Tiffany Lai

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Tiffany is currently completing a BFA in Communications Design in the School of Design. She has always had a passion for helping others, and she found a creative outlet for that passion when she discovered design and its potential. Tiffany is not only drawn by the power of visual communication but is most interested in exploring the service and user research aspects of design. A curious learner, she enjoys picking up new skills and challenging herself. Tiffany is fascinated by the fine details of typography; she often practices handlettering and calligraphy as a form of creative expression and to better understand the details. In her spare time, she fills her happy thoughts jar and watches movies.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN AND WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?
Born in Englewood NJ and raised in Montville NJ

LEFTY OR RIGHTY?
Righty

MORNING PERSON OR NIGHT OWL?
Always a night owl

FICTIONAL OR HISTORICAL CHARACTER YOU IDENTIFY WITH?
Fa Mulan – her strength and values inspired me

FAVORITE MOVIE?
Too many but I like psychological thrillers like Inception, Memento, Source Code

FAVORITE TV SHOW TO BINGE WATCH?
Anything crime like Bones, Law and Order, Criminal Minds … or Westworld and Black Mirror

FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC?
Spotify.me tells me 68% of my music is pop; if I must say a favorite band it would be Coldplay

FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM?
I’m a guilty over-user of Snapchat and Facebook

FAVORITE FINE ARTIST?
Gabriel Picolo

LAST BOOK YOU READ?
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

FAVORITE CHARITY/CAUSE?
Compassion International and any environmental cause

FAVORITE FREE TIME ACTIVITY?
Handlettering and filling my happy thoughts jar

IF YOU WERE NOT A DESIGNER…?
Forensic science or psychology

A MANTRA OR SAYING YOU LIVE BY?
One who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

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