Joshua Kim · UI / UX Designer

Experience & interaction design.

I design how people move through a product and how it answers them: the flow, the feedback, the moment of use. I start from user research and journey maps and work up to prototypes people can try, from app experiences and AR to a body-tracking installation and tools that change how a team works.

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Work

Eight projects in four areas
Tools & Automation Internal systems, built with AI
Order Pipeline Toolkit in three steps: 1 print the label and contents sheet in one click, 2 customer photos download automatically into a dated folder, 3 photos become engraving line art with AI
01Internal tools · Automation

Order Pipeline Toolkit

Order contents and label printing, made way easier · Photo download time down 90% · Image processing down 95%
Interaction & Creative Coding Body tracking, AR, and creative code
SomaSpace motion-driven particle environment
02M.A. Thesis · Installation

SomaSpace

Webcams track your body, and your movement turns into soft visuals and sound on the wall.

Solo M.A. thesis · built in TouchDesigner with MediaPipe.
03Stanford XR Hackathon

Hot Chocolate

Place a chocolate keyboard on any surface and play it with your hands, on Snap Spectacles.

Interaction prototyping · built in 48 hours in Lens Studio.
Prism Catch: falling prism light caught on a rope strung between finger and thumb
04p5.js · Playable

Prism Catch

Colored light falls, and a rope between your finger and thumb catches it.

Runs in the browser with your webcam · you can play it.
Product & Experience Design Research-led app case studies
ChewChat app screens: voice practice, buddy map, and the Chew mascot
05Team of 4 · Research

ChewChat

A language exchange app for university students: find a local buddy and practice speaking.

27 survey responses & 4 interviews · map matching was the top request.
KindBite food-sharing app screens
06Solo · Research

KindBite

An app for giving surplus food to neighbors, built around anonymity and a trust score.

The survey changed the plan: ingredients instead of home-cooked meals.
VAP shown as an immersive neon environment with the app screens
07Solo · Redesign

VAP

A music app I made earlier, redesigned around mood-based picks and artist videos.

Five screens, shown before and after.
Graphic Design & Brand One-year internship
J.Cat Beauty catalogue collage, graphic design work
08Branding · Print · Social

Graphic Design

One year as a graphic design intern at a cosmetics brand: packaging, trade-show displays, PR notes, newsletters, and social videos. I shot and retouched much of the photography too.

120K+ combined reel views · 54K on the top reel.
User Research✦Usability Testing✦Prototyping✦Figma✦TouchDesigner✦MediaPipe✦p5.js✦Lens Studio✦Python✦Experience Design✦Interaction Design✦Journey Mapping✦Illustrator✦

About

Joshua Kim, UI / UX Designer

I studied computer engineering and graphic design before my M.A., so I usually build what I design.

Background

  • M.A. Human Experience Design & Interaction, CSU Long Beach
  • B.S. Computer Engineering, Sahmyook University
  • B.A. Graphic Design, Sahmyook University

Focus

Experience design · interaction design · user research · interactive installations.

Toolkit

Figma · TouchDesigner · p5.js · Python · Adobe CC · HTML / CSS.

Work authorization

U.S. Permanent Resident. Authorized to work for any employer, no sponsorship required.