independent designer & artist · making software with a soul
now
running asdf, an AI product design studio
building poetry camera, a camera that prints poems · with ryan mather
building TRASH BABY, a chaotic AI image mixing app · with artbreeder & angelo saraceno
contact
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email: hi@carolynzhang.com
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past
in residency at the recurse center · fall 2023
staff product designer at twitter, design lead for twitter spaces · 2021–2022
adjunct professor of interaction design at SVA · 2019–2021
designed political tech for the 2020 election · 2019–2021
independent design practice working with seed-stage startups · 2019–2020
design lead & first design hire at ueno. (acquired by twitter) · 2015–2019
bachelors in computer science from MIT · 2010–2014
miscellaneous
poetry camera featured in Popular Mechanics · jan 2024
interview for UX/UI/AI Product Design Class, with Derrick Schultz · jan 2024
interview for Think in 4D podcast, with Erica Heinz · dec 2023
pomo.chat, a social pomodoro app · aug 2023
i use a flip phone every winter · 2022–present
chatGPT prompts for interactive worldbuilding games · dec 2022
syllabus for my SVA class, Design in the Real World · 2019–2021
free ideas · feb 2021
last updated jan 29, 2024