I build to think.
Zihao Ni
I'm Zihao, a product designer in London. I trained in environmental design at Tsinghua University, then turned to products: a sofa that senses how you sit, published at ACM ICADI; an AI ordering kiosk concept for blind diners; and DotSet, the agent dashboard I read every morning. I'm now studying Disability, Design and Innovation at UCL, with the Global Disability Innovation Hub.
Selected work
Show work for
2025
IntelliAccess Kit
An add-on kit that lets blind diners order at a self-service kiosk without waiting for staff.
Product designer, solo
Prototype URLLive prototype
2026
Ask Judy
A multi-agent second opinion on whether an online friendship is safe.
Concept, agent design and build
2025
Sur-Foam Chair
A foam-sensing sofa that controls the living room by how you sit and touch.
Research lead, first author
Year
Pigeon Bank
A connected piggy bank and app that link donor and recipient children.
Product and service designer
Year
No One Is Colour Weak
A multi-sensory exhibition for people with colour vision deficiency.
Designer and maker
2026
Bus Stories
Interactive stories that build teenagers' awareness of hidden disabilities.
Product lead
Other work
4 projects- DotSetA personal newsletter, written by your own agents.2026
- IntelliAccess KitAn add-on kit that lets blind diners order at a self-service kiosk without waiting for staff.2025
- Ask JudyA multi-agent second opinion on whether an online friendship is safe.2026
- Sur-Foam ChairA foam-sensing sofa that controls the living room by how you sit and touch.2025
- Pigeon BankA connected piggy bank and app that link donor and recipient children.Year
- No One Is Colour WeakA multi-sensory exhibition for people with colour vision deficiency.Year
- Bus StoriesInteractive stories that build teenagers' awareness of hidden disabilities.2026
- Fourteen CourtyardsGraduation project in media architecture and XR.2025
4 projects
Other work
DotSetA personal newsletter, written by your own agents.2026Sur-Foam ChairA foam-sensing sofa that controls the living room by how you sit and touch.2025Bus StoriesInteractive stories that build teenagers' awareness of hidden disabilities.2026IntelliAccess KitAn add-on kit that lets blind diners order at a self-service kiosk without waiting for staff.2025Pigeon BankA connected piggy bank and app that link donor and recipient children.YearFourteen CourtyardsGraduation project in media architecture and XR.2025Ask JudyA multi-agent second opinion on whether an online friendship is safe.2026No One Is Colour WeakA multi-sensory exhibition for people with colour vision deficiency.Year
