Anna Fung Design | About Me


Bio		My name is Anna Fung and I am a *seasoned* user experience and interface designer with over ten years of professional experience in the creative design industry. I started my design career in print - creating logos and brochures, and advertisements for magazines - and now my passion is in designing and developing useful and usable websites and web-based applications. I love to work with diverse people and provide clients with well thought out technical and creative solutions for their business challenges. I am a true believer in that "anything is possible." If there's anything to be solved, I will figure it out! Currently, I am working as a senior designer for the world's second largest biotech, Genentech Inc., since 2004. Prior to Genentech, I contracted at various corporations such as BEA Systems, Inc., ConnectSix, and Kennedy/Jenks Consultants as well as worked as a freelance designer on challenging and rewarding projects for financial institutions, small businesses, and my favorite - the Pasadena Unified School Destrict website. During the dotcom days, I worked as a visual designer for a wonderful web agency/internet consultancy called Groundswell and I will always be grateful for having experienced the opportunity of working with some fantastic teams and talented individuals on exciting and challenging projects. Prior to Groundswell, I worked as a web designer at Kaiser Permanente for two years where we were all busy developing web standards and solutions for Y2K. Before 1998, I was a graphic designer creating corporate identity systems for a print shop in Hayward, CA as well as ads for the Computer Currents Magazine in Berkeley, CA.

Things I Like to Do to Keep My Creative Juices Flowing		Traveling, sight-seeing, learning new cultures, and capturing those experiences and images with my digital Canon ELPH ... then sharing them on Flickr. Spending time with family and friends ... including my favorite canine duo and feathered friends. Meeting other creative folks at design events and conferences. Reading books and tons of architectural magazines - Faves: Trends, Dwell, Houses, Metropolitan Home ... Listening to favorite songs on my iPod and snowboarding! Gardening, painting, and making hand-made greeting cards for friends and family.

Fun Facts		I ran track for 5 years while in school. My height did not give me any competitive advantage (except for when the wind was blowing at its strongest) but I was damn fast when I was racing with the fastest opponents! These days I aspire to work with a team that is largely more talented than me, so that I may continue to develop my skills, abilities, and creative vision. On the other side of the coin, I love to work with interns and junior designers because I like to mentor them and I learn tremendously from them as well as enjoy their refreshing enthusiasm, creative energy and positive, can-do attitude. I tried my hand at acting and was a "reveller" in the blockbuster hit Matrix: Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. I met Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, and the crew ... they are a very talented, athletic, and patient bunch (you have to be when you're repeating your lines all day). I have a fascination with nature, clouds and water (ocean, waves, rivers, waterfalls).