kēlín carolyn zhang

designer, artist, writer

now

• unplugging & recharging

• using a flip phone again

• starting my winter 2023 writing season

• making art

• exploring generative AI, interior design, and wherever else my curiosity leads

contact

• twitter: @carolynz

• instagram: @carolynz.design

• newsletter: buttondown.email/touchgrass

• email: hi@carolynzhang.com

• linkedin: who is she

past

• staff product designer at twitter, design lead for twitter spaces · 2021–2022

• adjunct professor at SVA · 2019–2021

• designed political tech for the 2020 election · 2019–2021

• independent design practice working with seed-stage startups · 2019–2020

• design lead & first design hire at ueno.· 2015–2019

• b.s. in computer science from MIT · 2010–2014

miscellaneous

• chatGPT prompts for interactive worldbuilding games · dec 2022

• syllabus for my SVA class, Design in the Real World · 2019–2021

• free ideas · feb 2021

archived homepages

• 2020–2022

• 2019