Aspen Lab

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Role
Design Engineer
At
Axel · YC W19
Edu
GT — ID + Psych
Base
Bellevue, WA
Founded
XING Art · $300K
State
Shipping

Half designer,
half psychologist,
always shipping.

Capabilities[ 04 · stack ]

Product Design

0→1 · end-to-end

Multi-country KYC, automotive HMI, fintech flows — research through shipped UI.

Design Engineering

React · production

I ship my own design as PRs — same tokens, components, and stack as the team.

Brand & Visual

identity · motion

Type, systems, packaging, motion — from CDC packaging to product marks.

Research × Psychology

behavior · cog-sci

GT Psych dual degree — usability, trust, the gap between said and done.

Trajectory[ 05 · log ]
  1. Axel · Gordian (YC W19)Sole Designer · reports to CEODec 2025 — Now
  2. TikTok · PIPO UEDProduct Designer (Intern) · TikTok Pay KYCJun — Sep 2025
  3. Hyundai · HATCI LabHMI Designer · IONIQ 6 L2+Jan — May 2025
  4. XING ArtCo-founder & Product Designer · $300K MiraclePlus2022 — 2025
  5. CDC · NWSS LabProduct Designer · CryoSave (IDEA Award)Aug — Dec 2023
LAT 47.6101 · LON −122.2015EOF

[A-01]Life Style

Got my car at 18 · Freshman at Georgia Tech · Dreaming about my future

Aspen with her first car at 18, downtown Atlanta at night⤢ Inspect
// Got my car at 18 — freshman at GT, dreaming about my future
Black-and-white photograph of a parking garage alley with trees⤢ Inspect
// Love photograph — daily life through a lens
Black-and-white photograph of a brutalist tower against cloudy sky⤢ Inspect
// The everyday, framed in black & white
Charcoal sketch of an eye in progress⤢ Inspect
// Somehow good at drawing
Multiple charcoal sketches of faces and hands on cream paper⤢ Inspect
// Enjoy B&W sketching
Electronics workbench with soldering iron, microphone, mixed cups and wires⤢ Inspect
// Making cool stuff with my roommate
Two glowing dice on a red dice tray⤢ Inspect
LiPo battery and circuit board feeding a glowing die in a red tray, next to a Polaroid⤢ Inspect
// Wireless illuminated dice for our table game

[A-02]My Workspace

Aspen's desk with dual monitors showing a flip clock and solar system⤢ Inspect
// My workspace — built to enrich creativity. Less is more.
A friend at home holding a Sony camera, taking a photo⤢ Inspect
// Always someone with a camera in the room
Close-up black-and-white photo of someone holding a vintage Edixa Reflex 1000 film camera⤢ Inspect
// Film cameras — the slower kind of seeing
Drawing class with laptop and projector showing arm sketch references on the wall⤢ Inspect
// Sketching nights — references on the wall, sketchbooks on the table
Purple-gloved hand holding a film reel under sink water during developing⤢ Inspect
// Film washing by hand — PH14 in the basin
Black-and-white film print of a silver SUV parked in front of an old brick building⤢ Inspect
// The print, after

[A-03]Love Music

A sunburst acoustic guitar resting on a grey carpet⤢ Inspect
// Love music
Three bronze-and-clay monk sculptures in a workshop with pegboard wall⤢ Inspect
// Working at a Bronze Studio
Wooden desk with iPad of horse-anatomy refs, sketchbook drawings, red sculpted clay animals⤢ Inspect
// Designing with reference — desk, sketchbook, and the clay it ends up as
Three friends in silhouette jumping against a sunset sky⤢ Inspect
Portrait of three young men in golden-hour light with mountains behind⤢ Inspect
// With my pals — last day before they head to their PhDs

[A-04]Enjoy Cooking

Jupyter notebook with PSYC 3803 brain-science course materials and downsampling visualization⤢ Inspect
// I love neuro-sci — happy in the cog sci dual degree. Yes I am happy.
Two plates of steak with asparagus, potatoes, and sauce⤢ Inspect
// Cooking for me and my girlfriend
A small mouse inside a clear plastic terrarium with moss, near a window screen⤢ Inspect
// Caught a rat in my apartment — it's cute, but I made it leave eventually
Teal Nintendo Switch Lite with hand-drawn Hatsune Miku in marker on the back⤢ Inspect
// DIY Miku Switch Lite — Xmas gift for my girl
iPad screen showing a stylized anime elf girl in progress in a drawing app⤢ Inspect
// Drawing with the app I designed
A tabby cat with white belly, looking up at the camera⤢ Inspect
// My cat — I love him sooooo much

[A-05]Unforgettable Summer

Crowd of attendees in winter coats lined up at night outside a convention center⤢ Inspect
// Lined up at 4 AM for a 5090
Young man at NVIDIA GTC with conference lanyard, holding a tablet⤢ Inspect
// At NVIDIA GTC 2025
A PC tower at NVIDIA GTC 2025 signed Jensen was here by Jensen Huang⤢ Inspect
// Jensen signed my PC!
iF Design Award page for Field of Vision — cane for the blind⤢ Inspect
// Awarded iF Design — Field of Vision, cane for the blind
MiraclePlus 2025 Spring closing ceremony group photo on stage⤢ Inspect
// Funded by MiraclePlus — $300K · 2025 Spring closing ceremony
XING Art booth at trade show — three young men with iPad showing in-progress anime drawing⤢ Inspect
// XING Art alpha test — first time on the floor
Group of friends at a restaurant table with burgers, salsa decorations on the wall⤢ Inspect
// Intern at TikTok — best summer crew. GOAT.
Holding ID badge in front of tall modern office buildings, ByteDance / Volcano Engine⤢ Inspect
// First day on campus — ByteDance Shanghai

“I'm waiting for you to find my potential.”

— Aspen, 21 yrs

[A-06]

Awards & recognition

  • iF Design AwardField of Vision2025
  • Red Dot Design AwardField of Vision2025
  • IDEA Student AwardCryoSave for CDC NWSS2025
  • Bredendieck AwardGeorgia Tech (×2)
  • Humanitarian Award
  • Atlanta Design FestivalRecognition
[A-07]

Selected past work

  • Vulcan Engineering SolutionsUX Designer · structural engineering workflowsJan — May 2025
  • Edison BikeProduct Designer · Mammoth e-cargo for Piedmont ParkJan — May 2024
  • Refracted LabFreelance Designer · Web3 interfacesJun — Aug 2024
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityDesign Researcher · AI ship recognitionJun — Aug 2024
  • CDC NWSS LabProduct Designer · CryoSave packaging system (IDEA Award)Aug — Dec 2023
  • XING ArtCo-founder & Product Designer · MiraclePlus '25, $300K, 1K+ usersDec 2022 — Sep 2025