Work Index – Megumi.co
Design
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
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| Nuance Labs | 2026 | Web |
Redesign and design system refresh. Brand by Mononym.
Content Strategy, Information Architecture, Digital Design, Framer Development. |
Live Site |
| Song Tea & Ceramics | 2024 | Brand, Web |
Redesign for a Shopify store along with a brand refresh.
Creative Direction, Digital Design. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with designers Elina Tanaka, Jake Brussel Faria, Nikki Makagiansar, and Leslie Liu. |
Live Site |
| Yardsale | 2024 | Brand, Web |
Redesign for a Shopify store with a light brand refresh
exercise.
Figma, Web Design, Art Direction |
Live Site |
| The Song Collection | 2023 | Packaging |
Packaging design for 2023–2024 “The Song Collection”
Graphic Design. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with designer Leslie Liu. |
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| Stella | 2022 | Web |
Redesign of homepage, header, and footer. Illustrations and
brand by Second Marriage Studio.
Figma, Web Design. Operated as Sibling Industries for this project, working with designer Elina Tanaka. |
View |
| Sibling Industries | 2022 | Brand, Web, Social |
Creative web studio focusing on the space between design and
development.
Figma, Web Design, Social Design |
View |
| Second Marriage Studio | 2022 | Web |
Portfolio redesign for Second Marriage Studio.
Art Direction, Figma, Web Design. Operated as Sibling Industries for this project, working with designer Elina Tanaka. |
Live Site |
| The Workshop LA | 2021 | Brand, Web |
Full redesign, new logo, art direction.
Brand Identity, Art Direction, Illustrator, Figma, Web Design |
Live Site |
| Reali | 2019 | Product/UX |
Product Designer for real estate tech platform.
Product Design, User Research, Design Systems, Marketplace, Internal Tools, Software |
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| SkinCarisma | 2018 | UX/UI |
UX Design and User Research for monetization features.
UX Design, User Research, Prototyping, Sketch, Invision |
View |
| Blossom Botanicals | 2017 | Brand, Web, Social |
Full brand identity and art direction.
Brand Identity, Art Direction, Packaging, Graphic Design, Web Design |
View |
| Soundboxing | 2017 | Brand, UX/UI |
New logo, typeface, and web app design for a VR music game.
Survey design and results analysis to inform direction.
Brand Identity, Art Direction, User Research, UX Design |
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| Crew App | 2017 | Consulting |
Product Designer for FTUX, internal tools, and web/mobile apps.
Product Design, Internal Tools, Web App, Mobile app, FTUX |
View |
| Prosper | 2016 | Product/UX |
Product Designer for investor team designing the first mobile
app.
Product Design, User Research, User Interviews, Design Systems |
View |
| StyleSeat | 2014-2015 | Product/UX |
Product Designer working on every part of this two sided
marketplace. Launched “No Show Protection” feature.
Product Design, User Research, Design Systems, Illustration, Graphic Design, A/B Testing, Web Design, Email Design, Mobile App Design |
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| Airseed | 2013 | UX/UI, Web |
Established design language for dev focused landing pages and
email marketing.
Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, Email Design, Photoshop, Illustrator |
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Development
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
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| California Home Builders | 2026 | Full Build |
Development in Framer. Design by SHORE. Framer, React/TypeScript, Framer Motion, Lottie, Swiper.js. |
Live Site |
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| Front: The Coordination Tax | 2026 | Full Build |
Development in Framer. Design by Fuzzco. Framer, React/TypeScript, Lottie, Framer Motion. |
Live Site |
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| Span: Product Pages | 2026 | Development |
Development in Framer for five new product pages, animated hero graphics, and new header nav. Design by Studio Jud. Framer, React/TypeScript, Framer Motion, GSAP. Worked with Mike Wagz on the animated hero graphic for the AI Transformation page. |
Handoff Site |
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| Span | 2026 | Full Build |
Custom Framer build. Design by Studio Jud. Framer, React/TypeScript, Framer Motion. |
Handoff Site |
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| Cal Sans UI by Cal.com | 2026 | Consulting |
Framer component development for type tester and glyph picker. Typeface by Mark Davis. Framer, React/TypeScript |
Live Site |
| PTOH Studio | 2025 | Consulting |
Developed gallery interactions for Joel Sternfeld’s website. Design by PTOH Studio. Sanity, Nuxt.js, Vite |
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| SECOND STORY | 2025 | Consulting |
Development of a color changing scroll animation for LOAF brands. Design by SECOND STORY. Squarespace, JQuery |
View |
| Song Tea & Ceramics | 2024 | Full Build |
Development of a custom Shopify theme. Colors change based on tea type and ceramics type. Shopify 2.0, Liquid. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developers Leslie Liu, Nikki Makagiansar, and Harold Ao. |
Live Site |
| The Los Angeles Times | 2024 | Consulting |
Development for the Día de Muertos 2024 digital ofrenda in both English and Spanish. Baker, Jupyter Notebooks, Node.js, SCSS |
Live Site |
| Cosmopolitan: Sex After 60 | 2024 | Full Build |
Custom development for Cosmo’s first ever digital issue. Design by ilovecreatives Studio. Easel CMS, HTML/CSS/JS, GSAP, WaveSurfer.js. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developers Nikki Makagiansar and Chelsea Cheung. |
Live Site |
| Cyklar | 2023 | Full Build |
Custom Shopify Theme for brand launch. Contracted by
ilovecreatives Studio. Design by ANOTHER.
Shopify 2.0, Liquid, Junip. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developer Rupali Morzaria. |
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| HPPY Skin | 2023 | Full Build |
Custom Shopify Theme and pre-launch waitlist. Design by CASE
Agency.
Shopify 2.0, Liquid, GSAP, Lottie, Email development, Klaviyo |
Live Site |
| Spoons, GLOWE | 2023 | Full Build |
Development of two reference themes for the ilovecreatives Shopify Course. Shopify 2.0, Liquid |
View |
| Windsor Bateman Solutions | 2023 | Full Build |
Custom Squarespace build. Design by L+L.
Squarespace, JQuery, Lottie |
View |
| Parsons BFA Photography | 2022 | Full Build |
WordPress custom theme. Design by Abby Chen.
Wordpress, PHP, CSS, Advanced Custom Fields. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developers Elina Tanaka and Jacob Lindgren. |
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| Well Fed | 2022 | Consulting |
Development for studio clients: Joggy, Santa Cruz Organics, and TYB.xyz. Squarespace, JQuery, Shopify, Liquid |
View |
| Flask & Field | 2022 | Full Build |
Custom Shopify Theme. Design by ilovecreatives Studio. Featured
as Typewolf Site of the Day.
Shopify 2.0, Liquid. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developers Elina Tanaka and Nikki Makagiansar. |
Live Site |
| STUDY by ANOTHER | 2022 | Full Build |
Microsite custom development. Design by ANOTHER.
HTML, CSS, Javascript. Operated as Studio Megumi.co for this project, working with developers Elina Tanaka and Laiqa Mo. |
Handoff Site |
| Stella | 2022 | Development |
Development of new homepage, header, and footer. Brand by Second
Marriage Studio.
Wordpress, Advanced Custom Fields, Bedrock. Operated as Sibling Industries for this project, working with Elina Tanaka. |
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| Second Marriage Studio | 2022 | Full Build |
Custom Cargo site displaying moon phases. Design by Sibling
Industries.
Cargo, Javascript. Operated as Sibling Industries for this project, working with Elina Tanaka. |
Live Site |
| The Workshop LA | 2021 | Full Build |
Custom Squarespace site and job portal reskin.
Squarespace, CSS |
Live Site |
| MADE by DWC | 2021 | Consulting |
Shopify 1.0 theme performance improvements.
