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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