Feel free to call me Yuanning /ywen neeng/ or Penguin 🐧
I’m a designer and HCI researcher, currently pursuing an MFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design, The New School, in New York, USA. I also work as a research assistant at the Synthetic Ecosystems Lab under the guidance of Harpreet Sareen. This summer, I intern at the Machine Poetics Lab at Cornell University directed by Sang Leigh.
I received my B.E. in Industrial Design from the School of Design, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in Shenzhen, China. I am very proud to be a first cohort student of the SUSTech School of Design! Over the years, I am fortunate to be able to work with amazing professors including Pengcheng An, Ray LC, Enza Migliore, Shuo Niu and Xiaolan Wang.
As a designer and researcher, my interests lie in More-than-Human Design, Feminist HCI, and Speculative Design. Through a critical and more-than-human lens, I seek to reimagine and speculate about our daily interactions with technology.
Outside of research and design, you’ll find me cooking, painting, visiting exhibitions, collecting stuffed penguins, and spending time with my cat.
I’m looking for PhD positions begin at 2026 fall around the world!
Google Schoolar ｜ Contact: hany875 [at] newschool.edu
(Last update: Dec, 2025)
[Jun 2025] I joined Machine Poetics Group as a research intern.
[Apr 2025] I finally got my visa, I will go to CHI25 as a student volunteer!
[Apr 2025] I will work with Sang Leigh this summer at Cornell!
[Jan 2025] I joined Synthetic Ecosystems Lab at Parsons School of Design
The Passion Accroading to G.H., Clarice Lispector
Exhalation, Ted Chiang
Matters of Care, Maria Puig de la Bellacasa
The Promise of Happiness, Sara Ahmed
Gender Trouble, Judith Butler