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Qian Wan

Qian Wan has always enjoyed observing the world and drew objects since she was a kid and now she is taking over the digital world with her remarkable talent!


Interview with the 2022 MUSE Creative Awards Winner - Qian Wan

1Please give us a brief bio of yourself and your creative background.

I am a product designer with 3-year experience. I take a playful approach to interaction and motion design, my hope is to bring joy, innovation, and social good to the world.

2What made you become/why did you choose to become a creative?

When I was in kindergarten, my mom was really busy and worked overtime, so I became the last to leave kindergarten. Because I was the eldest, I naturally started taking care of the other kids who usually cry a lot. I figured out a way to make them happy. So I would gather them together, did some fun games, or drawing. Many years later, when I grow up, I realized that I was born to be a creator, and uses that power to address all kinds of challenges. I’m empathetic and enjoy studying people's behavior. I became even more excited when I transform all insights into design executions.

3Tell us more about your business/company, job profile, and what you do.

I’m currently working in the cloud industry, focusing on bringing good experience with AI/ML capability.

4What does “creativity” mean to you?

It means bringing joy to people, business impacts, and social impacts.

5To you, what makes a “creative” idea and/or design?

Open-minded and multicultural.

6Tell us about your creative and/or design process.

I start with research to understand the target users first, and I won’t start designing without enough learning. After that, I quickly create a low-fi mock-up to test out the concepts and narrow it down to 1 direction. Once it’s confirmed, I pursue the design with a higher fidelity prototype and share it with users to get usability testing.

7What's your favorite part of the creative process and why?

I enjoy ideations based on the learnings from the users.

8Describe your creative style and its main characteristics.

Sometimes goofy with lots of fun motion animation and interaction, but I could also be very organized and logical with a serious tone in data visualization.

9Do you think your country and its cultural heritage has an impact on your creativity process?

Yes.

10Can you explain a bit about the winning work you entered into the 2022 MUSE Creative Awards, and why you chose to enter this project?

MuscleGuru is an integrated solution for muscle training users by leveraging the interaction between smartphones and watches. This is the design work that I finished independently from research to design executions. This journey well represents my ability as a UX designer.

11What was the biggest challenge with this project?

After interviewing many users, I learned a lot of insights that cover many different perspectives. It took me a while to narrow down and decide what I need to focus on.

12How has winning an Award developed your practice/career?

It is a great platform to increase design visibility and the designer’s impact.

13What are your top three (3) favorite things about our industry?

User-focused, inclusive, multi-cultural.

14What makes your country specifically, unique in the creative industry? Where do you see the evolution of creative industry going over the next 5-10 years?

China, with long-history of art and culture such as fashion, and drawing makes me proud and confident to get into the creative industry.

15Where do you see the evolution of creative industry going over the next 5-10 years?

I strongly believe that AI would bring a great opportunity to the creative industry. It increases efficiency and works as a new tool for the design community. It also shapes the role of UX. With more integration of AI-based software, many decision-making could be done through machine learning instead of us. UX designers may even change their title to “Behavioral Data Designers” who will provide data to AI algorithms through a set of parameters. For example, AI can be used to run A/B tests automatically, analyze results, update the designs accordingly and restart the process.

16If you were a student entering this industry or an aspiring MUSE Creative Awards submitter, what advice would you give them?

Don’t hesitate to overcome the challenge you are afraid of.

17What resources would you recommend to someone who wants to improve their skills in the creative industry?

Muzli, Core 77.

18Tell us something you have never told anyone else.

I’m addicted to video games, and it is actually one of my ways to get inspired.

19Who has inspired you in your life and why?

The game really inspires me to think about the interaction from different angles, such as sound, haptic, and visual.

20What is your key to success? Any parting words of wisdom?

Quantify your success and learnings, but also think about the impact you can make at the societal level.

Winning Entries

MuscleGuru | 2022

Muscle-guru

MuscleGuru is a muscle-training-focused fitness application that provides holistic solutions. It allows the young …
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Qian Wan

Qian Wan has always enjoyed observing the world and drew objects since she was a kid and now she is taking over the digital world with her remarkable talent!


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