Gabriel Tan

Gabriel Tan

Product Designer in San Francisco

About

I am a Product Designer with a focus on designing appealing and deliver seamless mobile applications, and am passionate to design meaningful solutions for real world problems across various industries.

Work Experience

2024 — 2024
Singapore, SG (Remote)

A baby head scanning app designed for both doctors and parents to monitor the status of the baby’s head shape over time.

Projects

2023
Nest

A personalized financial management app designed for Gen Z while enhancing financial literacy

2023

A redesign of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs landing page from a traditional to a modern layout.

2022

Collaborated with a 6-member team to conduct user research studies to enhance the user experience of YouTube Shorts.

Side Projects

2024

An app that I designed and developed using Figma and Swift. The goal was to learn how to code, which was self-taught.

Exhibitions

2023
San Francisco

Designed and collaborated a physical, interactive installation with two designers in Studio Forward, and led tours during the opening night, providing clear and concise explanations of each installation created by Studio Forward.

Awards

2024
Departmental Scholarship from California College of the Arts

Recognized for exceptional application demonstrating strong potential in the MDes Interaction Design program.

2024
Dean's List from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Received the Dean's List for Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, and Fall 2021.

Education

2024 — Now
MDes Interaction Design at California College of the Arts
San Francisco, California
2022 — 2023
MFA Design at California College of the Arts
San Francisco, California

1.5 years of educational experience.

2018 — 2022
BFA Industrial Design at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois

Graduated with Highest Honors and with a GPA of 3.90.