Chloe’s background has always been rooted in design and technology. As a Korean American Visual/User Experience Designer she has long enjoyed drawing, coding and photography and studied design and technology at The New School in New York.

“I believe that having studied these disciplines from a young age helped pave my career path in design and technology. My design philosophy is to create things that are emotionally rich and grounded in meaning,” Chloe says.


Sticking true to her philosophy, Chloe is the founder of HugMatch, an interactive toy especially focused on the experience of visually impaired children ages 2-5 years old. The goal is to support each child’s sense of touch and hearing while developing their ability to socially interact alongside their cognitive, psychosocial and physical development.

With 8 years' worth of experience working at places including Amazon, IBM Watson and now at Deloitte as a Senior User Experience Designer, when the pandemic shut everything down, it made sense for Chloe to use that time doing a short course that would both be something she’d enjoy doing, but also a course that will give her skills she can apply to her other projects.

Chloe loved that she was able to learn among like-minded creatives from across the globe. Something she wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise. “I loved studying with my classmates! I enjoy learning with students from different cultural backgrounds generally and I can learn from them as well. Most were in the design/illustrative fields, so I was able to interact and connect with creatives such as myself.”
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Chloe is actively putting the new skills she learned in 2D animation into her next big venture. “With the motion graphics skills I developed through this course, I am now utilising them to develop a mobile app, including 2D character animation and video prototyping!” She adds that she's also applying these newly acquired skills into her continued work on HugMatch and says her goal is help children with visual impairments learn just like everyone else.
When asked if she would recommend other students to consider doing a short course, Amna’s simple answer was “Just do it!”. While Chloe echoes those sentiments now that she’s done the short course, she admits she initially has her reservations. “I was a bit hesitant because of the time difference [Chloe had to wake up at 4am to attend the course in real-time from New York] but you get the rare opportunity to study with passionate individuals in the same field from around the world. Education is truly the one great equaliser.”

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