I am Yue Yuan, an interaction designer and a creative strategist, currently working at IDEO Shanghai. I love to explore human-centered design’s potential as a probe for better understanding people’s needs, a mechanism for systems-level change, and a medium for envisioning the future.

I work across the entire design process and enjoy the opportunity this gives me to alternate back and forth between using a strategic lens and refining design details.

In addition to my BA degree in Industrial design, I’m a graduate from Interaction Design Master programme at Umeå Institute of Design 

Over the past 3 years, I worked as an interaction designer at IDEO. I was helping to scale a program for children with special needs into a digital platform, designing the service and digital platform for liver cancer early detection, and helping a big brand envisioning the future of their commercial vehicles. 

I always enjoy being involved in the hands-on development of the product but during my journey at IDEO, I also develop the skills to think beyond products, moving into systems and using a strategic lens while refining design details.

Out of design, I am a passionate illustrator who started to learning drawing since 6 years old. The passion of both digital and traditional drawing led me to my master’s degree thesis. The following are selections of my illustration work.