Peiran Tan is an interaction and graphic designer based in Seattle. He believes that effective human collaboration and rational planning can yield beautiful results even with minimal resources.
Peiran writes about typography and design history with a focus on 20th century modernism. He writes & edits for 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 coffee. He lives with his girlfriend and Slippy, a tabby cat (see a picture).
Work
2024–
ClickUp
Senior product designer
2021
Notion
Senior interaction designer
2020
Ethos
Product designer
2018
Dubberly Design Office
Design intern
2017
Lippincott
Design intern
Published
2026
A New Program for Graphic Design by David Reinfurt
Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin
Proofreader, Chinese edition
2023
Starting from type: how design changed life and society by The Type
Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin
Contributor
2020
T 2020
Contributor / Book design
2018–
Journal T, iss. 1–50
Editor / Contributor / Graphic design
Selected in Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2021
Speaking
2025
Base and superstructure: a decade of looking at and writing about fonts
School of Design, University of Washington
2023
Romanée & ways to look at revival fonts
3type Latin type design school
This site
Design & development
Peiran Tan
Special thanks to
Eric Nagy
Typeface
Neue Frutiger