NY Product Design Interview

Here at NY Product Design Awards, we celebrate different views, opinions, suggestions, and openness in moving towards success. Thus, let’s take a closer look at the interviews from our worldwide winners and get inspired by their success today!

Design Awards Winner Interview - Tinglung Chang

Design Director, United States


Tinglung Chang is a product designer whose work spans furniture, lighting, and homeware design. Guided by a deep interest in form, materiality, and brand expression, he creates pro...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Ramesh Chandra Aditya Komperla

Software Engineer, United States


Ramesh Chandra Aditya Komperla is a technology professional whose work spans healthcare, insurance, and AI-driven innovation. Guided by a belief that technology should serve people...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Jihye Kim

Designer, United States


Jihye Kim is a product designer based in New York, working across consumer and enterprise products, currently focused on agentic AI systems. Her practice explores how people intera...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Yash Rathod

Mario Contract Lighting, United States


Yash Rathod is the Design Director at Mario Contract Lighting, where he focuses on custom lighting and signage for hospitality environments. His work explores how light, material, ...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Angelica Kramarski

Creative Director and Brand Strategist, United States


Angelica Kramarski is a Creative Director and Brand Strategist whose work spans brand systems, product innovation, and experience design. Drawing from backgrounds in architecture, ...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Anurag Goyal

Interaction Designer, United States


For Anurag Goyal, effective UX design begins with understanding the invisible challenges users encounter within complex digital systems. Through experimentation and iterative desig...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Xubai Li

Designer, United States


Xubai Li is a multidisciplinary designer working across object-making and spatial design after an early career in graphic design. Inspired by sculpture, fashion, and classical Chin...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Junfei Teng

UX/Product Designer, United States


For Junfei Teng, design exists within the subtle moments that shape how people learn, interact, and pay attention in daily life. Through projects like EntoPedia, she explores how q...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Shinga Yoshimine and Yitian Zeng

SHINGA CREATIVE, United States


For both Shinga Yoshimine and Yitian Zeng, strong design emerges through continuous experimentation and observation. Whether refining interaction styles or breaking down complex co...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Kyung-seo (Kaline) Yoo

Product Designer, United States


Kyung-seo (Kaline) Yoo is a product designer focused on creating meaningful solutions that connect functionality with emotional experience. Inspired by everyday interactions and pe...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Qianyi Chen

Product Designer, United States


Qianyi Chen approaches design as a way to question future possibilities through thoughtful experimentation and immersive technology. Through projects involving XR, AI, and spatial ...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Paulo Duarte Gomes de Senna Fernandes

Designer, Macau SAR


Paulo Duarte Gomes de Senna Fernandes believes strong design begins with understanding behavior, context, and logical structure before visual development takes place. Through resea...