We, as the Designer Interviews ("DI") had the distinct pleasure and opportunity to interview award-winning, most creative and innovative Yu Sun ("YS").
More than 15+ years of work experiences in IOT, Voice Assistant, Mobile Platform, AR, VR, AI UI/UX design. Worked for the top companies in the world, such as ACCESS, ZTE, China Mobile, Honeywell as design manager or director. Project management , Six Sigma Green Belt certificated. Designed the first Linux Mobile Platform for ACCESS. Products won the Successful Design Award, Outstanding Product Award for Logistics Industry , etc. Currently working on applying AR and AI to Industry Safety products, to make devices and people be connected and safe.
Yu Sun Designs
We are pleased to share with you original and innovative design work by Yu Sun.
Designer Interview of Yu Sun:
DI: Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
YS : Previously I was working in Telecomm field. Hobbies. Yes.
DI: What is "design" for you?
YS : Balance between form and creative
DI: What was the first thing you designed for a company?
YS : Mobile UI interface
DI: What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
YS : AR and AI
DI: When do you feel the most creative?
YS : Late at night when I am alone
DI: What makes a design successful?
YS : impress users
DI: When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
YS : fixed the pain points and match the user needs
DI: From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
YS : change and benefit
DI: How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
YS : evolve with human needs. Make the world to be better
DI: Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
YS : From reseller and my own experience of buying from online store
DI: Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
YS : shanghai. no
DI: What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
YS : When I interviewed designers, I feel female designers are too shy to express themselves. People should think they are equal in any ways, both design and in daily work and act equally.
DI: Can you talk a little about your design process?
YS : idea-VOC-prototype-review-test-update-implement-usability test-modify
DI: What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
YS : kettle, looks well designed but difficult to use.
DI: Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
YS : don't think too much about what I should do at 30 or 40, 30 or 40 will come in the near future
DI: From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
YS : be creative, ban by technology
DI: What is your "golden rule" in design?
YS : when you use it, you think it well designed
DI: Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
YS : do the design work at night
DI: What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
YS : when can you finish designing it
DI: What was your most important job experience?
YS : be in a good team for a good company when your career start