Hi, I’m Shiyu, a UX designer based in Boston.

I strive to design with empathy, balancing user satisfaction, business goals, and technical feasibility. With my background in landscape design, I am passionate about crafting experiences that are both functional and visually appealing.

HappyBakery

A mobile app and web interface for users to preview nutrition facts and ingredients of items at local bakeries.

UX Design/Mobile App Design/Responsive Web Design/Usability Study/Prototyping

SaveWise

A budgeting platform that tutors young adults to budget and save money.

UX Design/Web Design/UX Research/Survey Planning/Design for Social Good/Prototyping

Knitting the Alewife

A study aims to evaluate how flooding and sea level rise affect public housing in six Alewife Corridor towns, focusing on vulnerable communities to promote resilient planning.

Team Project/Research Study/Illustrative “Issue” Board/Animation Rendering

I was also a landscape Architect.

500 Huntington

A landscape design and planning project aims to create an accessible open space, a vibrant and sustainable pedestrian, and a bike-friendly street that integrates with and accentuates the broader neighborhood.

Team Project/Landscape Design/Illustrative Plan/3D Rendering