Megumi Tanaka — Work Index
Everything I've ever worked on, dating back to the 90s. I started building websites as a kid, worked in tea and retail, moved into tech as a product designer, and now work as a developer and occasional teacher.
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Span
Framer development for website redesign. Design by Studio Jud.
Development
2025
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the tea table (ttt)
Educational workshop and tea service at telos haus.
Tea Service
2025
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Shopify Course
Ongoing content creation and video tutorials for students at ilovecreatives.
Education
2023–2025
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NICE Car Company
Shopify website redesign in Figma.
Design
2025
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PTOH Studio
Coding assistance on Sanity website built with Nuxt
Development
2025
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SECOND STORY
Custom Squarespace plugin development
Development
2025
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Pockets
Spoke on panel for “Pockets: Full-time or freelance: Why is the grass always greener?” hosted at Index by garden3D
Speaking
2025
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ilovecreatives
I was interviewed for the ilovecreatives Shopify Developer digital zine.
Interview
2025
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ilovecreatives Studio
Studio Manager for branding, design, content production, paid social, OOH campaigns, and web projects.
Project Management
2024–2025
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Song Tea & Ceramics
Design and development for Shopify redesign.
Design, Development
2024
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Are.na
Essay for the Are.na Annual 2025 publication. I read an excerpt of the piece for the book launch at HEART 442 Broadway.
Writing, Speaking
2024
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Parsons School of Design
Teaching Core 1: Interaction (coding track) with Cybele Grandjean for the Communication Design AAS program.
Teaching
2024
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monopo night vol. 5
Brewed shincha green tea for monopo night hosted at Index.
Tea Service
2024
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The Los Angeles Times
Development for the Día de Muertos digital ofrenda.
Web Development
2024
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Yardsale
Design and light brand refresh for Shopify site.
Design
2024
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Cosmopolitan
Development for special digital issue on Easel platform, part of MediaOS. Design by ilovecreatives Studio.
Web Development
2024
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Teaching Curious?
Spoke on a panel for designers interested in teaching. Hosted at Parsons by AIGA NY.
Speaking
2023
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Song Tea & Ceramics
Packaging design for the 2023–2024 “The Song Collection” in collaboration with Leslie Liu
Design
2023
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Cyklar
Custom Shopify Theme for the launch of Cyklar. Design by ANOTHER.
Web Development
2023
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Parsons School of Design
Guest critique for “CORE 1: INTERACTION” Fall 2023 semester. Taught by Nikki Makagiansar.
Education
2023
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HPPY Skin
Custom Shopify Theme for the launch of HPPY Skin. Design by CASE Agency.
Web Development
2023
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The Garden
Started a new blog about blogging, technology, and my creative pursuits.
Writing
2023
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Windsor Bateman Solutions
Custom web development including scroll based animations and Lotties. Design by L+L.
Web Development
2023
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Parsons BFA Photo
Custom Wordpress theme development. Design by Abby Chen.
Web Development
2022–2023
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Well Fed
Development, UX Research, and CRO for various studio clients on Squarespace and Shopify
Web Development
2022–2023
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Flask & Field
Custom Shopify Theme for Flask & Field. Featured as Typewolf Site of the Day. Design by ilovecreatives Studio.
Web Development
2022
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Index
Head of Education, managing virtual programming before the physical space opened.
Education
2021–2022
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STUDY by ANOTHER
Development for another.study in partnership with ilovecreatives Studio and ANOTHER. Domain expired, so click to see the archived version.
Web Development
2022
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Stella
Landing page design & development in Wordpress. Brand by Second Marriage Studio.
Design, Development
2022
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Sibling Industries
Creative web studio focusing on the space between design and development.
Design, Development
2022
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Second Marriage Studio
Design, development, and “brand therapy” for Second Marriage Studio.
Design, Development
2022
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Noisy Garbage
AI art experiments using Dall-E 2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Photoshop Generative Fill.
Generative AI
2022
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The Workshop LA
Rebranded, re-designed, and developed a new website and job portal for The Workshop LA.
Brand Identity, Design, Development
2021
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MADE by DWC
Shopify Theme development for the Downtown Women's Center LA.
Development
2021
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Code Demos
A website created for my students at Index.
Development
2021
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Intro to Coding for Designers
Taught the basics of HTML & CSS via Zoom, hosted by Index. Fall cohort.
Education
2021
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Cut Fruit Collective
Custom Shopify theme with fun cursors, animations, and a blog.
