Joseph Z

I'm a designer exploring interaction, data, and conversation. I experiment with new ways for people to engage with interfaces. Through my work, I strive to humanize complex ideas and questions.

Currently, I'm a fourth-year undergraduate studying Design and Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University.

Work

AIGA & Hue Thinkspace Elevation Connect Reading Trends Pixel Push

Experience

Apple

Interaction Design Intern
05.2021 – Present
05.2020 – 08.2020

Brain Technologies

Interface Design Intern
09.2020 – 05.2021

CMU HCI Institute

Research Assistant
01.2020 – 05.2020

Elevation Church

UX Design Intern
05.2019 – 08.2019

Interactive data visualization of +9400 designers from AIGA's design census

Web app designed to help people join communities in the church

Data visualization drawing relationships between Google Trends and NYT Best Selling books in 2019

Collaborative painting experience exploring webcam image-capture and sound recognition

A speculative exploration of conversational agents in discussion-based contexts

S21: Working on Siri Knowledge
S20: Designed platform-level voice UI patterns based on core technology enhancement

12 weeks in Charlotte, North Carolina with some of the most passionate people I know

Worked on experimental hybrid speech-GUI experiences focused around search

My cute design cohort + some cool professors

Conducted HRI field research focused on navigating stuck-robot situations