Aosheng Ran

I'm a software designer who loves building communal creative computing interfaces. Currently making FigJam.

Aosheng Ran

I'm a software designer who loves building communal creative computing interfaces. Currently making FigJam.

Aosheng Ran

I'm a software designer who loves building communal creative computing interfaces. Currently making FigJam.

Sprout

Founding designer

2021–2022

At Sprout, we aspired to design a cozy, playful, and humane computing medium for people to be together. We built a collaborative information tabletop as the playground to prototype new interface metaphors for multi-player spatial environment. 

Weiwei Xu

May-Li Khoe

Max Bittker

Julius Tarng

Grant Custer

Steven Kao

Alexander Wang

Anyā Likhitha

Aosheng Ran

We aimed to build an inherently collaborative medium, instead of slapping a feature layer on top of personal computing paradigms. This starts with syncing interaction states across all building blocks in the environment so that people can share one slate of attention with each other.

Cursor is an essential form of rich presence that indicates people’s location and focus. The space itself is permission-less by default to foster a sense of trust and intimacy, just like a studio where makers sit together without barriers between. 

When we recenter the focal point of the interface from viewports to people’s cursors, we can contextualize cursor movement as a form of digital body language. It helps us build better shared understanding through unspoken context, i.e. how close people are to the exit. 

Our social presence is more nuanced than being inside or outside. The space should retain such nuance as people transition between this gradient of presence. We can pull out our phone for a quick search during a conversation without getting kicked out.

Viewport indicators and cursors hanging at the edge of screen gently inform where people are in peripheral vision. These subtle way-finding cues and digital gestures like pinging are built for canvas environment to add rich context and playful expressions. 

Sprout

Founding designer

2021–2022

At Sprout, we aspired to design a cozy, playful, and humane computing medium for people to be together. We built a collaborative information tabletop as the playground to prototype new interface metaphors for multi-player spatial environment. 

Weiwei Xu

May-Li Khoe

Max Bittker

Julius Tarng

Grant Custer

Steven Kao

Alexander Wang

Anyā Likhitha

Aosheng Ran

We aimed to build an inherently collaborative medium, instead of slapping a feature layer on top of personal computing paradigms. This starts with syncing interaction states across all building blocks in the environment so that people can share one slate of attention with each other.

Cursor is an essential form of rich presence that indicates people’s location and focus. The space itself is permission-less by default to foster a sense of trust and intimacy, just like a studio where makers sit together without barriers between. 

When we recenter the focal point of the interface from viewports to people’s cursors, we can contextualize cursor movement as a form of digital body language. It helps us build better shared understanding through unspoken context, i.e. how close people are to the exit. 

Our social presence is more nuanced than being inside or outside. The space should retain such nuance as people transition between this gradient of presence. We can pull out our phone for a quick search during a conversation without getting kicked out.

Viewport indicators and cursors hanging at the edge of screen gently inform where people are in peripheral vision. These subtle way-finding cues and digital gestures like pinging are built for canvas environment to add rich context and playful expressions. 

Sprout

Founding designer

2021–2022

At Sprout, we aspired to design a cozy, playful, and humane computing medium for people to be together. We built a collaborative information tabletop as the playground to prototype new interface metaphors for multi-player spatial environment. 

Weiwei Xu

May-Li Khoe

Max Bittker

Julius Tarng

Grant Custer

Steven Kao

Alexander Wang

Anyā Likhitha

Aosheng Ran

We aimed to build an inherently collaborative medium, instead of slapping a feature layer on top of personal computing paradigms. This starts with syncing interaction states across all building blocks in the environment so that people can share one slate of attention with each other.

Cursor is an essential form of rich presence that indicates people’s location and focus. The space itself is permission-less by default to foster a sense of trust and intimacy, just like a studio where makers sit together without barriers between. 

When we recenter the focal point of the interface from viewports to people’s cursors, we can contextualize cursor movement as a form of digital body language. It helps us build better shared understanding through unspoken context, i.e. how close people are to the exit. 

Our social presence is more nuanced than being inside or outside. The space should retain such nuance as people transition between this gradient of presence. We can pull out our phone for a quick search during a conversation without getting kicked out.

Viewport indicators and cursors hanging at the edge of screen gently inform where people are in peripheral vision. These subtle way-finding cues and digital gestures like pinging are built for canvas environment to add rich context and playful expressions. 

Roller by Sprout

Founding designer

2022

Roller is a browser extension that shows people their friends’ latest Internet rabbit holes on the new tab. We built Roller as an experiment of how we can feel each other’s ambient presence on the Internet, even when apart. 

Weiwei Xu

Anyā Likhitha

Andrey Galko

Grant Custer

Julius Tarng

Aosheng Ran

Roller by Sprout

Founding designer

2022

Roller is a browser extension that shows people their friends’ latest Internet rabbit holes on the new tab. We built Roller as an experiment of how we can feel each other’s ambient presence on the Internet, even when apart. 

Weiwei Xu

Anyā Likhitha

Andrey Galko

Grant Custer

Julius Tarng

Aosheng Ran

Roller by Sprout

Founding designer

2022

Roller is a browser extension that shows people their friends’ latest Internet rabbit holes on the new tab. We built Roller as an experiment of how we can feel each other’s ambient presence on the Internet, even when apart. 

Weiwei Xu

Anyā Likhitha

Andrey Galko

Grant Custer

Julius Tarng

Aosheng Ran

Sprout Stickers

Founding designer

2022

iMessage selfie stickers. An irresistibly fun, wholesome, and annoying way to react. 🤳🏼 💥 💬

Weiwei Xu

Bill Chien

EyreFree

Ralph Li

Pojo Huang

Anthony Xu

Luella

Aosheng Ran

Sprout Stickers

Founding designer

2022

iMessage selfie stickers. An irresistibly fun, wholesome, and annoying way to react. 🤳🏼 💥 💬

Weiwei Xu

Bill Chien

EyreFree

Ralph Li

Pojo Huang

Anthony Xu

Luella

Aosheng Ran

Sprout Stickers

Founding designer

2022

iMessage selfie stickers. An irresistibly fun, wholesome, and annoying way to react. 🤳🏼 💥 💬

Weiwei Xu

Bill Chien

EyreFree

Ralph Li

Pojo Huang

Anthony Xu

Luella

Aosheng Ran

Semilattice

Prototype

2020

A collection of system and interaction concepts for personal knowledge management tools.

Semilattice

Prototype

2020

A collection of system and interaction concepts for personal knowledge management tools.

Semilattice

Prototype

2020

A collection of system and interaction concepts for personal knowledge management tools.

Intuit

Product designer

2020–2021

Contributing to core customer experiences in the Intuit ecosystem, from reusable components for all Intuit products to account management: data request, connecting people and tools to account, and more.

Andrew Firstenberger

Gordon Tsuji

Jennie Yoon

Niharika Ved

Aosheng Ran

Intuit

Product designer

2020–2021

Contributing to core customer experiences in the Intuit ecosystem, from reusable components for all Intuit products to account management: data request, connecting people and tools to account, and more.

Andrew Firstenberger

Gordon Tsuji

Jennie Yoon

Niharika Ved

Aosheng Ran

Intuit

Product designer

2020–2021

Contributing to core customer experiences in the Intuit ecosystem, from reusable components for all Intuit products to account management: data request, connecting people and tools to account, and more.

Andrew Firstenberger

Gordon Tsuji

Jennie Yoon

Niharika Ved

Aosheng Ran