Anita Zeng, Jr Product Designer
joined in 2020, from 🇨🇦
What led you into design?
A love of art paired with an unfortunate lack of art skills.
I was never good at drawing/painting so I found myself channelling my creativity digitally instead and was always overly excited to make PowerPoint presentations for my school projects. I started doing graphic design professionally in high school and went on to study design in university.
In uni, I was introduced to a way of designing that aims to fulfil needs and solve problems rather than just make pretty graphics or sell a product. Super excited to explore this side of design, I went on to realize my passion for understanding users and unpacking big problems (while still making use of my visual design experience/PowerPoint-making skills). After a Product Design internship turned year-long stint at a software development agency in my final year, I knew this was the area of design for me.
Then, shortly after graduating, I found myself on my way to Hong Kong and Lalamove 😊
What does a typical day look like?
I’m fresh out of a 2 week quarantine so still in the process of building a new routine! But here’s a typical day while I was shut in:
🌞 Wake up 🧘🏻♀️ Force myself through a 10min meditation 💪 Also force myself through a workout 📱 Facetime family/friends back home 🏝️ Check on my Animal Crossing island 💻 Make progress on whatever online design/language course I’m into atm 🍿 Netflix (recently finished Itaewon Class)
Name three non-designers you feel inspired by when designing.
Marie Kondo
Inspires me to keep my files organized, my frames aligned, and delete any stray layers that don’t spark joy.
UX Collective
A great space to read up on user-experience trends, tips, and stories by designers for designers.
Figma Newsletters & Blog
Helps me keep up to date on new feature releases and showcases how other teams utilize Figma.
What would your self-portrait look like?
🍵 Green tea 🍃 Collecting plants 🐕 Dog-watching in the park 📓 Long walks in the aisles of Muji 🎵 Lo-fi Hip Hop Anime Chill Beats to Study and Relax to
Anything you want to promote or plug?
My favourite tool for productivity and note-taking, both in my design work and my life in general.
