Cynthia Cui

I am a tech worker from Nanjing.

I am interested in experimental software, liminal spaces, and building internet spaces that reflect the lived, tangible experiences of our world's marginalized communities.

cyn.cui (at) icloud.com cynthia at are.na

Image collected in the arabesque Are.na channel

Kabo

Spatial Software

Explores a non-linear way of exploring an Are.na channel to reflect on how our minds may better visualize connecting blocks.

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Asian-Indigenous Relations Collective

Brand Design · Design Engineering

Keeps AIR’s publications, resources, and network accessible through a small Next.js website and Payload CMS.

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AIR's homepage introducing the collective and linking to publications, resources, and the project story.

Curiko

Product Design · User Research

Brings in-person experiences into Curiko’s Explore page and makes room for its community on mobile.

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Curiko’s community experience platform, with its illustrated identity and an in-person gathering.

Renshuu

Independent Product Design

Reorganizes a Japanese learning dashboard around daily study, progress, and a single place to navigate.

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Renshuu’s redesigned dashboard with daily challenges, review decks, progress, and study quests.

Pickup

iOS Product Design · Brand Identity

An app for sharing parcel locker codes with housemates, from setting up a household to marking a package as collected.

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