏️

I also find joy in crafting when I have really have some time to spare. Whether it's pottery, woodworking, or soft goods fabrication, the creative process allows me to meditate and savor the moment. Because of my love for craft (no pun intended), I also find joy in collecting small, creatively designed trinkets, and I plan on having a shelf dedicated for them in the future.

In the photo is an orange bomber jacket I made by hand for a soft fabrication class I took this semester. It is the orange bomber jacket that Kim Kitsuragi wears in Disco Elysium.

Here is a gallery of my other random doodles & crafts↗!

Video Game "Tester" is Me!

I wasn't a gamer until high school when I got introduced to This War of Mine↗ and Beholder↗, from there I realized that games can be as beautiful as art pieces. It is about the experience it delivers to the player that asks the player to not only enjoy the time spent but also to think deeper and reflect. From there I started to immerse myself into various genres of video games to explore a different world.

Now as a UX designer, I've developed this quirky habit of having silent conversations with myself while playing. My brain would unintentionally shift into critique mode, evaluating the user experience like a game tester. "This interaction here is immersive and so fascinating", "This instruction is important that needs more clarity and a rehearsal before the player actually starts playing." After these gaming adventures, I find myself learning and effortlessly brainstorming the best interactions for different user actions on interfaces.

And… as a 🤓, here is a list of video games (50+)↗ that I've invested a considerable amount of time in.

Never say No to Dungeons & Dragons!

I find joy in well-crafted stories. Whether it's detective novels with intricately designed crime scenes and brilliant detective reasoning or movies and games with mature world-building and character development, I'm consistently captivated by the creativity of these authors. This fascination is precisely why I was immediately drawn to D&D when first introduced to it. It's not just about the plot of these stories; it's the real-time interaction between player characters (PCs) and the freedom for everyone to embody a different persona in the game. The liberty that is granted to the players in shaping the story in whatever ways they want is truly fascinating to me.

And, of course, I never shy away from sketching character portraits and immortalizing the hilarious moments in the campaign 😉.