I’m a freelance Creative Director for interactive experiences and founder of HUDS+GUIS, a platform focused on FUI — Fictional User Interfaces.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, I’ve recently started working in a newly renovated studio on the top level of our house that I share with my wife, Natalie Cheng (also a designer!), our two kids and a new puppy.
Before I started freelancing, I spent my career creating interactive experiences and campaigns for clients such as Disney, Porche, Cadbury and Volkswagen.
I still do that in my freelancing work, but I’ve expanded to focus more on games, exhibitions, events, and mixed reality experiences (XR, VR & AR).
I’ve also recently formed a games studio, and we’re working on releasing our first game Skate Bums, so stay tuned!
You can see more of what I’m up to on my site: jonoyuen.com or my Instagram @jonoyuen.
My wife and I have been working remotely for the past few years.
That wasn’t likely to change anytime soon, so we decided to design spaces within our house where we could work comfortably.
We designed the main studio with vaulted ceilings, big windows and some skylights to let the natural light in and then added some plants and kept it clutter-free.
It’s my favourite room in the house and where I spend my time working.
I’ve tried working in many different spaces in the past. So I had a good idea of what kind of desk setup allows me to work efficiently and, most importantly, makes me enjoy going to work!
For me, it’s all about space.
Space to breathe, space to think and space to put all my stuff.
In the past, I’ve had to create a workstation to fit a limited space, but with a renovation. I was able to design it from scratch and customise it the way I wanted.
Because of my work in VR, I needed to have a PC workstation alongside my Mac setup. So my biggest challenge was to create a way to swap between PC and Mac seamlessly.
