Kessel Run · Jigsaw
U.S. Air Force tanker mission-planning tool. I led the Map View design: live routes, waypoints and fuel math for tanker planners.
Denise Ngo
Product Designer
From Air Force mission planning to patient billing, I design products people can trust.
Denise Ngo
product designer · rn → ux
- Design
- Figma, design systems, user research
- Build
- Claude Code, agentic workflows
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07 projectsRotation
A closet and outfit app that helps people style what they already own and shop for the pieces that would add the most new outfits. Designed with retailers like Gap in mind, from concept to a live web and phone app in one week.
Regibee
A registry app that puts items from any store on one page, with room for secondhand gifts. I designed it and built the front end, then used it for my own baby shower.
Truffle Health
NY healthtech startup — redesigned the website, design system and bill-review flow so patients can understand, reduce and pay medical bills. Became Truffle's highest-converting landing page.
Kessel Run · Route Calculator
A route and fuel calculation API for USAF mission planning, and the interface I designed to test it, which shaped what it could do.
Disneyland App
Design critique of Genie+ in the Disneyland app. 6 interviews, a leaner IA, and a home screen and map that make Lightning Lane booking obvious for first-time visitors.
Paper & Milk
The sticker shop I started in 2016 as a hobby: whimsical stickers for the paper planner community, designed by me and grown to 11,000+ sales.
// about_denise
RN-turned-designer who designs for clarity, care, and real-world impact.
I'm a product designer with a passion for creating healthier lives for the people around me. From a 1,000-person software company supporting the U.S. Air Force, to a NY healthtech startup making medical bills simpler for patients, to my own stationery brand — I bring domain depth most designers don't have.
First-generation Chinese-Vietnamese American, raised by a single mother. I taught myself design after my stationery brand took off, and I never looked back. My nursing background means I take complex, high-stakes systems seriously — I've lived in them.
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UX/UI Design · User Research · Prototyping
Design Systems · Figma · Wireframing
AI UX · AI-assisted build
# domain depth
Healthtech · Defense/Enterprise · Consumer
# process
Discovery · Synthesis · Iteration · Delivery
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Figma · FigJam · Maze · Miro
Notion · Linear · GitHub · Vercel
Claude Code
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