Annisa Rizal laughing, hands over her face

About

Over the last decade, I’ve been a designer of products big and small, digital and physical. My design career has been diverse, non-linear and unconventional, where I’ve been the:

  • The Research Assistant
  • The Design Technologist
  • The Computational Designer
  • The Architectural Designer

I’ve been able to produce code, help produce iconic buildings (won World’s Best Building award 23’), showcase multiple art installations for Vivid Sydney, exhibited art in International exhibitions (Beijing Design Week), talked at conferences, conduct commissioned research projects and more.


My secret sauce

My diverse experience has shaped the designer I am today, a swiss army knife where given a weekend, I can learn anything and love doing it. I enjoy sinking my teeth in complex challenges and turning them into something that people will enjoy.

I’m all rounded and can autonomously drive the product all the way from start to finish (and beyond). I’m not only thinking about the product when its finally built, but also thinking strategically about the long term vision we could do to make the product even better.

I've also lead small and mighty design teams, improving ways of working and making new ones.


Work experience

    • On maternity leave

      Jan 2026 — Jan 2027

    • Product Designer

      Jan 2025 — Jan 2026

    • Sr. Product Designer

      Sept 2023 — Dec 2024

    • Product Designer

      Nov 2021 — Oct 2023

    • Multi Disciplinary Designer · BVN Architecture

      Jan 2018 — Nov 2021

    • Design Technologist · BVN Architecture

      Jan 2017 — Jan 2018

    • Computational Design Tutor · UNSW

      Jan 2016 - 2018

    • Research Assistant · Arup Digital

      Mar 2016 - Mar 2017


Technical skills

  • Figma

  • Claude

  • Cursor

  • Adobe Suite

  • Webflow

  • Lottie

  • Shopify


Education

University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Computational Design (Hons)
2017


Awards + Publications

  • Jim Plume Prize for Outstanding Innovation in the Application of Digital Technology

    Prize awarded by UNSW

  • Enabling Low Cost Human Presence Tracking: Using Commodity hardware to monitor human presence in workplaces

    Published paper - Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA, 2015)

  • MAD.LAB - Manifesto for the City 3, exhibition for Beijing Design Week

    Exhibition with UNSW, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Priestman Architects and CQubed

Let’s create
something together