Shopify, Liquid, CSS |
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| Cut Fruit Collective Shop | 2021 | Full Build |
Migration from Squarespace to Shopify. Shopify, CSS, Liquid |
Live Site |
| Cut Fruit Collective | 2021 | Consulting |
Squarespace development for custom cursors, stickers, and hover effects. Squarespace, CSS, JQuery |
View |
| Green Web Template | 2021 | Template |
Open source template for publishing Obsidian notes in Jeykll.
Jekyll, Ruby, Regex |
View |
| StyleSeat Emails | 2015 | Full Build |
Email development for responsive transactional emails and marketing campaigns. Email development, HTML, CSS |
View |
| StyleSeat: Community | 2014 | Full Build |
Tumblr development as a CMS for the Marketing team for three custom sites. Tumblr API, Javascript |
View |
Teaching
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
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| Parsons School of Design | 2024 | Teacher |
Adjunct for coding track in Core 1: Interaction. Communication
Design AAS program.
HTML, CSS, JS, p5.js |
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| Shopify Course | 2023 | Teacher |
Shopify Liquid, HTML, CSS, JS, and design thinking.
Online Course, Curriculum Design, Office Hours |
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| Parsons School of Design | 2023 | Guest Crit | Guest critique for Core 1: Interaction, taught by Nikki Makagiansar. Communication Design BFA program. | |
| Index Space | 2021–2022 | Consulting | Head of Education, working with teachers to shape their courses. | View |
| Code Demos | 2021 | Tutorial | Instructional website created for my students at Index. | Live Site |
| Intro to Coding for Designers | 2021 | Teacher |
Fall cohort. 6 week course at Index.
Teaching, Curriculum Design |
View |
| Intro to Coding for Designers | 2021 | Teacher |
Spring cohort. 6 week course at Index.
Teaching, Curriculum Design |
Case Study |
| DesignLab | 2015-2018 | Mentor |
Met with students weekly, offering guidance and feedback on
their capstone projects.
UX Academy, Design 101, User Research, Typography, UI Design |
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| Learning Portal | 2015 | Tutorial | Created tutorials on Sketch and Photoshop for UX/UI Designers. | View |
| Beginner’s Guide to Sketch | 2015 | Tutorial | Wrote a tutorial series on Sketch based on the needs of General Assembly students. | View |
| General Assembly | 2015 | Expert in Residence | TA for UX Design Immersive in San Francisco. |
Speaking
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pockets: Full-time or freelance | 2025 | Panelist | Spoke on panel for Pockets at Index Space. | View |
| Are.na Annual 2025 Book Launch | 2024 | Reading | I read an excerpt of my essay for the Are.na Annual 2025 at HEART 442 Broadway. | Watch |
| Teaching Curious? | 2023 | Panelist | Spoke on a panel for designers interested in teaching. Hosted at Parsons by AIGA NY. | View |
Writing
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
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| Memory Banks | 2024 | Essay | Essay for the Are.na Annual 2025 publication, theme of “document” | Read |
| megu.space | 2021 | Blog | Digital garden using Jekyll and Obsidian. | View |
| Creating a CMS with Tumblr | 2015 | Article | Written for StyleSeat’s Medium account. | Read |
Media
| Title | Year | Scope | Description | Link |
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| Shopify Course: Trailer | 2023 | Performer |
Filmed trailer for ilovecreatives course on a blue screen in LA.
Script writing, Improv |
Watch |
| Shopify Course: Lessons | 2022 | Video Editing |
Edited video lessons for ilovecreatives course.
Adobe Premiere, Frame.io |
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| California College of the Arts | 2009 | Creative Tech |
Created a webcam powered theremin. Coded a synthesizer that
mapped photoresistor light values to sound. Student projects.
Max/MSP/Jitter, Arduino |
Labs
| Title | Year | Type | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Crystal | 2026 | Software |
Indie software for freelancer business intelligence. In
development.
