about me

designer

digital humanist

cafe goer

today

Hey, I'm Mané, a designer based in LA. I've designed for Samsung, StudyFetch and currently NOMO. I graduated from UCLA in Psychology (focus on Cognitive Psychology) and minor in Digital Humanities. I care about how people think, feel, and move through the world, so I studied it.

my journey

I grew up in Armenia in what essentially was my dad’s art studio (our balcony). He was a mechanical engineer and wood carver. My mom was also an engineer, and my grandma a seamstress.

Discovering product design felt like meeting someone you feel like you've always known, it's everything I'd spent my life building: creating through intention, taste, and understanding.

why I design

I went to visit my childhood home 6 years ago, and everything was the same as when we left, including the piece of wood with our apartment number on our entrance door. My dad carved it. I asked him why, and his answer was the exact reason I'm a designer. He you told me "everything that exists has been designed, one way or another". I realized that this was my goal, to make sure the things that exist because of me, exist with intention.

I went to visit my childhood home 6 years ago, and everything was the same as when we left, including the piece of wood with our apartment number on our entrance door. My dad carved it. I asked him why, and his answer was the exact reason I'm a designer. He you told me everything that exists has been designed, one way or another. I realized that this was my goal, to make sure the things that exist because of me, exist with intention.