artist · developer · ux designer

Yanwen

from canvas to code.

I think in equations and feel in color. The same hand that mixed indigo and cochineal now builds the screens you are looking at.

Art

Things that feel.

From silk dyed with indigo and cochineal to feminist installations that ask hard questions. My art lives at the intersection of material and meaning.

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Code

Things that work.

Real client sites, interactive 3D configurators, iOS apps. I build things that are as well-made on the inside as they look on the outside.

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Mizuki Travel

Next.js 14
App Router
next-intl

Daijoubu

Next.js
TypeScript
Tailwind

UCSB Research Computing and Data

Drupal 9/10
Twig
HTML

TravelHospitality

Mizuki Travel — Trilingual DMC Website

Sole Designer and Developer · 2026

Live trilingual site in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

Client can independently update content without touching code.

ResearchAcademia

UCSB Research Computing

UX Designer and Developer · 2023 to 2024

+20% increase in session duration.

15% drop in bounce rate.

UX Design

Things that make sense.

I design from the intersection of art, math, and empathy. The same curiosity that fills my sketchbook shapes how I approach user flows, prototypes, and the small decisions that make an interface feel human.

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Applied Mathematics and Fine Art from UC Santa Barbara. Based in Tokyo, drawing equally from sketchbooks and spreadsheets.

I am drawn to problems that need both logic and empathy: mapping user flows, debugging code, obsessing over a button radius. Always looking for the next interesting problem.

get to know me

Looking for someone who can make it beautiful and make it work?

Let us talk.

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Open to freelance projects and full-time roles.