Hansi Zhu is a Product Designer & Data Viz Artist!
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BFA Communication Design
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BA Environmental Studies
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Parsons School of Design
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Class of 2026
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Design Systems Intern @ Paramount
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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
🔒 Motion System for CBS Digital
The multi-product design system's first ever motion scheme!
🔒 CBS Sports
A new design language befitting the modern fan
Raven: Immortalize Every Moment
Exploring 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 collaborative platform for new high-quality carbon crediting methodologies and projects
🔒 Pathways: Environmental Product Declarations
Navigation and data viz to simplify emissions reporting for materials manufacturers at a VC-backed climate tech startup
🔒 Playbook Design System
Supporting designers and engineers across CBS, CBS Sports, CBS News, SportsLine and more during my time at Paramount
🔒 Alumco.io: Automated Alumni Management
Information architecture & data viz galore as the sole UX designer for a pilot phase AI startup which has since launched with clients!
Threadkeeper
Building rituals of care during bereavement using an interface powered by presence, not touch. Made during a 3-day designathon.
Play
Project 000
Mapping relationships between 256 images from the internet
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
Yellowbird®: Data-driven Packaging Generator
Automated label-generating tool based on input product data for a bold and playful hot sauce brand
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
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.