Web Development
2021
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megu.space
Developed a Jekyll template transforming my blog into a flat file digital garden.
Web Development
2021
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Digital Garden Template
Open source template for publishing Obsidian notes.
Web Development
2021
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Cut Fruit Collective
Squarespace development for Save Our Chinatowns rebrand.
Web Development
2021
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Intro to Coding for Designers
6 week long virtual course in partnership with Index. Spring cohort.
Education
2021
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Save Our Chinatowns
Advisor during Lunar New Year Zine Launch
Consulting
2021
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Feminist Fonts
Zine I hand-bound and sold at SF Zine Fest 2020.
Design
2020
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Reali
Product Designer and Product Manager for real estate platform.
Design
2019-2020
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SkinCarisma
Product Designer, User Researcher.
Design
2018
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DesignLab
Mentor for UX Academy, Design 101, User Research, Typography, and UI Design courses.
Education
2015-2018
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Soundboxing
User Research and Design for a VR Music game on Steam.
Design
2017
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Crew App
Product Designer.
Design
2017
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Blossom Botanicals
Branding, Design, Development, and Sales.
Design
2016-2017
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Prosper
Product Designer for investor team, partnerships, platform, and atomic design system.
Design
2015-2016
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Beginner's Guide to Sketch
Wrote a tutorial series on Sketch for beginners. Featured in Sketch App Sources.
Education
2015
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General Assembly
“Expert in Residence” for UX Design Immersive in San Francisco.
Education
2015
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StyleSeat
Product/UX Designer for mobile app, web app, internal tools, and partnerships during a rebrand. Launched No Show Cancellation feature, still in use today.
Design
2014-2015
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Airseed
As an intern, I handled UX design, user research, illustration, marketing design, email data parsing, and technical recruiting because that's what “Growth Hacker” meant in 2013.
Design
2013
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UC Berkeley
Studied Cognitive Science and Philosophy. Designed and prototyped a web app for Technology & Entrepreneurship class.
Student
2012–2014
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Song Tea & Ceramics
Sales Associate, e-commerce fulfillment, tea service, social media management, and landing page design & development.
Sales
2013
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Server
Food service for various restaurants in San Francisco, Cupertino, Oakland, and Berkeley.
Service
2009-2013
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Red Blossom Tea Co.
Sales Associate, e-commerce fulfillment, tea service, and presentations for tour groups.
Sales
2010-2012
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Lupicia Fresh Tea
Sales Associate, tea service, gift set creation, and retail merchandising at both Stonestown and SF Market Street locations.
Sales
2009
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California College of the Arts
Created a digital theremin in Max/MSP. Developed a synesthesia project that mapped light to sound using an Arduino. Majored in photography.
Student
2009–2010
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J. Crew
Sales Associate at Stonestown Galleria in San Francisco.
Sales
2009
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De Anza College
Assistant to the lab technician in the photography darkroom at De Anza College in Cupertino.
Lab Assistant
2008-2009
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“Sales Associate”
Cycled through retail, medical reception, food service, studio photography, and tutoring throughout high school because PayPal wouldn’t let minors accept payments and Venmo didn't exist yet. Sold shoes instead of websites. A tragic misallocation of labor.
Sales
2005-2009
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“Freelance” Development
Web designer specializing in graphic design, banner graphics, vector illustrations, and type-based logos. Built custom PHP-based content management systems with templating, theme switching, and modular architecture. Early adopter of blog platforms (MovableType, Blogger, WordPress). Developed fluid, percentage-based CSS layouts pre-dating modern responsive design principles.
Design, Development
2003-2005
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Xanga layout designer
Designed custom Xanga templates released through Createblog.org under the moniker ‘nutmeg13’. Consistently ranked in top 10 on the leaderboard. Achieved minor internet fame—recognized by pre-teens on the street.
Design, Development
2003-2005
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Design Tutorials & Community
Published tutorials on photo colorization, image blends, and graphic design techniques. Documented the Photoshop Elements 2.0 layer mask workaround. Released paint splatter textures on DeviantArt. Provided free subdomains and server space to other young designers and hosted graphic design contests.
Design, Education
2002-2005
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~Tilde Era
Built websites for family using Microsoft FrontPage’s visual editor and Notepad. Used iframe-based sidebar layouts before CSS existed. Hosted on Geocities and ~tilde username servers.
HTML
1998-2002