I design meaningful human experiences that integrate digital and physical systems. At the moment, I'm interested in translating the expanding role of technology into intuitive and meaningful user interfaces.

Currently, I'm studying Design, HCI, Physical Computing @ Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, designing @ DoorDash

Pittsburgh,

Projects About Playground

Projects About Playground

About

I design meaningful human experiences that integrate digital and physical systems. At the moment, I'm interested in translating the expanding role of technology into intuitive and meaningful user interfaces.

Currently, I'm studying Design, HCI, Physical Computing @ Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, designing @ DoorDash

Contact

yzhen2@andrew.cmu.edu

Contact

yzhen2@andrew.cmu.edu

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Playground

Open sketchbook with colorful threads stretched across the pages — Map of Moving

Sky Animation

Blender

Pencil sketches of stacked sculptural forms

Person wearing a striped crochet hobo bag in a forest — Crochet Hobo Bag
crochet with size 4 medium yarn

Surreal oil painting of figures, houses, and butterflies — Oil on Wood

3D render of a pudding dessert — Pudding
modeled and rendered in blender

Typography Design

Adobe After Effects

Sketches of a windmill-like structure and lily pad forms

Children working on a tabletop play experience with a notebook and green pieces — Educational Play Experience
Designed in collaboration with the Margret Morrison Children’s School

Interior of a wooden electronics box with an Arduino and wiring — Sunset Receipt Printer interior

3D render of translucent jellyfish forms — Jellyfish
Modeled and rendered in Blender

Mixed media painting of a cafe street scene in Shadyside — Shadyside
Mixed media painting

3D render of crystalline flower forms — Flower
Modeled and rendered in Blender

Sketches of hands holding a phone-like device with notes

Laser-cut wooden box printing a receipt with a glowing base — Sunset Receipt Printer
Arduino Uno, LED, Laser Cutting

Reveilar

Blender

Cardboard prototype of a mindful hearing device worn over the ears — Mindful Hearing Device
Cardboard prototype

Hanging mixed-media sculpture with translucent forms, drawing, and wood — Mixed Media Installation