Hi! I’m Yue(Yuki) Zhu.
I am a senior undergraduate majoring in Industrial Design (B.Eng) at the School of Design & Innovation in China Academy of Art (CAA). Currently, I am doing an internship at Media and Interaction Lab, at Tsinghua University. Before that, I was visiting Politecnico di Torino as a research intern, and also exchanging at Willem de Kooning Academie.

I reflect on the relationship between human and technology with a critical perspective, and my current focus is AI ethics and creativity support, with a broader interest in Speculative Design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). I primarily implement quick prototyping, empirical studies and participatory methods with critical reflection, to perceive, understand and renew the boundaries and dynamics of human and non-human entities.

For my artworks, mostly created in CAA, I employed humour and absurdity as tools to soften the intense conflicts of human-machine relationships. During the time when I was exchanging to study Transformation Design (B.A.) at Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam, I focused primarily on symbiosis with a feminist perspective on sustainability. Earlier, I dedicated nearly 3 years exploring Biological Science during my high school.