Qianru

/CHYAN-roo/ • also known as Cara /Kera/

Noun

1. Product & UX Designer

With 3+ years of industry experience, Cara aims to create humanity designs that improve productivity in the most intuitive way. She loves exploring complicated problem space, empathize with multiple stakeholders and figure out the optimal solution.

2. Researcher

With a background in Psychology, Cara is curious about human perception and processing. She believes the best solution arises from user behaviors.

Verb

1. Mix and match

Cara always asks "What if". She mixes inspirations from various field and try to find out the best formula.

2. Explore

Cara loves changes and new experiences. Anything new is exciting to her.

My Journey

I went a long way from Psychology to UX Research to Product & UX Design. From a "problem finder" to a "problem solver", I'm trying my best to design products that make most sense to the end users.

Undergrad in Psychology

Product Designer @Nreal

Masters at CMU HCII

UX Researcher @TAL

Creator in mind

I'm not satisfied with "common" or "standard" answers. I always ask myself "How can I solve the problem in a different way?" "What if I can combine this with that?"

What if you can interact with AR content with a glove?

What if you can memoize course content in a VR Palace?

What if you can control a toy car with your arm muscle?

What if AR widgets could automatically attach to nearby objects?

Beyond work

After work, you can find me boxing, cooking, catching sun set and exploring all sorts of activities.

Boxing

Skydiving