Current · San Francisco, CA
Master of Arts, Design
San Francisco State University
Researching mood, memory, and belonging in everyday products.
Hi, I'm
Laney Nguyen.
Product designer and SFSU graduate student researching mood, memory, and belonging through products people actually want to keep.
FIELD NOTES
Explore my journals
Four notebooks. Each one is a fun human-centered project.
ABOUT ME
Look inside my stationery bag
My skills spilled! Help me reorganize my pouch.
Laney Nguyen · Product Design
drag-and-drop the stationery supplies back into the pouch ↖
Welcome to my sticker collection
Learn more about me as an individual
me, mid-café crawl
tap a sticker to peel it up
RESUME
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School, work, and the tools clipped to the back of my journal.
Academic
Richardson, TX
Bachelor of Arts, Art, Technology & Emerging Communications
University of Texas at Dallas
Focus in interaction design and emergent media.
Experience
Service design
Process Designer & Strategy Consultant
Institute of Mental Health · Extern
Mapped care-intake journeys and redesigned the handoff between clinicians and coordinators.
Data storytelling
Visual Data Storyteller & AI Designer
Canva · Extern
Turned dense usage data into narrative templates and explored AI-assisted layout patterns.
Product
Product Management Extern
BeReal · Extern
Ran competitive teardown and shaped a retention hypothesis around low-effort daily rituals.
Clipped notes
Tools
- Figma
- InDesign
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- After Effects
- HTML / CSS
Certificates
- ✓ Google UX Design Specialization
- ✓ Oracle OCI AI Foundations Associate