Iris Zeng, EDI '28Design Research, Service Design, UI/UX
About
Iris is a designer with a background in industrial and product design, with interests spanning UX/UI, interaction design, user research, and physical product development. She enjoys understanding how people interact with products and translating user needs into clear, thoughtful design decisions. Iris is especially interested in creating experiences that feel intuitive, useful, and human across both digital and physical touchpoints. Through EDI, she hopes to strengthen her ability to connect research, technology, and design, and to grow into a product or UX designer who can shape meaningful user experiences from early insights through implementation.
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Why EDI?
Iris’s interest in human-centered design grew from her background in industrial and product design. Through past design projects, she began to realize that creating a functional product was only part of the challenge. Understanding how people perceive, use, and feel about a product can be just as important as its form or technical performance. This shift led her to become increasingly interested in user research, interaction design, and the broader experience surrounding a product.
She chose EDI because the program brings together design, engineering, research, and technology in a highly collaborative environment. She hopes to use this interdisciplinary approach to expand beyond traditional product design, strengthen her skills in human-centered research and UX, and explore how insights about people can be translated into both digital and physical experiences.
Experience before EDI
Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Production Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Design, Xi’an Jiaotong University.
