A woman with shoulder-length dark hair and a septum piercing smiling at the camera, seated on a green chair inside a room with posters on the wall behind her.

About

Shasha Du (she/they) is a Bay Area based designer, photographer, and storyteller who believes that compelling design lives at the intersection of strategy, typography, and visual design. She loves to play with duality in her work, exploring the liminal space between classical and contemporary, serious and playful, minimalist and ornate. As a photographer, Shasha tells stories that dissolve the boundaries between us and the earth, often capturing scenes of queer pleasure and liberation in connection with the natural world. Shasha holds a M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she explored the role of awe & wonder in learning, and design as a force for social change. Last but not least, Shasha is a music lover who sings in a choir and writes about music on Substack

Services

Brand Identity

Web & UX Design

Social Media Marketing

Copywriting

Photography & Art Direction

Print Design

Packaging Design

Apparel & Merch

Posters & Signage

Risograph Printmaking

Relevant Experience

2021-2026
Freelance Graphic & UX Designer

2021-2023
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Wild Awake

2018-2021
Sr. Product & Visual Designer, CodeCombat

Cover art for the live version of the song "Your Life is the Wheel" with the song title written in stylized red text, featuring a black and white image of a spinning car wheel in the background.
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Let’s work together

Open for work on design, photography, & writing projects with founders, small businesses, agencies, in-house design teams, & more!