I'm Steven,

A product designer connecting people with their curiosity to explore.

I design products and systems that help people create, build skills, and access useful services and capabilities more easily. My work spans creative tools, learning experiences, and enterprise platforms, combining systems rigor, visual craft, and hands-on prototyping to shape experiences that can scale.

Steven Chu smiling in a white shirt, custom overalls, and oxford dress shoes

ENTERPRISE PLATFORM · CONFIDENTIAL

Accessible institution-level theming for 1,000+ financial institutions on one shared platform

A shared banking platform needed to support the identities of more than 1,000 banks and credit unions without fragmenting into separate products.

Within a multidisciplinary product team, I architected institution-level theming logic in close partnership with design and engineering. The system translated each institution’s palette into accessible semantic roles while preserving one shared product foundation.

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BODYMAP · INDEPENDENT PRODUCT · 2026

Turning student videos into shareable visual coaching feedback—in three weeks

Movement teachers often rely on spoken corrections that students struggle to retain after class.

I designed and independently built BodyMap, a web app that turns student videos into clear visual coaching feedback instructors can annotate, review, and share. The working beta launched in three weeks.

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A BodyMap pose-correction annotation over a kicking figure, with coaching callouts for "Point the big toe" and "engage and extend," and a before/after toggle.

BOSE · DESIGN SYSTEMS · 2024–2025

Eliminating 90 production defect overrides—and rebuilding the system behind Bose.com

Bose teams were working from a monolithic design library with 2,000+ components, recurring production defects, and inconsistent implementation logic.

I led remediation of the canonical components behind visible site issues, helping the team eliminate 90 defect overrides within three months. I then restructured the library architecture, modernized legacy components, and established clearer foundations, patterns, and governance.

A visual overview of Bose design-system foundations, components, patterns, and governance.

Services

User-Centered Design

End-to-end product research and iterative design process, going from 0-1 and 1-X, and solutions rooted in inclusivity and flexibility.

Front-End Development

10+ years developing fast, modular, responsive e-commerce and marketing websites. Shopify Accelerator & Shopify Expert certified.

Brand Growth Strategy

Drive growth, conversion, customer satisfaction and brand trust through data-driven testing.