Ladan Johari



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Hi! My name is Ladan.


I'm a Spatial UX Designer (AR/VR), UX researcher and Front-end Engineer in Davis, CA. Currently I'm focusing on:

  • Software mockups and UI/UX prototyping in Figma and SwiftUI
  • 3D modeling and prototyping with Rhino
  • Exploring light in AR/VR spaces in Unity

I'm deeply enthused about design and prototyping to enhance consumer software and productivity tools.


You should follow me on Twitter here: @LadanJohari


You can find me on other places too:

A browser for interlinked documents (Figma mockup of the "Co-scrolling document viewer")


As a side project I made a Figma prototype of a document browser to make it easier to browser interlinked documents.


  • Alejandra has multiple tabs open and is having a hard time finding related materials for her research.
  • As she scrolls down, she gets more overwhelmed by the extensive content she needs to review for her project.
  • Alejandra uses the Co-Scrolling tool and easily finds all the related links and references in one unified platform.
  • This platform allows her to browse with more efficiency and can significantly improve her research quality.

Interactive Figma wireframes

User persona

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VR Peep Box

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Mobile Workstation (group project)


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SyDUVoN2B68AIBdu15yikm2ZpnjKfzc6gj9AL7mI7dI/edit?usp=sharing

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Sculpture Garden

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Sculpture Garden

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SwiftUI

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(Essay) Time planning tools: From presenting raw information to synthesizing candidate solutions

I wrote an essay that provides a taxonomy of time planning tools. For each

  • Type A: Tools that present raw information with no assistance and expect the user to find the solution
  • Type B: Tools that find a solution given a high-level criteria from the user
  • Type C: Tools that proactively predict the intent of the user and provide solutions
You can read the document on Google Docs.

Skills

  • Software Engineering
    • Fullstack software engineering
      • Frontend engineering
        • SwiftUI
        • React.js
      • Backend engineering
        • Express.js
        • SQLite
    • AR/VR
      • Masters thesis on moodlighting in VR
      • Virtual Sculpture Garden
    • UI/UX design, UI/UX research and Product Design
      • Interlinked multimedia
        • A browser for interlinked documents
          • Product pitch video
          • User study
          • Figma mockups
        • A vide player for interlinked videos
          • Product pitch video
          • User study
          • Figma mockups
        • A player for interlinked podcasts
          • Product pitch video
          • User study
          • Figma mockups
  • Industrial design and architecture
    • CAD and Revit prototypes
    • 3D printing
    • Origami sculptures
    • Blender
  • Fine arts and studio practice
    • Wearable Sculptures
    • Ceramics Sculptures
    • Bronze Sculptures

Product Design • UI/UX prototyping in Figma

A vide player for interlinked videos

  • Poster
  • Pitch video
  • User study
  • Figma files

An audio player for interlinked podcasts

  • Poster
  • Pitch video
  • User study
  • Figma files

AR/VR

Ladan in the design studio

Use of light in VR (with user study)




Sculptures

Prior to frontend engineering, I was an architect and a sculptor. View my sculpture portfolio.