Web app, Mac app |
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| the tea table (ttt) | 2025 | Workshop | Educational workshop and tea service at telos haus. | View |
| The Garden | 2023 | Blog | Started a new blog, this time in Wordpress. | View |
| Noisy Garbage | 2022 | Generative Art |
Generative AI experiments.
Dall-E 2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Photoshop Generative Fill |
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Archive
| Title | Year | Role | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 2025 | Consultant | Web design consulting for new packaging rollout. | |
| NICE Car Company | 2025 | Art Direction | Shopify theme design and Figma prototyping. | |
| ilovecreatives Studio | 2024 | Studio Manager | Project Management & Sales for studio projects across branding, web, digital marketing, video production, and OOH campaigns. | |
| monopo night vol. 5 | 2024 | Server | Brewed shincha green tea for monopo night hosted at Index. | View |
| Save Our Chinatowns | 2021 | Consultant | Consulting for Lunar New Year Zine Launch | |
| SF Zine Fest | 2020 | Vendor | Designed a zine and stickers. | View |
| Song Tea & Ceramics | 2013 | Sales |
Tea merchant in San Francisco, CA. |
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| UC Berkeley | 2013 | Student Work | Designed and prototyped a web app for Technology & Entrepreneurship class. | |
| Gaumenkitzel | 2012 | Server | German restaurant in Berkeley, CA. | |
| Sugata Japanese Cuisine | 2011 | Server | Japanese restaurant in Albany, CA. | |
| Red Blossom Tea Co. | 2010 | Sales | Tea merchant in San Francisco, CA. | |
| Lupicia Fresh Tea | 2009 | Sales | Tea merchant in San Francisco, CA. | |
| California College of the Arts | 2009 | Student Work | Majored in photography where I worked on color processing and mural size silver gelatin prints. | |
| J. Crew | 2009 | Sales | Retail Associate in San Francisco, CA. | |
| Curry House | 2009 | Server | Japanese restaurant in Cupertino, CA. | |
| De Anza College | 2008 | Assistant | Lab Tech Assistant in the photography darkroom in Cupertino, CA. | |
| College Now Program | 2008 | Education | Attended classes at De Anza College in lieu of high school coursework. | |
| Shaw Chiropractic | 2008 | Receptionist | Admin Assistant in San Jose, CA. Developed a custom website in PHP. | |
| Journey's Shoes | 2008 | Sales | Retail Associate in Westfield mall in San Jose, CA. | |
| Cupertino HS Choir | 2005–2008 | Soloist | Acapella and advanced women's choir soloist for several concerts, including playing Elphaba in a performance of Wicked. | |
| Michael's | 2007 | Sales | Retail Associate in Mountain View, CA. | |
| Sanrio | 2007 | Sales | Retail Associate in Westfield mall in San Jose, CA. | |
| Sears Portrait Studio | 2007 | Photographer | Photographer in Vallco mall in Cupertino, CA. | |
| Cupertino HS Cafeteria | 2006 | Cashier | Cafeteria worker during lunch breaks and brunch. | |
| “Freelance” Development | 2004–2005 | Webmaster | Designed & developed custom logos and websites for tech companies using a proprietary PHP-based content management system. I worked in exchange for forum flair points. | |
| nutmeg13 on Xanga | 2003-2005 | Designer | Designed Xanga themes released through Createblog.org. | View |
| Fnazz.org | 2003-2005 | Webmaster | Published graphic design tutorials and fluid CSS resources. Hosted design contests and provided free server space and subdomains. | |
| dreamer.happy-dagger.net | 2002 | Webmaster | Documented a Photoshop Elements 2.0 workaround to emulate a Photoshop 7.0 feature. | |
| ~Tilde Era | 1999-2001 | Webmaster | Built websites for fun using Microsoft FrontPage. Published sites on Geocities and ~tilde username servers. |