Design. Education. Web3. God-man team! Ang Design is Angela Grace Garong's personal brand. She believes that having a growth mindset is essential.
She teaches non-designers how to unlock their potential (to solve problems) with great design and aims to help organizations advance their digital transformation and readiness in the post-pandemic world. To keep honing her chosen craft, she takes on opportunities to practice Product Design (UI/UX), working on both strategy and ground work. Her focus now and where she sees herself in the future is
05/05/2023
Training future designers, with utmost support and solid network, is what we do. Thanks to UX+ University for trusting me and helping me realize what used to be just a dream. Four batches and counting. Excited for the next one! 🥳
Services offered: Group class, One-on-one mentoring
📸 UX+ University
🌍 Manila, Philippines
👩🏻💻 Since May 2021
03/04/2023
Ngl. Deciding to work with HawkLabs has been a leap of faith. It turned out to be one of my biggest and best decisions since going independent. Always fun spending time with this awesome team 🚀
Services offered: Web3 Product Design (Web and mobile), UX, UI, Branding
📸 HawkLabs
🌍 Manila, Philippines
👩🏻💻 Since Oct 2021
06/04/2020
Galaw-galaw. Inom tubig. Kain! 😊
One advantage of working from home is increased productivity (They say. Haha!) Like a lot of managers worry that their employees won’t work but in reality what could be worry-some is that if their employees get too focused in their work and forget taking breaks or forget “stopping” to work, it can lead to burnout AND since the managers don’t see them face to face, they won’t notice the non-verbal signs of burnout 🤷🏻♀️😔🙏🏼
So...
💛 If you handle a team, please don’t forget to check in with your members. Really make time to know how they are! Not ask lang for the sake of asking
💛 If you’re an individual contributor, wag masyado subsob sa work! Hehe
Let’s be grateful we get to work from home but not forget to take care of ourselves and consider the needs of others too. We’ll get through this 💯
16/03/2020
🚨 It's March 17, 2020, 00:00 MNL time and the Enhanced Community Quarantine all over Luzon has just begun 🚨
So here's a challenge... pwedeng individually or as a company! (Pero start with ourselves diba? Hehe)
🤔 How might we make the most out of our situation during the covid-19 pandemic?
Alam namin mahirap. Ramdam din namin. Kahit na the sad reality is, mas marami pang iba na grabeng apektado than us na nagagawa pang mag-Facebook, scroll-scroll lang, or mag-Netflix daw sa couch. For us...
👉🏼 It's not just “stay at home” but more of "stuck at home", para na rin sa safety ng mas nakararami
👉🏼 We're flooded with negative news... isama mo pa fake news
👉🏼 Aside from our moves being limited, supplies are limited too! Remember, this quarantine is subject for review on a day to day basis. Pwede ma-stop, pwede rin ma-extend
👉🏼 There is so much freedom (that most of us are not used to having). Relate? wfh ftw!
👉🏼 Nasasabayan pa ng ibang bagay yung covid-19. May bird flu pa, may mga sunog pa, may power interruptions pa!
We cannot control what the world throws us but we can control what we produce out of whatever the situation we are in.
So... Garbage in, gold out! Kaya? 💛
Stay safe, everyone! And stay creative 😊🙏🏼
17/02/2020
Yes, mahirap. Pero kaya yan. Kaya 😊
If you're just starting...
If you're a career shifter...
If you've just gotten out of your comfort zone...
If you're exploring something you haven't done before...
If you're resting...
If you're tired and are recovering...
If you're thinking of quitting...
If you're actually doing good right now...
Or even if you're none of the above...
It's okay! Keep going 💛
You're doing a good job even if all you did today was to breathe and choose to stay 🙏🏼
Let's build small habits rather than try to do "big changes". Let's not be hard on ourselves and most especially not compare ourselves with others.
Each of us is on our own unique journey yet we are never alone 💞
05/02/2020
🎶 Bakit ba ang hirap-hirap
Magsabi nang diretsahan?
'Di pagkakaunawaan
Pwede sanang pag-usapan
Tahan, pwede pa bang malaman?
Laman ng iyong isipan
Para walang maling akala 🎶
- Masyado Pang Maaga, Ben&Ben
Intindihin muna natin ano yung problema, bago tayo mag-jump to solution, yes? 😅
🤯 Ganun din sa design, sa code, or actually sa kahit anong work, applicable din!
Even though it seems like common sense, a lot of people still jump to creating solutions without UNDERSTANDING the problem first. Bakit kaya? Posibleng dahil:
💯 Wala na raw kasi time
💯 Excited i-try yung new technology
💯 May "expert" na sa team, alam na nya agad ih
💯 Di lang talaga aware na understanding ang first step
And more reasons.
👉🏼 If isa ka sa mga nakakaintindi na, that's so good!
😇 Don't hate. Educate.
Since naiintindihan na natin yung importance ng pag-intindi muna sa problem, let's do our best to make other people see the value of doing such thing. It takes... patience, a lot of PATIENCE. We know! It's not easy. But we can do it. At the end of the day, kindness wins 💛
👉🏼 If isa ka naman sa di pa nakakaintindi nun, it's okay also. Every moment is an opportunity to learn.
💕 We just have to be open to new things and slowly embrace the fact that it is only by truly CARING for our customers that we are able to provide them real value.
And that the first step to caring is LISTENING.
👂🏽 Let's listen first. Ano ba yung problema? Before we create or offer a solution.
31/01/2020
"I choose understanding over speed, every single time" - Chris Do: Business Designer
Sharing with you today the best advice that Chris Do's coach has given him: "Don't guess, ask."
Why share? Because we can totally relate to the advice given and we do this too! It helped us. It helps us. And we can assure you that it will help you too 💛
How many times have we tried guessing?
😬 Siguro ganito...
😬 Baka ganyan...
😬 Diba sa previous project... so ngayon...
😬 Ito need nila siguro...
😬 Feeling ko ito yung makakatulong sa kanila...
Stop.
✋🏼 It's okay to ask. Actually, it's best to ask!
But of course...
🚨 What clients *say* they need or want are NOT always what they need!!!
It is still our job to UNCOVER what their underlying needs are and recommend solutions that would ultimately solve their problem 💯
👂🏽 Overall, listening will save us a lot of time... and money!
29/01/2020
💛 Sharing with you a photo of us last Friday after finishing a 2-day workshop. All smiles!
✨ Definitely, not our usual workshop, but that's what we do anyway. We contextualize design training and innovation workshops for you!
🧳 Organization: ATRIEV Computer Training Center for the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV I.T. Center for the Blind)
🙋🏻♀️ Participants: 12 Teachers (7 totally blind, 5 low vision)
🖍 Design Training: Unboxing User Experience (UX)
🏅 Level: Awareness
More details about this workshop and its outcome soon!
🤔 QUESTION: Curious about how User Experience can help your organization? Let's unbox it there. Message us! Usap tayo. Let's see how we can work together to further your success.
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💡 Thinking of doing more of these. Hmm.
Unboxing UX for...
Financial Advisers?
Data Scientists?
Software Engineers?
Restaurateurs?
Product Managers?
What do you think? Unboxing UX for ________. Share in the comments below!