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EDUCATION


2023-Present
PhD,
Design
Research

Royal College of Art, UK

2020-2022
Master of Design,
Designed Objects

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US

2021
Advanced Course,
Inexhaustible Computing
University of Chicago, US

2015-2019
Bachelor of Engineering,
Process Equipments & Control Engineering

Ningxia University, China

2016-2017
Advanced Course,
Literature
Ningxia University, China

EXHIBITIONS


2025
Echo Fossils
The 17th International Symposium on Computer Music Multidisciplinary Research
University College London, London, UK

2022
The Worlds We Build: Designed Objects Reflections
SAIC Gallery, Chicago, US

Collateral Measures: Privacy and Security in the Digital Age
MADD Center, Chicago, US

Critical Artifacts: Living Spectacles
MacLean Center, Chicago, US

2021
AlterFutures: A Climate Fiction
NRDC, Chicago, US

NYCxDESIGN: WantedDesign 2021
New York City, US


You can download one-page resume here.

PUBLICATIONS


2025
Beyond Obedient Tools: A Tensional-Field Relational Ontology for Human-AI Co-creation. IASDR 2025: Design Next

Echo Fossils: A Fossil-Inspired AI-Generated Ambient Soundscape Interactive System for Emotional Resonance and Emotional Soothing
Proceedings of CMMR 2025

2024
Whether We Design: A Weather Report.
Royal College of Art

CONTACT


email: ziming.studio@gmail.com
instagram: @zim_w