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I'm YuCheng Kuo, a self-taught designer and engineer from Taiwan. I work as a product designer and design engineer at Oen Tech, where I design and build the products that handle engagement, fundraising, and payments for nonprofits, campaigns, and businesses.
I'm interested in the gap between what a design assumes and what an implementation can actually do — and in closing it from both sides rather than negotiating across it.
My Journey
My interest in digital design and web technology started with a narrow problem at university: presentations were one-directional, and I wanted to make them hold an audience. Chasing that led me through three things:
- Layout and typography, as the fastest way to make something worth looking at
- Motion that supports rather than distracts, which is where I first got interested in animation as a craft
- Tools like Prezi and Pitch, which is how I found web technology in the first place
That curiosity is what turned into designing solutions I can build, and building with design principles intact.
Design Belief
I'm drawn to three things in particular:
- Systems thinking: scalable foundations through design systems, rather than one-off solutions
- Micro-interactions: the small moments that make an interface feel alive rather than inert
- Empathetic solutions: designing with both user needs and business constraints held in view
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Beyond work
Outside of that, you'll find me:
- Exploring music across genres — indie, R&B, alternative, electronic — looking for emotional resonance
- Watching films and shows that earn a genuine smile
- Reading non-fiction that challenges how I think
- Following emerging technology, particularly where digital and physical experiences meet
Feel free to reach out if you'd like to.