DANIEL YOUNG

VISUAL INTERACTION DESIGNER

by Peg Lopata

Daniel Young is good at making connections between seemingly unconnected things. He’s studied many different subjects, such as music, psychology, graphic design, information technology, and languages. Currently, he’s a senior interaction designer at Google Switzerland. His job involves “making it easier and more enjoyable to buy things on Google.” But he’s also an artist whose creations connect art and data. That may sound complicated, but Young says his work is about making things simpler. DO YOU COMBINE ART AND DATA IN YOUR JOB AT GOOGLE? Yes. For the past five years I’ve worked as an interaction designer with Google. I draw the user interface—that’s what you actually see on a device screen. SO WHEN WE’RE SEARCHING ONLINE, YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT HOW THE PAGE LOOKS. WHAT LED TO YOUR INTEREST IN THIS TYPE OF…

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Muse: The Magazine Of Science, Culture, And Smart Laughs For Kids And Children (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2018

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