Fang Xu — Product Designer & Design Engineer
Hi, I'm Fang Xu — a senior product designer + design engineer hybrid.
I design the human-in-the-loop layer for agentic AI workflows, and work directly
in the repo to ship the production front-end myself in Claude Code and Codex.
5+ years across enterprise data tools, award-winning consumer apps
(Red Dot, iF), and AI‑native products with agentic workflows.
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Composing Agents
As founding designer at Cereus, an early-stage AI security startup, I design the human-in-the-loop layer that keeps a multi-agent AI workflow legible, verifiable, and steerable — defining how an expert reads, trusts, and directs a team of autonomous agents.
Shaping Simplicity
I make complex, high-stakes products feel effortless and trustworthy — sweating the details that lower cognitive load, set clear expectations, and earn user confidence. Work recognized by international design juries.
Directing Attention
AI can generate endless work. The real challenge is deciding what deserves human attention. For Prio, I designed an AI-native CRM where autonomous agents prepare, prioritize, and explain the work — turning overnight execution into a focused, reviewable workday.
Orchestrating Complexity
I sit close to enterprise users to learn how they really work, then turn tangled B2B processes and fragmented requirements into intuitive interaction models and system behavior — with data visualization as the layer that finally makes it all readable.
Accelerating Creation
I've gone from Figma prototypes, to fluent GitHub Copilot, to Claude Code — where I spec the design and ship the front-end myself, packaging each design as a reusable skill engineers plug in directly. The workflow is still evolving.
Coming soonLoop - AI-Matched Outdoor Adventures
Volume Walks - AI-Powered Chart Build
BlindsWorth - AI-Powered E-Commerce Build
Designing with Data, Building with AI
Systems-first — I turn tangled complexity into one coherent, scalable system.
I design horizontal platform systems for data-dense, workflow-heavy B2B products — turning tangled technical problems into interfaces that feel clear, predictable, and trustworthy. I've done it as a founding designer at early-stage startups and as the platform owner inside a large data organization — the same systems instinct, at every scale.
My approach is systems-first: I sit close to the people who live inside the product, untangle how the pieces really connect, and design the information architecture, interaction model, and visual language as one coherent system. Then I stay for the build — in the repo, closing the gap between design intent and what actually ships.
Clarity over complexity — design should guide, not overwhelm.
Intelligence with lightness — smart tools don’t have to feel heavy.
Multidisciplinary by design — bridging data, AI, and human experience.
Let's build something together — reach me anytime.
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There is a life beyond the work.
I'm rooted in both design and engineering.
My practice moves across disciplines and scales.
Behind the lens, I keep observing.
In the wilderness, my head clears.