From my Clients
From my BossesFrom my Colleagues
“In working closely with Lana for over 5 years, I have
continually been impressed by her design sensibility and
professionalism. Lana has very a strong design background and
is extremely grounded in design fundamentals. Further, she has
an excellent understanding of how the power of branding and
good design can help a business fulfill its goals. Lana is not only
an innovative and accomplished designer but is also a strong
leader. In collaborating with her on numerous large-scale
projects, I have been struck repeatedly by her abilities at all
levels. She is able to engage and impassion a team of
designers through concepts to implementation. The end result
of her efforts has consistently been an innovative and elegant
visual solution that has satisfied business as well as end-user
needs. I most highly recommend Lana. She will be able to
tackle any design challenge!”
“Lana has an impeccable eye for design and aesthetic value. She can communicate emotion and strong business sense with imagery and has a deep understand of user reaction to color, form, and function.”
“Lana Yu is the type of Art Director that I have found extremely rare in the interactive field. Her disciplined approach and unwavering focus on design fundamentals has provided endless opportunities for me to learn and grow as a designer. She has reinvigorated my love for design. Through her efforts to define and improve the design process she has created an environment here at Gartner that empowers the individual designer. Her vision engages the designer much earlier in the process, enabling us to be more active participants with our client. This allows us to identify and clarify what a design is meant to communicate and how to effectively organize the information. Lana's strength lies in her ability to inspire the designers she works with to approach their own designs with a more thoughtful eye. It is in this way that Lana has changed the way I approach a design problem. She has helped me to see the power of being very thoughtful about what I create. The quality of my work has improved ten-fold as a result of our collaborations. In over ten years in the industry I have never been as proud of my designs as I have in working with Lana. For that alone I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her.”
“I have worked with Lana for more than 5 years and have always been impressed by her sensible approach to complex design challenges. With every project she devoted time and attention to coming up with the best user experience and was particularly adept at working through very thorough exploratory design from wireframing to visual brand implementation. Her direction was always very thought provoking and helped me to think about design problems in new ways. Lana is a pleasure to work with and would be a benefit to any design team.”
“I'm happy to have been both Lana's friend and her co-worker. Working under Lana's direction is a lesson in professionalism. I know her to take great pride in whatever she does and it would not be her to allow anything subpar. Her character demands that she set her bar very very high, but I have always seen her clear it, through talent, hard work, and a dogged "by any means necessary" attitude. And somehow she does this without unduly stressing those in her charge. In fact, I was always motivated to match her efforts with my own.”
“I consider myself lucky to have had the opportunity to work with Lana Yu. She served as a mentor and was amazing to work with during the short period I worked with her. She was easy-going and an invaluable resource to me. Lana has the talent to inspire one's natural creativity with her thoughtful guidance. She brought me back to my design school days and nurtured my design skills to another level. She is a creative, smart, and articulate professional who combines these talents to create and implement solutions to any challenge.”
Beatriz Antelo, Interaction DesignerThese recommendations were contributed by colleagues at LinkedIn.com
