AI DESIGN SYSTEM / 2026

Julian Zhu builds AI imagination tools.

A Designer based in London.

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AI products, client systems, industrial design, and speculative interface studies.

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SmaTaste

Service Design · HCI Research · AI

Open case

An AI-enabled workplace dining service that connects personal taste memory with kitchen demand forecasting through one explainable service loop.

Co Cerebral

Product, Agentic UX, Educational Infrastructure

Open case

An agent-centric educational system improving learning outcomes for students and teachers, across school orchestration, admissions, and AI literacy infrastructure.

SKG+

Web Design · Information Architecture · Motion System

Open case

Redesigned SKG+ as an international-facing immersive-studio portfolio, turning service tiles into a categorized, motion-led archive.

Poetic Form

AI Creative Technologist · Human-AI Workflow

Open case

A Human-AI workflow translating Song poetry into ComfyUI-generated, image-to-3D poem sculptures.

Healmove

GenAI Content Production · Runway Gen-1 · Future Mobility

Open case

Best Sustainable Design Award. A 2023 future-mobility design fiction built through an early GenAI content pipeline: ChatGPT for scenario logic, MidJourney for shot generation, Runway Gen-1 for image-conditioned motion, and Premiere for final craft.

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Synco-E

Innovation Product Design · UX · HCI

Open case

Next generation BCI Device for Esports Training

HUAWEI Meta Station

HUAWEI HarmonyOS Theme

Open case

Interactive UI theme for HUAWEI HarmonyOS — lockscreen interaction, 3D scene, and day-and-night sensing.

ByteDance · TikTok AR Effects

AR Creative Production · Effect House · Motion

Open case

Production-ready AR effect loops for TikTok and TikTok Lite — short-form camera assets shaped by trend analysis, visual craft, and platform constraints. Two filters drew 10K+ views and were featured on TikTok's Best of the Week.