Peiran Tan is a product and graphic designer based in San Francisco, currently at Notion. He‘s interested in systems that mass-produce beautiful and egalitarian artifacts.
Peiran writes about typography and design history with a focus on 20th century modernism. He’s an editor at The Type, an independent design media platform in China, and contributed to some of its award-winning publications.
Peiran likes hiking, kayaking, go-karting, and making coffee. He lives with his girlfriend and Slippy, a tabby cat (see a picture).
Experience
Notion
Designer, web presence 2021–Ethos
Product designer, partnerships 2020–21Dubberly Design Office
Interaction design intern 2018Lippincott
Visual communication design intern 2017Work & Co.
Design intern 2016Speaking
Automating typographic finesse on the web with variable fonts
TypeCon, Typographics TypeLab 2023.8, 2023.6Romanée & ways to look at revival fonts
Latin type design program, 3type 2023.7 Graphic design department, CCA 2022.2Published
Starting from type: how design changed life and society
Guangxi Normal University Press 2023T
The Type 2018–22, iss. 1–50 Selected in Tokyo TDC Annual Awards, 2021T 2020
The Type 2020 The Type 2020Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
MSc. Human-computer interaction 2018–20University of Washington
B.Design Visual communication design 2013–17