Hello. I'm Ricky (he/his), an incoming designer at Figma. Previously, I designed at Apple and studied at Carnegie Mellon University where I pursued dual degrees in the School of Design and the Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

As a designer, I care deeply about the democratization of design, creation, and collaboration through creative software and tooling. Interface, web, and product-related works are my primary focus, but my background in visual design also extends to printed matter + ephemera, editorial design, art direction, and analog forms of making.

Most recently, I worked at Apple 🍎 designing for new digital experiences that tell interactive stories, and soon, I'll be joining the Product Design team at Figma 🌈 to build the vision of their future-facing interfaces. Previously, I've also worked at Coda ✴️ to reimagine the future of collaboration, productivity, and creation tools and at Studio Elana Schlenker 💅🏻 on brand and editorial projects for Facebook, A24, Euphoria, and the Walker Art Center. For personal and freelance work, I've made motion designs for HommeGirls, a lovely website for Polina Aronova, a 40-page book titled 'Collecting the Uncollectible', an awarded publication entitled 'Probing Documentation Practices' and nightlife posters for parties all around Brooklyn. I'm always opened to collaborating on interesting projects in the realms of publishing, fashion, music, dance, education, and tech.

Aside from work, I love exploring music, language, and art in whatever ways I can. Here are some of the city pop, ambient, and electronic music that I'm currently enjoying. I love sharing really good music with my really good friends, going through the painful process of handwriting beautiful words, and building up my personal collection of many things (I'm very into vintage home objects). Feel free to reach out; I'm always down for good conversations!

Recently...

UPCOMIING
SPATIAL COMPUTING
PRODUCT UX
2024
Blue Skies
Building an Apple Vision Pro app that explores the visual wonder of the sky, with Bryce Li
EXHIBITION
CMU
2024
Exhibited in the 2024 CMU Design Senior Show at Miller ICA
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
JOB
2023
Joined Apple's Design Team
Worked on exciting projects in product design, interaction design, and art direction
UPCOMIING
TYPOGRAPHY
COMPUTATION
2024
Pixel Spiral Typeface
Variable typeface that explores cyclical growth and evolution
UPCOMIING
PRODUCT UX
JOB
2024
Joining Figma's Design Team
Incoming on the Product Design team to reimagine the future of creative software
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
2023
Part of the Design team that launched the new M3 MacBook Pros and iMac
IDENTITY SYSTEM
EDITORIAL DESIGN
JOB
2022
Collaborated on exciting projects with A24, Facebook, and the Walker Art Center
UPCOMIING
IDENTITY SYSTEM
COMPUTATION
2024
Ambient Church Identity
Kinetic identity that celebrates sound, light, and architecture
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
2023
Part of the Design team that launched the world's first 15-inch Air
AWARD
CMU
2023
Nominated as one of the 50 Graphic Design students to watch out for
UPCOMING
SPATIAL COMPUTING
PRODUCT UX
2024
Blue Skies
Building an Apple Vision Pro app that explores the visual wonder of the sky, with Bryce Li
UPCOMING
TYPOGRAPHY
COMPUTATION
2024
Pixel Spiral Typeface
Variable typeface that explores cyclical growth and evolution
UPCOMING
IDENTITY SYSTEM
COMPUTATION
2024
Ambient Church Identity
Kinetic identity that celebrates sound, light, and architecture
UPCOMING
PRODUCT UX
JOB
2024
Joining Figma's Design Team
Incoming on the Product design team to reimagine the future of creative software
EXHIBITION
CMU
2024
Exhibited in the 2024 CMU Design Senior Show at Miller ICA
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
2023
Part of the Design team that launched the new M3 Mac lineup
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
2023
Part of the Design team that launched the world's first 15-inch Air
PRODUCT UX
ART DIRECTION
JOB
2023
Joined Apple's Design Team
Worked on exciting projects in product design, interaction design, and art direction
AWARD
CMU
2023
Nominated by GDUSA as one of the 50 Graphic Design students to watch out for
IDENTITY SYSTEM
EDITORIAL DESIGN
JOB
2022
Collaborated on exciting projects with A24, Facebook, and the Walker Art Center