RONGHAO JIN

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RONGHAO JIN

About RONGHAO JIN

Jin Ronghao, an experienced designer with strong human-computer interaction background, is responsible for the UI design of the Hyku app, which aims to provide good user experience. With a strong passion for design, he keeps seeking improvements, while exploring the cutting edge of aesthetics, beauty and efficiency. He won the prestigious Red Dot Design award, for the best of the best design in 2013. He holds a Masters degree from Southwest Jiaotong University.

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Interview with RONGHAO JIN

Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
I graduated from Industry Design, in the past 10 years of design career I made design for graphic design, industrial design, interactive design and other design areas. Cross-domain design help me to thinking from different views
Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
Hyku LLC, established in Zhuhai, China, now has offices in Zhuhai, Chengdu and Indonesia. Our team members come from first class universities, such as Tsinghua University, UIUC ……, covering the design, development, operation, testing and other functions.
What kinds of works do you like designing most?
Product design, including industrial design and software design
What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
The design which can improve the people’s life quality as well as the living environment in the developing areas
What was the first thing you designed for a company?
Who is the user of the design? What’s the using scenario? How to match with the business purpose?
What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
iOS platform, the unified principles ensuring the users’ experience.
What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
Sense of achievement, when the design is being used by many people.
From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
Concern about the environment, developing areas, and disabled people.
How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
Take me as an example, I work in graphic design, industrial design and interactive design fields. I think the boundaries among different design fields will be obscured in future.
When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
My last exhibition was displayed in the reddot museum in Singapore, 2013, after I got the best of the best, reddot design award. For the next exhibition plan, I’m willing to hold it during the iF design exhibition.
Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
The inspiration is from my thinking about life. And in order to keep my creativity, I’m keeping learning new knowledges from other fields.
How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
My style is inclined to minimalism, as I grow up in the eastern culture, and realize the good design should be clear and simple.
Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
I live in China, and Chinese culture affects my design to some extend, for instance, minimalism, metaphor and graphic style. The good thing to make design in China is that the country is developing so fast, you have many chances to try and learn. Meanwhile, the cons is the sense of IP protection should be enhanced.
How do you work with companies?
Build the trust and enhance it during frequent and deep cooperation.
What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
Before choosing to cooperate with a designer, make good understanding between each other. And after confirmation of cooperation, give enough space to designer to create things.
Can you talk a little about your design process?
Analyze the users’ scenarios, taking user story map as a tool to communicate with the team. Then, make some concept designs and select the right one to realize it.
What are 5 of your favorite design items at home?
Hyku App design、Waterwheel washing machine、the furniture from IKEA、the table lamp of Xiaomi、MacBook
Can you describe a day in your life?
Thinking about the design, managing the design team, reading and watching the exhibition.
Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
They should broaden their views and explore the outside world often, to know about the nature of human and their daily life.
From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
A good design can change people’s life, which make you satisfied. However, sometime, the designer is hard to be understood, especially when they make front design.
Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
I’m using some effective time management tool, such as todoist, and take GTM methodology as a guide.
What was your most important job experience?
I worked for a magazine as a design supervisor years ago. Dealing with many layout and graphic design work was very helpful exercise for me if I retrospect.
Who are some of your clients?
Sichuan airline, Chengdu airline, Qingdao airline, Sichuan provincial government, DBJ…
What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
App design, as it’ll be reached to millions of people in fort time. I’d love to see my design make change for their life.
What are your future plans? What is next for you?
Make more industrial design in future, and bring more convenient app to the users.
Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
We’re making a mobile payment app for Indonesian market, and be sure it will bring more convenient life for the local people. The team is excited about it.
How can people contact you?
My email is ronhao.jin@hyku.com, looking forward to receiving all your contacts.
Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?
Thank you so much for the A’ design award organization supplies this fair and organized competition.

Extended Interview with RONGHAO JIN

Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I graduated from Industry Design, in the past 10 years of design career I made design for graphic design, industrial design, interactive design and other design areas. Cross-domain design help me to thinking from different views
Which emotions do you feel when designing?
I'm a crossover designer, working in graphic design, industrial design and interactive design. I plan to make more industrial design in future, to make some objects.
What particular aspects of your background shaped you as a designer?
They should broaden their views and explore the outside world often, to know about the nature of human and their daily life.
What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
A good designer make good-looking design, a great designer make design to change people's life and even the human being society.
What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
A good design can understand the users, the scenarios and even the times. I evaluate the design on the basis of insightful elements.
You are truly successful as a designer, what do you suggest to fellow designers, artists and architects?
A good design can be a simple, direct and powerful tool, which helps people save time, energy and protect environment.
What is your day to day look like?
I wish to make more design with great value for the society. For instance, help the poor and disabled people to live better life.
How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
Spend 3 times deeply thinking time, comparing with designing time.
What is your biggest design work?
The CD player designed by Naoto Fukasawa, a simple design full with emotion. Emotion is the highest level of design.
Who is your favourite designer?
Waterwheel washing machine (reddot award 2013: Best of the Best) The design helps some under developed areas people wash clothing, even don't have stable electricity
What positive experiences you had when you attend the A’ Design Award?
My wife Jacqueline. She has a good design taste and sensitive product feeling, although her job is not relative. She always supports me and helps me make this achievement.

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