Peiran Tan is a product and graphic designer based in San Francisco. He‘s interested in systems of mass production with beautiful and egalitarian results.
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
2021–
Notion
Interaction designer
2020
Ethos
Product designer
2018
Dubberly Design Office
Design intern
2017
Lippincott
Design intern
Published
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
2023
Romanée & ways to look at revival fonts
3type Latin type design school
This site
Design & development
Peiran Tan
Typeface
Neue Frutiger