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Colorado, July 2021. Photo by Jen Schuetz.

Identity

I’m Malaysian-American and a third culture kid. I spent the first decade of my life in London, United Kingdom, the second decade in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the last 24 years in the United States — the first 11 in Chicago and the last 14 in San Francisco. This is important to my identity, how I see the world, and how I approach all aspects of my life — diversity has broadened my worldview. I became a US citizen in 2012.

Balance

I strive for a life well-lived. I firmly believe in a holistic life — one that optimizes mind, body, and soul. While I am proud of and have enjoyed designing digital products, I also prioritize travel, cycling, and rock climbing. I encourage people to take care of themselves, both mentally and physically, and I’m an advocate for doing things that truly matter and give energy.

Music

I occasionally dabble in music under the moniker Murders&Mysteries (Bandcamp, Music), and used to scream-shout and play bass with three other friends in the band Dolorous Canter (Music, YouTube).

Bedrock

I live in San Francisco with my wife, Jen Schuetz, and our dog, a senior rescue Chihuahua named Barbara from Muttville.

Clients & Collaborators

Weightshift

I’ve been a designer for over 24 years. I founded the acclaimed design studio Weightshift in 2000, and for over 17 years serviced clients such as About.me, Adobe, Dropbox, Google Ventures, Intercom, Obvious, One Medical, True Ventures, Twitter, Xero, and many others.

VSCO

From 2016-2018, I joined the design team at VSCO to help build their product design team. I helped redesign the app, launch VSCO Membership, and design VSCO Connect.

Consulting

I returned to independent life and have since engaged in providing product design, creative direction, and strategy to early-stage and Series A companies such as Abstract (acquired by Adobe), Atoms (the shoe company), Honeycomb (co-parenting app), and TRASH (acquired by VSCO).

Currently, I'm a Creative Director and product designer at True Ventures.

You can visit a list of work over the years at Weightshift.

The site is handcoded by me and built with Eleventy. Typography is Indivisible by Process Type Foundry and Manuka Condensed and Pitch Sans by Klim Type Foundry. Photographs are managed and edited in Adobe Lightroom for export. They are then optimized with ImageOptim, a tool I love dearly. The site is generated and served up via Netlify via a GitHub repo sync. This version was launched in March 2023.

I acknowledge that I live on the unceded lands of the Muwekma, Ohlone, and Ramaytush indigenous peoples.