Hello ;) I'm Jirao

I like to do playful designs and bring the unexpected to everyday objects. I have passion towards material-driven designs that are insightful and smart.

Resume

persistent

Only good ideas make me stop

visionary

Deep thinking and perception

playful

Paying attention to the humor behind

empathy

Try to understand others better than they understand themselves

My Inspiration

Outside product design, I am inspired by architectures, sculptures and art.

Antoni Gaudí and the Catalan Modernist Style provides a rich perspective on how form can be expressive, functional, and symbolic all at once.

Go to my mind palace

Fun Facts

My on-paper cat

I never had a cat before because of allergies,

but this is the on-paper cat that accompanies me since I was 7.

some of my darkest secrets

Story board

I value story telling and the way manga expresses things, while I am also doing some manga myself, I love to use storyboard as a deisgn tool as well as a presentation tool.

Fueled by music

I am a big fan of vocaloid and Visual kei band，

and most importantly, I collect their cds and play on this slow reacting sony walkman.

vocaloid

Currently making songs with Vocaloid, having a hard time on tuning, but being attracted by the synthetic voices.

Also Fueled by watercolor..?

This is the palette that I used for 8 years, and it went through constant adjustments. I collect different high performance paints from different brands and put together my own color palette.