Hi, I am Wei Kang
XR Designer / UX Designer / Creative Technologist
I am an interdisciplinary interaction designer and serial entrepreneur. I enjoy exploring emotional connections through storytelling, so as to design technology products that make people feel safe, being cared and intimate.
Skills
VR | AR | MR
Unity, Unreal engine, Spark AR, WebXR,
Arkit, AR Foundation, Adobe Aero
Creative Coding
C#, Python, THREE.js, CSS, HTML, P5.js, Arduino
UX | UI
Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD,
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop
Method
Design thinking, UX research, Wireframing, Storyboard, Prototype
3D Modeling
Maya 3D, Blender, Cinema 4D, Marvelous,
Zbrush, Nomad
Video Editing
Premiere, Final cut, Adobe Audition
Motion Graphic
After Effect, Procreate
PCB & Fabrication
Eagle CAD, PCB Fabrication, Wearable Electronics, Soft circuitry, Assembly
Education
Tsinghua University
BFA Fashion and Textile Design
2008.08-2012.05
Parsons School of Design
MFA Fashion Design and Society
2012.08-2013.10
NYU Tisch
Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)
2019.08-2021.05
Work Experience
2020.08 - 2020.10
UX designer / AR developer Microsoft Design Expo 2020
My team's work represents NYU ITP to participate in Microsoft Design Expo 2020 and posted on the official Microsoft website. In the team, my job is to interview people with diabetes, refine needs, product construction, AR development, prototype implementation, and testing, and post-production video production.
Design Expo Link :
https://expo.microsoft.design/
Project Link :
2018.10 - 2019.07
Design Lead @ YouRu Education
Led an education company build online course websites, conclude branding, service, and UX/UI design.
Website Link :
2017.04 - 2018.09
Design Lead @ ZengYanJinTian Culture Co., Ltd
Provided museum store product design solutions for more than 30 A-class museums in China. Clients include The Palace Museum, Nanjing Museum, Shenyang Palace Museum, Sichuan Museum, etc. Among them, the design project for Sansu Ci won the 2019s Most popular Cultural and Creative Travel Product Design Award (Sichuan District).
2015.03 - 2017.02
Co-Fonder @ Jiazhijihe New media & Tech Co., Ltd
Our start-up established a contact platform for Chinese start-ups and investors, and provide legal, financing, and tax services. In this project, my job is to build multi-channel platforms, including websites, social media, and apps, and design VI for this project.