Sam makes
complex things
feel simple.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MS in UX
Previous UX Design Intern at Relativity
Previous Product Designer at FLUX Inc.
PURDUE UNI BFA, Industrial Design
Portrait of Sam Mei

Case Studies

Modernizing a 3-year-old touchscreen interface

The firmware UI for FLUX laser cutters was outdated and inconsistent. I redesigned the interface and design system to improve usability and accessibility across 6 product lines.

FLUX Inc. • 2024

UI/UX

Design System

Firmware

Reducing workflow friction for 40k laser cutter users

I designed cloud storage, a 3D box generator, and a smarter machine selector to help makers spend less time on setup and more time on selling.

FLUX Inc. • 2024

UI/UX

Software

Web App

Helping users understand a first-of-its-kind product

Ador's color printing laser cutter was hard to explain. I designed a landing page that made its value clear, resulting in record traffic and a 12% increase in net revenue.

FLUX Inc. • 2023

UI/UX

Web Design

Visual Design

Client Success Stories

Acorn Academy light and dark theme logos.

Acorn Academy Rebranding

I solved a speech consulting startup's rebranding needs.

Acorn Academy • 2024

Baixian Food box packaging stacked together.

Baixian Food Packaging

I illustrated 8 scalable packaging designs for a food material supplier.

Baixian Food • 2024

Overhang Lab card front and back view and Art UV Resin gel packaging design art.

QTS Corp. Brand Visuals

I designed marketing & exhibition materials, facilitating expansion into the US market.

QTS Corporation • 2023

Tablet and mobile view of SrangSern website.

SrangSern Website

I created the company website for a rubber machinery distributor.

SrangSern • 2023

Testimonials

Sam didn't just redesign our branding, he redefined how we communicated with our audience. His sense for visuals made our brand feel alive again. Since launching the new logo & website, client feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and revenue grew by 8%!

Michael Shen

Founder @ Acorn Academy

Your impact shows up most when you proactively learned how to design in engineering repos using Claude Code. You quickly onboarded onto a fast-moving, high-priority project and delivered by showing how UI interactions should behave in create and edit workflows.

Eric Strubinger

Product Design Manager @ Relativity

Sam brings together design intuition, communication skills, and solid execution. A UI designer you can trust from ideation to delivery.

Una Chang

Product Manager @ FLUX Inc

Sam has been a phenomenal design partner in various projects for me. He's precise and clear in communication that consistently leads to satisfying final deliverables. He's someone I'd wholly trust with design work!

Jonathan Huang

Podcast Host @ Storys

Sam is incredibly professional and always a pleasure to work with. I could always count on him to deliver marketing work beyond expectations.

Angel Hsu

Marketing Manager @ FLUX Inc

Reliable, empathetic, and committed to human-centered design.

Dean Sung

Full Stack SWE @ FLUX Inc