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 tooling at Formlabs*, boosting product growth for AI at Alipay*, and envisioning tactile application for mixed reality at MIT Media Lab*.

Projects

Alipay AI Investment

Internship

May 2021

I designed conversation flows and quick reply actionables to revamp chatbot experience for novice users.

Shipped

Mobile

Growth

AI

Conversational UX

Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash

Four Culture

Client Work

March 2023

I delivered a comprehensive rebranding for the online local artist community's visual identity.

Design System

Branding

Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash

Narratron

Personal Project

May 2023

I led the 0-1 interaction, electronics, and industrial design on an AI-powered projector that generates children stories.

Awarded

Hardware

Electronics

GenAI

Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash
Photo by Jue Huang on Unsplash

Seattle, WA

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© 2025 Yubo Zhao

© 2025 Yubo Zhao