Reimagine the Future with Design

Vergil Shi
Product Designer @ Adobe Photoshop
Interaction Design BFA @ California College of the Arts

Photoshop Product Design

Eight years designing Adobe Photoshop across desktop, iPad, and iPhone — spanning core editing, typography, AI-powered creative workflows, and connected experiences.

AI rapid prototyping: Claude Code / Codex / HTML / CSS / JavaScript
Figma & product design: Interaction design / Design systems / High-fidelity prototyping
Product scope: Core editing / AI-assisted creativity / Text & typography / Cross-platform & cross-app workflows

Graphic / Visual Design

A series of graphic and visual designs utilizing the design knowledge learned and the accumulated visual experience.

Skills: Typography / Branding / Visual iteration

Tools: Photoshop / Illustrator

Favorite graphic designers: Yusaku Kamekura, Asao Tokolo, Yui Takada

Traditional / Digital Paintings

Exploration and study of artistic things in spare time, such as traditional and digital paintings.

Skills: Digital drawing / Pencil sketching / Acrylic painting / Oil painting / Color theory / Projection and perspective principles / Art history

Tools: Adobe Fresco / Procreate / Pencil and paper / Brushes and Paints

Favorite artists: Katherine Bradford / Yoshitaka Amano / Yasunari Ikenaga / Ayami Kojima

Digital Photography

Daily photographs to express the aesthetic perception of fragments in everyday life.

Skills: Digital imaging / Lenses

Tools: iPhone X / Fujifilm X Series / Lightroom / VSCO

Favorite photographers: Petra Collins / Kotori Kawashima / Toshiaki Kitaoka / Ittetsu Matsuoka

College Project Archives

A collection of design projects at California College of the Arts that reveals the journey of learning and practicing interaction design.

Password required to view the design process and details.

Courses completed: Visual communication / User interface design / Interactive prototyping / Responsive web design / Front-end development

Reading List

A personal reading list.

  • POSEUTEO POSTER: Contemporary Poster Designs from Korea — victionary

  • POSUTĀ POSTER: Contemporary Poster Designs from Japan — victionary

  • CodeCrafted: Generative Design in Branding — victionary

  • Articulating Design Decisions — Tom Greever

  • BACON ICE CREAM — Yoshiyuki Okuyama

  • Katsuya Terada SKETCH — Katsuya Terada

Listening List

What have been listening to recently.