Shanety HUANG

Elian Kent

Shanety

Started making things I loved. Started asking why things fail people. Now doing both.

STARTED MAKING THINGS I LOVED. STARTED ASKING WHY THINGS FAIL PEOPLE. NOW DOING BOTH.

Designer in Progress

HUANG

Location
TAIWAN
Location
TAIWAN
Location
TAIWAN
Field
VISUAL & SERVICE DESIGN
Field
VISUAL & SERVICE DESIGN
Field
VISUAL & SERVICE DESIGN
Approach
LISTEN, MAP, TEST, QUESTION
Approach
LISTEN, MAP, TEST, QUESTION
FOCUS
PEOPLE CROSSING SYSTEMS
FOCUS
PEOPLE CROSSING SYSTEMS
About

STARTED DESIGNING IN 2022, TEACHING MYSELF ILLUSTRATOR TO MAKE K-POP FAN MERCH.

STUDIED ECONOMICS AND MARKETING ACROSS TAIWAN AND FRANCE. ECONOMICS LEFT ME WITH ONE QUESTION: WHO BENEFITS WHEN SOMETHING FAILS?

STILL MAKE VISUALS BECAUSE I LOVE HOW THINGS LOOK. NOW I MAP THE SYSTEMS I HAVE LIVED THROUGH, FROM EXCHANGE STUDENT SUPPORT TO GYM BILLING.

Elian Kent

Visual instinct and service thinking. Made for feeling, made for understanding. Both are here.

EDUcation & BACKGROUND

Economics taught me to read systems. Marketing taught me to read people. Design is where both become useful.

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Soochow University

2021-2026

BA Economics Taipei, Taiwan

01/

Soochow University

2021-2026

BA Economics Taipei, Taiwan

02/

IÉSEG School of Management

2025

Exchange semester Marketing Lille, France

02/

IÉSEG School of Management

2025

Exchange semester Marketing Lille, France

03/

Chelsea College of Arts

2025

Short course Graphic Design London, UK

03/

Chelsea College of Arts

2025

Short course Graphic Design London, UK

Show
Case
Selected works(05)

A collection
of VISUAL WORK

SELECTED WORKS ACROSS BRANDING, PRINT AND DIGITAL DESIGN, EACH EXPLORING DIFFERENT VISUAL CHALLENGEs.

SELECTED WORKS ACROSS BRANDING, PRINT AND DIGITAL DESIGN, EACH EXPLORING DIFFERENT VISUAL CHALLENGEs.

Most of these started with something I cared about: a group I followed, a team I managed, a club I belonged to. Making things for them is how I learned design in the first place.

Approach(04)

MY DESIGN
Approach

EVERY PROJECT STARTS WITH
SOMETHING I HAVE LIVED THROUGH OR WATCHED OTHERS PUT UP WITH.
FROM THERE I LOOK FOR
THE SYSTEM BEHIND IT.

EVERY PROJECT STARTS WITH
SOMETHING I HAVE LIVED THROUGH OR WATCHED OTHERS PUT UP WITH.
FROM THERE I LOOK FOR
THE SYSTEM BEHIND IT.

Minimal laptop with coffee
01/

LISTEN FIRST

I SURVEY AND INTERVIEW THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THEN LOOK FOR WHERE THEY WORK AROUND THE SYSTEM OR STOP REPORTING PROBLEMS AT ALL.

01/

LISTEN FIRST

I SURVEY AND INTERVIEW THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THEN LOOK FOR WHERE THEY WORK AROUND THE SYSTEM OR STOP REPORTING PROBLEMS AT ALL.

02/

MAP THE SYSTEM

I TRACE EVERY ACTOR, RULE AND HANDOFF BEHIND THE MOMENT, USING JOURNEY MAPS, STAKEHOLDER MAPS AND BLUEPRINTS.

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MAP THE SYSTEM

I TRACE EVERY ACTOR, RULE AND HANDOFF BEHIND THE MOMENT, USING JOURNEY MAPS, STAKEHOLDER MAPS AND BLUEPRINTS.

03/

TEST IT EARLY

I PUT A ROUGH VERSION IN FRONT OF REAL USERS. ONE CONVERSATION CAN CHANGE WHAT I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS.

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TEST IT EARLY

I PUT A ROUGH VERSION IN FRONT OF REAL USERS. ONE CONVERSATION CAN CHANGE WHAT I THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS.

04/

ASK WHO BENEFITS

WHEN A SERVICE FAILS, SOMEONE USUALLY GAINS FROM IT. I ASK WHO, AND WHY NO ONE WITH POWER HAS A REASON TO CHANGE IT.

04/

ASK WHO BENEFITS

WHEN A SERVICE FAILS, SOMEONE USUALLY GAINS FROM IT. I ASK WHO, AND WHY NO ONE WITH POWER HAS A REASON TO CHANGE IT.

Elian Kent
Shanety HUANG
DEsigner in progRess

Every map here starts with the same question.
Does a shared system treat everyone in it fairly?
The gap is rarely dramatic. It usually shows up in who gets left out when a system is built around someone else.