UNVEILING THE UNSEEN. TELLING THE UNTOLD.

Shayne Shen is a multidisciplinary designer working across product design, brand design, and human-computer interaction research.

UCLA Meteorite Collection installation

SELECTED WORK

APPLE INTERNAL WEBSITE

A team site and Task Tally, a badge-based onboarding checklist, for Apple Product Ops' media content interns.

Apple logo
MACH9 CAD VISUAL SYSTEM

A visual system for drawing and editing in Digital Surveyor, with clear state feedback for every action.

CAD visual system: a line being drawn and edited in Digital Surveyor, with state callouts
AUTOMATED SURVEY REQUEST

One guided command-bar flow for requesting Mach9’s automated feature extraction, without knowing its billing logic.

BOOK DESIGN

TOUCH, FEEL, SENSE II

Examine how visual stimuli evoke tactile sensations and explore the book as an object of physicality.

Touch, Feel, Sense II
UNSEEN, UNSAID, UNEHARD

A book that looks beyond the stereotypical depiction of Afghan women as victims in mass media.

Unseen, Unsaid, Unheard
TOUCH, FEEL, SENSE I

Exploring the salienty of physical touch during social-distancing in the pandemic era.

Touch, Feel, Sense I
PHONETIC SYMPHONY

A book documenting the research and design process behind the experimental media and musical exhibition, “Phonetic Symphony.”

Phonetic Symphony book
JURIED CIRCLES

Why is circle such a key symbol in contemporary art, and how does it evoke feelings of wholeness and happiness?

Juried Circles

BRAND DESIGN

MACH9

A measured, line-led identity for Mach9, the AI CAD platform that turns reality capture into survey deliverables.

Mach9 symbol in blurple glass
IBERIA AIRLINE

Celebrating the Spanish traditional culture heritage in the storytelling of Iberia airline.

Iberia Airline
(WE)LL

Building a delicate, ethereal visual identity for a self-curated mental health online event.

(WE)LL poster
MASTERCLASS

Elegant and upscale brand guidelines that define sophistication for MASTERCLASS online classes.

MasterClass
UCLA METEORITE COLLECTION

Brand system and tech-driven, multi-media installation for the largest meteorite collection on the west coast.

UCLA Meteorite Collection
THE FEMINIST PRESS

Subverting norms with a fashionable visual system for the NYC based book press.

The Feminist Press

MEDIA INSTALLATION

PHONETIC SYMPHONY

An immersive tri-fold journey exploring the beauty of Mandarin through visual and verbal expressions.

Phonetic Symphony installation
4-TONE PLAYGROUND

Interactive 3D sculptures that bring the tones of Mandarin to life through shape and form.

4-Tone Playground
SOUND TRANSLATOR

Translating speakers' moods into visual signals using scientifically-driven parameters.

Sound Translator
WHAT DO AI TALK TO AI?

An AI-to-AI dialogue exploring the meaning of AI through AI-generated gibberish.

What Do AI Talk to AI?
THE NEWSROOM

Revealing Afghan women's portrayal in the press through word frequency analysis.

The Newsroom

PHOTOGRAPHY

LOST PEARL

I once brought a papaya to Marina Del Rey.

Lost Pearl
CRUEL WORLD

Give a second-life to random objects in daily life.

Cruel World
SOCAL

To all the time wandering in Los Angeles.

SoCal

OTHER

D QUATRA T

2024 MDes official hoodie contest #1.

D Quatra T hoodie
FEEDING THE WORLD

Package engineering for SIG aspectic carton to assist disaster relief.

Feeding the World
THE HARMONY TABLE

A coffee table challenging the norms of symmetry and harmony.

The Harmony Table