Mechanism-led industrial designer shaping physical products through research, fabrication, and interaction.
LIGHTING · FURNITURE · TOYS · OBJECTS / METAL · WOOD · PRINTED POLYMER AI PRACTICEExplore Truvit, an AI workflow I designed15 DRAWINGS ON FILE · MIXED SHEET SIZES · CLICK ANY SHEET TO OPEN THE FULL CASE STUDY
Three connected prototypes explore concealed motion, pursuit and capture.
Headphone weight activates a biomimetic articulated tail.
A compact alternative to bulky scoops: a hand-operated iris and integrated bag supply, developed from an initial idea into a working printed prototype.
Brand research and skincare ritual become adjustable atmospheric light.
Developed at MustardTek: user-tested audio cues and tactile maps for blind and low-vision sports.
An AI workflow prototype turns campaign briefs into editable drafts with designer review.
WORKING PROTOTYPE · 54-SECOND WALKTHROUGH ↗
A sculptural form and CMF study for a muscle-relief device.
Sheet-metal fabrication resolves a radial sci-fi form through cut planes and fasteners.
A low-speed motor turns light into a calm, continuous wave.
Laser-cut hexagonal modules grow into a reconfigurable desktop system.
Counterweighted tambour wings stabilize a modular sofa-side accessory system.
Laminated wood and acoustic testing tune a playable tabletop sculpture.
A visible rack-and-gear prototype explores one-handed angle adjustment.
Three modular acrylic patterns reshape one color-adjustable light source.
A push-pull mechanism turns ambient lighting into an interactive display stage.
I'm Shawn — a maker first, designer always. My work lives where craft meets circuitry: draw-filed metal edges, steam-bent wood, kinetic lamps, and parts that hum off a 3D printer at 2 a.m. 审美 — the sense of what is beautiful — is my second language; Mandarin is my first.
Industrial Design junior at RISD. TA experience in the studio, a product design internship in Manhattan, and a workshop habit that spans the metal shop, the wood shop, and a small farm of Bambu Lab printers in my room.
I model in Rhino, prototype fast, and finish slow — because the last 5% of an object is where the feeling lives.
I design custom AI skills and workflows. My practice spans research automation, AI-assisted coding, and AI product prototyping. I build in review checkpoints, evaluate the output, and keep creative direction and final decisions human-led.
See what I tested and changed in Truvit
Design is my work. Music and dance are part of who I am.
Deja VuTXT · K-pop
41 seconds · Sound on when you press play.
Created with Papercrane across writing and production, with Shawn on lead vocals.
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Draw filing, brazing, cold forming. Flat means flat — checked against the surface plate, not the eye.
Surface modeling, unrolled sheet-metal blueprints for laser cutting, and files a shop can actually build from.
A three-printer Bambu Lab fleet (H2S · P1S · A1 mini). Tuned profiles, multi-material AMS, and repeated test fits to refine the geometry.
ESP32, sensors, and light. Objects that respond — kinetic lamps and IoT prototypes that do more than sit there.
From xylophones to hammers. Grain-matched, hand-finished, and built to be held for a long time.
Documentation is part of the design. Studio-lit process shots and product films, shot and cut in-house.
DEVELOPED IN THE RISD METAL SHOP, WOOD SHOP, AND ONE VERY BUSY DORM ROOM · 蓝图为证
RESEARCH → MODEL → MAKE → TEST → REPEAT
