About

Hi! My name is MJ Truong. I am an industrial designer, global product strategist, and product innovations specialist. My passion is creating high-quality, well-designed products that make people’s everyday lives better and more joyful.

I was born and raised in Northern California, and studied Humanities at Yale (yes, that’s a real major) before getting my Masters of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute in New York City.

I was the founding member of Meyer Labs‘ Innovation Factory team in Hong Kong in 2013. At Meyer Labs, I do everything form global product strategy, to human-centered ethnographic design research, product design and storytelling, packaging design, and branding, to name a few things. My team and I have been honored in 2021 to win two Red Dot Design Awards and a Pentaward, for which I am deeply grateful.

In grad school, I looked at the intersection of humanity and technology, exploring ways that we could make technology less alienating and more supportive of the things that are really important in life. It’s not perfect, but I’m proud of it. You can check out BEEP! sigh, here.

I also dabble in music, and sometimes write it a wee bit when I have free time, which is a rarity these days. Sigh! Well, retirement draws nearer every day.

Take care now!

-MJ