What's your background?
I've been thinking about the future of human–computer interaction since I was seven, when I learned to code and solder and started building my own electronic contraptions. I'm fascinated by how our digital architectures shape our curiosity about the world around us. That fascination led me to study CS and Architecture, then to explore interaction design across a wide range — from non-intrusive BCIs to the Vision Pro and future products at Apple to the design team at Humane. I now run Era, building toward a more open and beautiful future for ambient intelligent devices. I'm also an inveterate jetsetter.
What's it like to do your work at Analogue?
One of the most beautiful relationships you can have: world-building with friends.
What did you almost become instead?
A PhD student — maybe a National Geographic explorer on the side.
“I can't wait for the day when…”
…local manufacturing becomes so refined that the world sees a Cambrian explosion of aesthetics.
What are the three places on earth where you feel most like yourself?
- Small World Coffee in Princeton — the best little coffee shop, where you always run into someone you know.
- HQB in Shenzhen — absolute chaos that leaves me awe-struck by emergent behavior.
- Anywhere new.