A designer and film composer drawn to experience design as a tool for storytelling and bringing people together in digital and physical spaces.

Empathy and accessibility at the core. When it comes to crafting experiences, I obsess over details, experimenting with micro interactions that make technology approachable and heartfelt.

With a background in economics and consumer psychology, I balance user needs and business goals and constraints.

Human-Human Interaction. Studying HCI, I realized most of it comes down to understanding people. I'm especially interested in designing creative technologies that make blank pages less scary and support artists bring their ideas to life.

A question I've been asking myself recently is: How can technology be used to augment human-human interaction? How can technology give more than it takes?

My other research interests include algorithmic agency, immersive storytelling, and accessibility.

Outside of design, I make music for film and enjoy collaborating with other artists. Music and film have shaped how I design by teaching me to engage emotions through storytelling. Every note, every pause, every chord is thoughtfully placed to guide the emotions.

John Williams once said that film music should be "unconsciously heard," and Don Norman that "Good design is invisible." Music and design are vastly different mediums, but they share the delicate art of remaining supportive but non-intrusive.

By experimenting with the sound of a soft click, dynamic music, or gentle haptic feedback, my contribution is to "score" my designs the way a film composer would score a film.

product design / creative technologist roles starting Summer 2027, and I'm willing to relocate. My inbox is always open at junga@wustl.edu, whether it's about a role, a collaboration, or just to talk design and music. Would love to chat! ◡̈