Yong Hwang
Design & Art Direction
I make things that have to teach someone something, whether it's animations, campaign identities, or instructional concepts. Fourteen years in design, the last seven of them in medical devices.
Works
Campaign identity, motion, and environmental design. Aimed at audiences who are looking to understand new ideas in visual languages.
Works
Campaign identity, motion, and environmental design. Aimed at audiences who are looking to understand new ideas in visual languages.
An interactive study of an endoscope’s interior — tracing optics, light, controls, and the human-scale engineering inside the instrument.
Endoscope Anatomy
Interactive Research
An interactive study of an endoscope’s interior — tracing optics, light, controls, and the human-scale engineering inside the instrument.
Endoscope Anatomy
Interactive Research
A two-year Boston Scientific campaign built around the idea that we are stronger when connected.
Connected Campaign
Campaign Identity & Motion
A two-year Boston Scientific campaign built around the idea that we are stronger when connected.
Connected Campaign
Campaign Identity & Motion
A self-directed stop-motion experiment combining LEGO, The Witness, and an early exploration of Adobe After Effects.
Swampy Bricks
Personal Motion Experiment
A self-directed stop-motion experiment combining LEGO, The Witness, and an early exploration of Adobe After Effects.
Swampy Bricks
Personal Motion Experiment
A poster series and visual direction for Boston Scientific’s 2026 National Sales Meeting in Austin, shaped by the spirit of the Wild West saloon.
The Endoscopic Wild West
Event Identity & Environmental Design
A poster series and visual direction for Boston Scientific’s 2026 National Sales Meeting in Austin, shaped by the spirit of the Wild West saloon.
The Endoscopic Wild West
Event Identity & Environmental Design
Practices
The four pillars that shape my design work.
Practices
The four pillars that shape my design work.
Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Campaign Concepting
The ideas before the artwork. Developing concepts that prioritize the perspective of the audience.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Brand Fluency
I don't treat brand guidelines as fences. I treat them as grammar. Being contained to a brand language doesn't limit creativity.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Typography & Layout
The design fundamentals, i.e. the part nobody notices when it's done right.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and shost-form video for screens and events. Am teaching myself kinetic typography.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and shost-form video for screens and events. Am teaching myself kinetic typography.
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Motion & Animation
Self-taught, actively obsessed. Looping visuals and shost-form video for screens and events. Am teaching myself kinetic typography.
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About Me
About Me
Yong Hwang
I’ve spent most of my career as the final creative in the room, which is either a great way to build range or a great way to learn to argue. Both, it turns out.
I kicked off my career by building and running design teams in the apparel startup industry, including one I grew from a single designer (myself) to fourteen. Then, I traded the headcount for craft, for a healthcare industry where the constraints are real: everything I make goes through regulatory review, and it still has to be be dynamic.
The constant in my career is learning. Taking something dense and technical and finding the version that lands the first time.
Senior Graphic Designer
Boston Scientific
2019 - Present
Senior Graphic Designer
Boston Scientific
2019 - Present
Manager Graphic Services
SquadLocker
2016-2019
Manager Graphic Services
SquadLocker
2016-2019
Graphic Designer
Keezer Sportswear
2016
Graphic Designer
Keezer Sportswear
2016
Director of Graphic Design
Teespring
2013-2015
Director of Graphic Design
Teespring
2013-2015
Graphic Design Manager
Teespring
2012-2013
Graphic Design Manager
Teespring
2012-2013
Graphic Designer
Boston College
2006-2010
Graphic Designer
Boston College
2006-2010
What People Say
Words from the people I've worked alongside over the years.
What People Say
Words from the people I've worked alongside over the years.
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corrproate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corrproate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine
Yong always held a very high standard for quality in composition and aesthetic. It was this standard that he carried over into building and managing his team. Yong both worked in the trenches with the rest of his team while also creating a strong, self-sufficient department.
Jamie Nutini
Web Production Designer, Spring
Yong has high standards and is very direct and clear about his expectations, but also creates a supportive environment - not an easy balance to strike.
Susie Harrington
Associate Director, Corrproate Communications, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc.
As a leader, he developed a sense of trust, empowerment, and guidance that encouraged each of the team's thirteen members to grow and develop as designers as well as personally.
Julie Elman
Senior Digital Project Manager, Oomph, Inc.
Yong's design knowledge and leadership skills make him very resourceful and an essential asset to any company. Working under him gave me the confidence and drive to achieve goals outside of my normal skill-sets.
Bryan Koppelmann
Senior Graphic Designer, Squadlocker
Yong is a hard-working, committed, and resourceful leader. I found his knowledge and experience with design helpful and inspiring. Yong really helped push me to my potential and allowed me to grow outside my position.
Sarah Gill
Senior Operations Manager, School of Motion
As the Director of Graphic design at Teespring Yong was a fantastic leader and motivator for his team. He worked seamlessly with other departments and brought calmness and wisdom to meetings that translated to continuous wins for the company.
Chris Curran
Co-Founder of Stackshine