A Toolkit for Designers in Startups.

1. Design, in Startups

2. Amy Ngai
@

3. Amy Ngai

4. Amy Ngai
2005 - 2010
Interactive Arts & Technology:
Interaction Design & New Media

5. 2005 - 2010

6. 2005 - 2010
Seattle Design
Charette:
Mentor
Field School:
Italia, Gruppo Sei
Grad Studies:
Tangibles
Directed Studies:
Everyday Design
Teaching
Assistant:
IAT 338

7. - 2010

8. - 2010

9. - 2010
Service
Design Intern

10. - 2010
Specialist on
the Business
Team

11. - 2010
UX Design
Intern

12. Amy Ngai
@

14. Axiom Zen is an idea catalyst; we launch iconic products, brands, and
companies working in partnership with the world’s leading innovators. Our
team members have worked with industry titans and fast-growing startups
alike - Apple, Google, Facebook, Etsy, Baidu, and EA, among others - and hail
from every corner of the globe.
We are a team of 30+ engineers and creatives based in beautiful Vancouver,
British Columbia. We operate with a flat hierarchy, a collaborative culture, and
a focus on results. We like to build products that millions of people love to use,
products that make the world more efficient and delightful.

15. External Projects
Internal Project:
Zenhub.io
New Technologies

16. Axiom Zen is an idea catalyst; we launch iconic products, brands, and
companies working in partnership with the world’s leading innovators. Our
team members have worked with industry titans and fast-growing startups
alike - Apple, Google, Facebook, Etsy, Baidu, and EA, among others - and hail
from every corner of the globe.
We are a team of 30+ engineers and creatives based in beautiful Vancouver,
British Columbia. We operate with a flat hierarchy, a collaborative culture,
and a focus on results. We like to build products that millions of people love
to use, products that make the world more efficient and delightful.

17. Startups

18. Being a “T”-shaped designer

19. Tools
Rapid Visualization &
Communication
Information Architecure,
Content Strategy, User
Experience & Interface
Design
Collaboration,
Development &
Engineering

20. Tools
Drawing
Graph paper, Markers,
Konigi, Illustrator
Research
Typeform, SurveyMonkey
Inspirations
dribbble, Behance,
smashingmagazine, twitter,
fastco. etc.
Wireframes
Illustrator, Axure,
Omnigraffle, Balsamic,
user flows, responsive web
Prototyping
Flinto, Proto.io, framerjs,
keynote
Presentation
InDesign, Keynote
Content Strategy
Google Drive
Interface
Photoshop, Illustrator
Collaboration
Zenhub.io, Slack, Basecamp,
Hangouts
Development
HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
Bootstrap

21. Manage Freedom
Manage Time
Manage Communication

22. Startups are hard.

23. Be humble, but be hungry.

24. Thanks.

25. info@axiomzen.co
axiomzen.co
Amy Ngai
@amyngai
amyngai.com