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A Design Mentor

A Design Mentor

Written by: Sandy Hongsan Chen
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A collection of thoughts from a product design mentor on how design is simply a part of life.Sandy Hongsan Chen Art
Episodes
  • EP 017 What story is your habit tracker telling?
    Nov 3 2026

    Many people treat a habit tracker like a scoreboard. I see mine as a collection of honest questions I ask myself. Together they tell the story of the life I’m building. In this episode, I share how I choose what to track, and what those choices mean to me.



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    ▦ About & Support

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠⁠⁠Who is Sandy?⁠⁠

    ⦚ ⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠

    ⦚ ⁠⁠helloadesignmentor@gmail.com⁠⁠


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    ▥ Elsewhere

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ (English Subtitles / 繁中字幕)


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    ▧ Music

    ⦚ ⁠⁠⁠Epidemic Sound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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    ▨ Stack

    ⁠⁠Hollyland Lark M2 / Canva

    ⁠⁠⁠Everything Else⁠⁠⁠⁠


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    ◉ All content, recording and editing are by ⁠⁠Sandy Hongsan Chen⁠⁠.

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    12 mins
  • EP 016 A budget tracker is also design?
    Sep 28 2026

    In this episode, I talk about the system I built out of pure necessity, why it turned out to be some of the best design work I've ever done, and why you've probably built something just like it yourself — you just never called it design.


    ◉ What have you designed for yourself lately? Tell me in the comments.


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    ▦ About & Support

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠⁠Who is Sandy?⁠

    ⦚ ⁠Buy me a coffee⁠

    ⦚ ⁠helloadesignmentor@gmail.com⁠


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    ▥ Elsewhere

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠⁠Youtube⁠ (English Subtitles / 繁中字幕)


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    ▧ Music

    ⦚ ⁠⁠Epidemic Sound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


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    ▨ Stack

    ⁠⁠Hollyland Lark M2 / Canva

    ⁠⁠Everything Else⁠⁠⁠


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    ◉ All content, recording and editing are by ⁠⁠Sandy Hongsan Chen⁠⁠.


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    9 mins
  • EP 015 I Had to Redesign My Own Life
    Sep 20 2026

    Hey, it's been a year.


    I stepped away because my own life needed rebuilding — quietly, slowly, in ways I couldn't do while also showing up here. This episode is about taking the opportunity to redesign with honesty and intention. I've come to believe the slowdown might have actually been an invitation, not a setback.


    ◉ If you're in the middle of your own redesign right now — I see you. Come sit with me for a bit.


    🎨 Windows of Taipei

    📫 Slow Weather


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    ▦ About & Support

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠Who is Sandy?

    ⦚ Buy me a coffee

    ⦚ helloadesignmentor@gmail.com


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    ▥ Elsewhere

    ⁠⁠⦚ ⁠Youtube (English Subtitles / 繁中字幕)


    --

    ▧ Music

    ⦚ ⁠Epidemic Sound⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    --

    ▨ Stack

    ⁠⁠Hollyland Lark M2 / Canva

    ⁠Everything Else⁠⁠


    --

    ◉ All content, recording and editing are by ⁠⁠Sandy Hongsan Chen⁠⁠.

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    5 mins
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