ABOUT

For the last decades, Zongheng has been working as a design director, creator, and entrepreneur in design to blend the boundaries between human and machine, as well as between design and manufacturing with cutting edge technologies in 3D printing and automotive systems to tackle cross-disciplinary design challenges.

Zongheng co-founded PEAR & MULBERRY, an award winning design company, and kept exploring humanity-centered design in health and therapeutic products. He is currently the creative design director at OPT Industries, a state-of-the-art 3D Printing technology startup spun out from MIT Media Lab, where his team creates stunning parametric design work that advances the DLP design horizon. He also serves as a consultant for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and NASA, offering views on mobility and HCI. Zongheng holds a Master in Design Engineering from Graduate School of Design and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University.

Read more about his projects, experiments, and sketches.

AWARDS

• European Product Design Award 2022 

  Top Design Winner in Children Products/Children Products, Top Design Winner in Life Science Design/Physical therapy and therapy products

• European Product Design Award 2022 

  Top Design Winner in Design for Society/Designs for Social Impact, Winner in Design for Society/Design for Public Awareness

• European Product Design Award 2022 

  Winner in Toy Design/Construction Toy

• iF Design Award 2022, Service Design Concepts

• iF Design Award 2022, Product

• IxDA Award 2022 Interaction Awards, USA, 2022.03

• IDA Design Awards 2021 Gold, USA 2022.01

  3 Gold prizes under “Accessory-footwear”, “Footwear-Special Purpose Shoes”, and  “Other Fashion Design-Recycle/Sustainable Fashion” Categories

• IDA Design Awards 2021 Gold, 2022.01

  2 Gold prizes under “Multimedia-Interactive Media”, and “Multimedia-Mobile/ Web Application Design” Categories

• Harvard Research Grant 2020

• iF Design Talent Award 2020

• Green Concept Award 2020

• Finalist Winner, Spacesuit User Interface Technologies Competition 2019, NASA

• Shortlist Winner, Lexus Design Award 2019

• Finalist Winner, City Robotics: People-Centric Mobility, MIT Media Lab

• BMW Grand Prize (Car Body Design), BMW Project J

• Finalist Winner, Michelin Challenge Design 2014

• VOLVO Scholarship

• MDE Fellowship 2019, Harvard GSD

PRESS

• Yanko Design, META.ZEN PLAYSET LETS ADULTS CALMLY BUILD THEIR OWN MINIATURE TRANQUIL GARDEN, 01.2023

• Yanko Design, Top 10 3d Printed Designs That Truly Define Sustainable Product Design, 11/2022

• Yanko Design, Top 10 3d-Printed Designs That Are The Best Of Sustainable Product Design, 09/2022

• Sohu News, New Concept 3d Printing Shoe Fabric, Suitable For Developing Children, 08/2022

• Yanko Design, These Shoes Use 3d Printed Fabric To Make Sure Kids’ Feet Grow Properly, 07/2022

• Megosu, We|Aver+: A Plus Is Brand New, 07/2022

• Green Concept Award Selection 2020, Berlin, Germany, 01/2020 Press: ID: 768, Page 122, Green Product Book No.7, White Lobster GmbH& Co.KG, Berlin, 2020

• 3D Natives, 3-Druck ermöglicht Herstellung von ergonomischen Schuhen für Kinder, 08/2022

• Tuvie Design, We|aver+ Therapeutic Shoes to Rehabilitate Developing Feet from Chronic Heel Discomfort

• Designideas, We|aver+: Parametrically Designed Therapeutic Shoes Protect And Rehabilitate Rapidly-Developing Feet From Chronic Heel Discomfort For Children Aged 8-14, 07/2022 

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