Digital
CDHD - Communication and learning Helper for Deaf and Hearing people
Application for Hololens to aid Deaf people in learning and in communicating with hearing people.
Project developed during the Usability Engineering Masters course together with Pimchanok Sripraphan and Vivien Nwoye (2017).
Participated of the Accessathon - Hackathon for disabilities in Rhein-Waal University.
Digital
CDHD - Communication and learning Helper for Deaf and Hearing people
Application for Hololens to aid Deaf people in learning and in communicating with hearing people.
Project developed during the Usability Engineering Masters course together with Pimchanok Sripraphan and Vivien Nwoye (2017).
Participated of the Accessathon - Hackathon for disabilities in Rhein-Waal University.
About me
Hi!
My name is Liane Sayuri Honda and although my family has japanese roots, I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2016 I moved to Germany, where I live ever since.
I have the Human-centered Design Process and the Double Diamond Design Process as basic approach and I am passionate about solving problems.
My core values are fairness, honesty and empathie. I am also an advocate of sustainable development.
My skills
I am a versatile professional with a variety of skills acquired due to professional/personal interest or project needs.
UX/UI design
user research
user journey
storyboarding
wireframing
low & high fidelity prototyping
user testing
interaction design
product design
3D modeling
graphic design (digital & print)
branding
packaging
digital fabrication
basic electronics
programming (Javascript, HTML, CSS, React, ThreeJS, R3F)
editorial design
animation
video editing
illustration
sustainability management
process management
project lead
workshop lead
Education
Environment and Sustainability Management
alfatraining
Germany, 2025
Professional qualification course focused on sustainability management, environmental protection in business, process management and business planning.
MSc. Usability Engineering
Rhein-Waal University
Germany, 2021
Masters programm focused on UX and Human-centered design processes and methods.
Fabricademy
Fab Lab Kamp-Lintfort
Germany, 2017
6 months international academy focused on digital fabrication applied on textiles and wearables.
B.A. in Design
University of São Paulo (USP)
Brazil, 2014
Bachelor programm with a holistic approach. Focused on the design process in different projects as graphics, industrial products, urbanism, audiovisual among others.
All just rubbish?
ETH Sustainability Zurich
Switzerland, 2011
Summer school about sustainable product design
Working Experience
Starting in 2007, I was an intern in two graphic design agencies in São Paulo.
From 2011 to 2014 I worked in a design agency focused on retail design, where I developed projects as retail furnitures and indoor communication using 3D and CAD softwares.
From 2014 to 2016 I was employed as designer in a toy company called Multikids, where I was in charge of the branding, packagings, marketing and products development.
In 2018 I worked as an interaction designer in a 3 months programm called Digital Product School, based in Munich. This programm involved the development of a digital product while offering several workshops in digital prototyping, AI, UX design, Design Thinking and Agile methologies and processes.
From October of 2018 until April 2019 I worked as an assistant in Fab Lab Kamp-Lintfort, participating in several practical and educational projects, which led me to lead a summer course in Dubai about digital fabrication in textiles in 2019.
In 2020 I got invovled in the project Fabulaser, working as a UX/UI designer to develop the laser cutter assembly manual, together with my colleague, while taking care of the branding and marketing.
From 2022 until January of 2024, I was employed at InMachines as a Development Engineer, focusing on the documentation of open-source machines and machine-building workshops. For that, I designed and coded an online 3D assembly manual, in cooperation with my colleague.
Inbetween, from 2023 and end of 2024, I reduced the InMachines employment to 50% to work in a part-time role at Hochschule Rhein-Waal as a project manager in the Euregional Sustainability Center project.
In 2025 I followed my interests in sustainability and project management and completed a professional qualification 4-months-course in Environment & Sustainability Management, and business planning.
In parallel, since 2016 until the present I also occasionally work as a freelance designer.
Interests
Outside work, I value peace and fun times with friends.
I appreciate music and dancing. Curiously, I was a professional Hip Hoo dancer for ten years, before graduating from my Bachelor.
Aligned with design I enjoy art and crafts: drawing, painting, sewing cute figures in felt and any other sort of creative activity and handwork.
I am also very interested in psychology and human behaviour, which led me choose "Design for Sustainable Behaviour" as Master Thesis topic. I also enjoy reading research articles and books on this topic.
With my friends, I love to play board games, which involves strategic thinking and social interaction.
My greater motivation is to learn as much as I can and develop meaningful products that might make a difference (even if small) in this world.
