Hansi Zhu is a Product Designer & Junior @ Parsons
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BFA Communication Design
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BA Environmental Studies
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Class of 2026
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Campus Leader @ Figma
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Code Tutor @ Parsons CD
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President @ AIGA The New School
Work
Raven: Immortalize Every Moment
Through a speculative lens, we explore privacy, surveillance, and tech with a recording device that allows its operator to archive and revisit every single thing that has ever happened to them.
🔒 Open Carbon Protocol by oneshot.earth
A platform for new high-quality carbon crediting methodologies and projects with a commitment to transparency, trustworthiness, collaboration, and speed.
🔒 Pathways: Environmental Product Declarations
Navigation and data viz to simplify emissions reporting for materials manufacturers at a VC-backed climate tech startup.
Threadkeeper
Building rituals of care during bereavement using an interface powered by presence, not touch. Made during a 3-day designathon.
Play
Scientific American: Live Data Logo Generator
Logo (re)design which evolves according to live planet visibility data from NASA's JPL Horizons API
Volume II
An LLM-based digital world populated by clones of real people
Terminal Countdown
A browser-based clock which counts down the time until my death
The Contents of My Fridge in March 2024
Time capsule which creates random compositions using the contents of my fridge from March of 2024
Yellowbird®: Data-driven Packaging Generator
Automated label-generating tool based on input product data for a bold and playful hot sauce brand
Chinatown is the Dumping Ground
Static- and motion-based campaign against the NYC Borough-based Jail Plan
About
Pros
- Eldest daughter (competent, resilient, self-empowered; can explain things to a 12-year-old)
- Committed to the big picture
- Always gets the job done
Cons
- Eldest daughter (there's a con somewhere, but I can't find it)
- Runs for fun
- Isn't working with you (yet)
Aspirations
- To join the digital design frontier as human-tech interaction rapidly evolves and expands.
- To apply my strengths toward improving human lives.
- To honor the beauty in all that I love.
