Andy Nguyen
UX/UI designer exploring the space between product design and engineering — shaping thoughtful digital experiences through systems, craft, and iteration.
Small interactions matter.
Selected work below ↓
Simplified a two-sided home-cleaning marketplace across booking, onboarding, and cleaner job management.
Cut CURE's auto insurance quote flow from 20 screens to 10, making complex forms easier to complete.
Designed a mobile license-scanning flow that pre-filled quote details and reduced manual entry.
Rebuilt CURE's account portal across policy, billing, claims, and mobile self-service.
WELCOME TO THE GARDEN
The first time I walked through the Portland Japanese Garden, I understood that nothing in it is decoration — every element is chosen to mean something. A garden like that compresses nature, time, and states of mind into a space you can stroll through. I try to design the same way. This site is built on three of its ideas.
Raked sand and standing stones — oceans and mountains without a drop of water. The stones are permanence; the raked lines are redrawn constantly, like thought itself; and the empty space between them, ma, matters as much as the objects. That's how I work: disciplined iteration, and the restraint to let clarity breathe.
Where the dry garden is stillness, the pond is the living counterpart. In the old story, a carp swims up a waterfall and becomes a dragon — koi stand for perseverance and transformation through effort. It's the part of the garden where change and delight are allowed to happen, and it's how I judge my work: by what it changes, not just how it looks.
The tea ceremony is built on one idea: total, unhurried attention to the person in front of you — ichigo ichie, "one time, one meeting." It's the posture I bring to research sessions and to teams. This user, this problem, this moment won't come around again, so it deserves complete presence.
In practice that looks like: partnering with founders and cross-functional teams, testing early and often, and sweating the details until products feel effortless.
· ONE TIME, ONE MEETING
I'm always open to new opportunities and interesting problems. Whether you have a project in mind or just want to say hello, I'd love to hear from you.
