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Nor Sanavongsay is a design systems designer and illustrator building intuitive tools for creative workflows.

Currently, I am a Senior Product Designer at Workday building scalable design systems. With a background in illustration and digital art, I specialize in creating intuitive tools and workflows. Previously, at Barnes & Noble (Yuzu), I worked on cross-platform experiences for digital drawing and annotation tools.

This is Canvas,

Workday’s Design System

Canvas is the heart of Workday’s product design. As Design Lead, I’ve helped build and evolve this design system that thousands of designers and developers use daily. It’s not just a collection of components – it’s how we make sure every Workday product feels familiar and intuitive for our users.

  • Date: 2015-Current
  • Role: Design Lead

Zoosk Mobile App

I redesigned dating profiles to help people find real connections. Instead of endless swiping, we created an interface that highlighted personality and shared interests. This resulted in more meaningful matches and people actually talking to each other.

  • Date: 2010-2012
  • Role: Sr. Product Designer

Chord-C Product Design

As co-founder of Chord-C, I led product and design strategy, creating scalable chord diagrams to simplify the process of learning guitar chords online. My work also included developing a comprehensive style guide to ensure visual consistency across the platform, enhancing both usability and brand identity.

  • Date: 2005-2012
  • Role: Product / Design

Chord Finder iOS App

Looking to expand my design skills, I took on the challenge of building a chord finder app for iPhone from scratch. I took the extensive Stanford’s CS193p course to learn Objective-C and bring the app to life. Designed to help guitarists with tuning and chord discovery, it was a passion project that combined my love for music and design. While the iOS version is no longer available, you can still check out its evolution in the web version at Chord-C.com.

But that’s not all I do.

Let’s stay connected—learn more about me, see more work, reach out, or find me across the web @ArtofNor.