About Me, It's me Brian

It's me, Brian 

Hi, my name is Pu Hsuan Liu, people call me Brian. I’m studying Industrial design and product development at San Francisco State. I like interactive design, creative storytelling, and production prop design. Outside of the design industry, I’m an out-door person always looking for a new place to explore, I’m also working as a climbing wall instructor.

“When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sorts of becomes magical."

 - Johnathan Ive

Simply put, things that are aesthetical and magical inspire me. It’s like a force that attracts me to look closer, in the meantime, the curiosity pushes me to understand it. I remember the first time I saw the eagle balancing on a pyramid only using its beak, I thought it was magic. It only takes a simple application of physics law to make a toy extradentary, I realized design is not everything, but I could include all knowledge using design.

 

I’m originally from Asian, therefore, I grew up surrounded by Japanese design, Korean ideas, and Chinese manufacturing. It gave me an insight since I was little that designs are very different, they all have different purposes with different audiences, yet, seeing the relationship between price and quality. And those attractions influence me how I design.

Ambitious, Adventurous, Perseverance, Curious, Out-Going, Thinker

I want to be an independent designer in the future. A designer has the ability to create streamline concepts and markets. To achieve the vision, I want to study a master’s degree emphasis in transportation design and have a future understanding of user experience. Hopefully, I could have the opportunity to train at an automotive company as an intern to start my journey.

 

Problem Purpose Statement

 

Portable Microwave Machines  

Problem

In an out-door situation, heating up some or even have a heat source to able to cook always takes a long time to be ready. For example, a fire can only be built in certain weather and environment is mandatory, it’s not eligible for a couple days climbing trip on a wall such as El Capitan at Yosemite.

Purpose

Design a product that has the portable ability to be brought to places and provide microwave heating anywhere.

 

 

DMV Experience (UI/UX)

Problem

A DMV trip is a waste of time; things seem not organized.

Purpose

THE current DMV service system required 2 steps to finish; Check-in and finish service at the counter. I purpose the E-Service, which is a 3 steps process. Online document review, making a reservation, a trip to DMV.

A Designer Desk

Problem

The process of designing a product, a luxury experience at the ideation stage is to have a large enough area to display drawings and photos together to further develop a design. More, a quick physical prototype is a critical part of the process, however, a regular desk usually doesn’t have the surplus space for it.

Purpose

Design a desk that achieves the best ability to multitask using desk geometry layouts and transformability.