Jason Hsin · Staff Product Designer
Mundane Workshop is the portfolio of Jason Hsin, a staff product designer building delightful consumer experiences. The site is an interactive 3D galaxy; each planet is a project.
About Jason Hsin
Jason Hsin is a staff product designer building delightful consumer experiences. Based in Los Angeles, he is currently working independently as Mundane Workshop, creating digital products that solve everyday problems.
He has over ten years of experience across social media, entertainment, AR and VR, voice control, IoT, AI and automotive. He studied illustration and entertainment design at Art Center College of Design.
How he designs
- Design should serve a purpose: to entertain, educate, alleviate or empower.
- Design should delight, whether it is a utility, a lesson or a game.
- Design should be obsessive. If he isn't engrossed by the problem, he won't work on it.
Selected work
Josh.ai: Founding Designer, 2015 to 2022
Jason built the brand and product line from zero to segment leadership. The company reached $10M+ in annual revenue and 30+ full-time employees, and 70% of luxury smart home installations include Josh.ai. He designed for homeowners and for the B2B partners who installed the products: small business owners and technicians. He holds two patents on Josh Micro (US D855,583 and US 10,345,773). Read the Josh.ai case study.
Meta Horizon Worlds: Product Design Lead, 2.5 years
Jason led design for seasonal quests in Horizon Worlds, working with a cross-functional team across engineering, research, art, QA and management. He shipped a quest system adopted by both first-party and third-party developers, and an Avatar inventory for owned items. He defined the north star for platform monetization and presented to VP-level leadership to steer Metaverse initiatives. He also worked on player experience and the Meta Quest operating system. Read the Meta Horizon Worlds case study.
Slate Auto: UX Designer, 6 months
Jason owned the UX and UI of Slatemaker, the online car configurator behind more than 160,000 paid reservations and over $4B in potential order value. He worked with research, art, engineering and a third-party vendor. Read the Slate Auto case study.
Beyond product
Jason mentors students at Art Center College of Design and has given talks at Meta on LEGO and design systems. He organized TEDxACCD: Systems by Design, a conference on the dissolving borders between disciplines, created by a 23-student studio course. He drove creative direction and onboarded the keynote speakers.
Work with Jason
Jason is looking for full-time and contract roles on ambitious projects in tech, entertainment, media, industry, defense, transportation, consumer and growth markets. Schedule a call or email jason@mundanework.shop. You can also connect on LinkedIn or send a message through the HoloNet.