Yubo Zhao
Interaction Designer
Product Designer
Design Engineer
Yubo Zhao
Interaction Designer
Product Designer
Design Engineer
Yubo (he/him) builds thoughtful narratives through design. He is driven by exploring complex problem spaces around machine intelligence, multimodality, and physical affordance. With a deep passion in design crafts and prototyping, he thrives on bringing humane and natural experience to life.
He studies human-centered design and engineering* at University of Washington. His professional work encompasses improving 3D tool at Formlabs*, boosting product growth for AI at Alipay*, and envisioning tactile application for mixed reality at MIT Media Lab*.
Yubo (he/him) builds thoughtful narratives through design. He is driven by exploring complex problem spaces around machine intelligence, multimodality, and physical affordance. With a deep passion in design crafts and prototyping, he thrives on bringing humane and natural experience to life.
He studies human-centered design and engineering* at University of Washington. His professional work encompasses improving 3D tool at Formlabs*, boosting product growth for AI at Alipay*, and envisioning tactile application for mixed reality at MIT Media Lab*.
Contact
Work
Formlabs
Product Designer Intern
Alibaba Alipay
Product Designer Intern
MIT Media Lab
Research Assistant
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Research Assistant
Education
University of Washington University of
Master of Human-Centered Design and Engineering
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Master of Architecture
University of Toronto
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Exhibition
MIT Architecture Gallery
Objects of AI
NeurIPS 2024
Creative AI Track
ACM UIST 2023
Student Innovation Competition
Awards
Winner
Core77 2024
Figma Figbuild 2025
Figma Figbuild 2025
Runner-up
Core77 2024
Winner
DNA Paris Award
Silver Winner
MUSE Creative Award
Nomination
UX Design Award
Formlabs
Alibaba Alipay
MIT Media Lab
Harvard Graduate School of Design
University of Washington University of Washington
Harvard Graduate School of Design
University of Toronto
MIT Architecture Gallery
NeurIPS 2024
ACM UIST 2023
Figma Figbuild 2025
Core77 Award
DNA Paris Award
MUSE Creative Award
UX Design Award
Seattle, WA
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Seattle, WA