User blog:Jpearson/Building Community and Designing at Large with Ben Uyeda



Hey everyone!

We hope you’ve enjoyed the celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month featuring our series of creators! As we continue to amplify the voices of community members and those inspired by Fandom's community, we invite them to share more about themselves, their personal stories, experience with Fandom, and their creative journey. You’ve heard from leaders within the Fandom community and creators who contribute to Fandom using their talent. Today, we’re excited to introduce our final creator of this series with a fantastic eye for design.

We're thrilled to introduce Ben Uyeda, designer at large! Ben is an interior designer who shares modern and simple designs through his online tutorials with the world. After much success as a co-founder of an award-winning architecture firm, Ben stepped away to deliver affordable designs to the masses and reached millions of people worldwide. You’ll find he’s created pieces honoring a few of his favorite fandoms from Lego concrete tables to a collection of handcrafted Star Wars magnets. He invites his global community to transform their space and use simple tools to build functional items with the help of his family. As Fandom’s community knows quite well, there is something special about working together to create helpful resources and tools to support others. When asked about any advice he has for creators this is what he wanted the community to know, “It’s important to take self-inventory. Think about your experiences, knowledge base, and personality characteristics then really build a plan around that personal inventory.”

We encourage calling people into conversations and creating spaces to support visibility and amplification. Telling your story is powerful and allows you to include cultural nuances that are often missing in media and storytelling and truly amplify your voice.

Thank you for encouraging our community to continue creating and sharing their work with the world, Ben!

Watch the video to learn more about Ben and his thoughts on culture and creativity!Giveaway Alert: Ben is sharing those cool Star Wars magnets with 3 community members! Comment what visibility means to you and retweet Ben’s story from the @getfandom Twitter account! You’ll be included in a raffle to win a magnet! Winners will be selected at random and notified via email!