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

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

Core77 2024

DNA Paris Award

MUSE Creative Award

UX Design Award

Seattle, WA

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© 2025 Yubo Zhao

Seattle, WA

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© 2025 Yubo Zhao

© 2025 Yubo Zhao