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 - Natalie Steger and Annika Götz

BADESOFA, United States


Co-founders Natalie Steger and Annika Götz, with backgrounds in textile development and qualitative market research, set out to solve the discomfort of traditional bathtubs. Their...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Danting Li

SparksGlo LLC, United States


Danting Li is a senior graphic designer and co-founder of SparksGlo LLC, working across branding, packaging, typography, and digital design. Her practice focuses on translating cul...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Boyuan Guo (Bill)

Product Designer, United States


Boyuan Guo (Bill) is a product designer focused on education technology, currently working on PLUS, an AI-augmented tutoring platform. His approach centers on structuring how infor...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Yuewei Shi

Designer, United States


Yuewei Shi is a New York–based designer and illustrator specializing in packaging and brand experience design across beauty, wellness, and lifestyle sectors. Her work combines vi...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Fan Na, Yile Zhang, Sijing (Clair) Sun, and Helen Tsui

Designers, United States


Fan Na, Yi-le Zhang, Sijing (Clair) Sun, and Helen Tsui are product and AI designers working across fintech, enterprise AI, cloud infrastructure, and financial services. Their comb...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Yuanqing Yao

Designer, United States


Yuanqing Yao is a multidisciplinary designer and strategist who focuses on people’s emotional responses and their relationship with fast-paced urban living. Her work often aims t...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Ernest Hui

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong SAR


Ernest Hui, Head of Design at Cathay, builds his work around a clear purpose: creating moments that genuinely help people in their day-to-day lives. Ernest’s work on “Motion Dr...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Robbie Cabral

BenjiLock, United States


Robbie Cabral, founder and inventor of BenjiLock, turned a common gym frustration into a groundbreaking biometric security device. His focus on practical problem-solving led to a l...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Dalia Forman

Dalia Forman Design, United States


Dalia Forman blends her Argentine background with her New York design education to create interiors shaped by art and cultural influence. Her work centers on homes that feel comfor...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Chengxi Yang, Yalai Pang and Zhehan Xu

Designers, United States


With foundations in engineering, architecture, and machine learning, Chengxi Yang, Yalai Pang, and Zhehan Xu bring a wide spread of perspectives into today’s digital design lands...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Ziyi Wang, Zhixuan Zhang, Hanzhen Zhao and Fan Zhang

Designers, United States


Ziyi Wang, Zhixuan Zhang, Hanzhen Zhao and Fan Zhang...

Design Awards Winner Interview - Viacheslav Derzhaiev

Product Designer, United States


Product designer and entrepreneur Viacheslav Derzhaiev combines his early creative roots with deep business acumen. His journey from agency work to fintech startups allows him to c...