Lan Zhang
About
I am a creative developer and art director based in NYC. I enjoy making interactive tools and immersive experiences on the web.
I currently work as a creative technologist at Havas CX. I am also an Dev Jury at
Awwwards
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Education
2018-2020
MFA Design and Technology
Parsons School of Design, the New School, New York City, NY
4.0/4.0, Graduated with honors
BS Advertising Art Direction, Minor in Psychology
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
3.65/4.0, Cum Laude honors
Work Experience
2022 Feb-Present
Creative Technologist
Havax CX, New York, NY
2020 Nov-2022 Feb
Interactive Developer
GSW Advertising, New York, NY
2020 - 2021
Freelance WebGL Developer
New York, NY
Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Contractor
Shanghai Power Station of Art Contractor
2020 Aug-Dec
Part-time Faculty
The New School, New York, NY
Teaches Graduate-level course: Critical Computation Lab
2018-2020
Designer, Researcher, Instructor
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Python Course Instructor
Hindsight Thesis Website programmer
Front-End Research Assistant for a data visualization product
Design Residency with US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Undergraduate-level Immersive Storytelling Course Instructor
Bootcamp Coding Teaching Fellow
Creative Programming Tutor Specialist
2020 Jan-Mar
Programming Participant
Recurse Center, Brooklyn, NY
2017-2018
Art Director
Publicis Worldwide New York, New York, NY
Art directed for the Mets, Urbanspace, Swiffer & President’s Cup
Worked on print ads, outdoor campaigns, digital campaigns, visual identity, mobile UI/UX
2015-2019
Freelance Designer, Art Director
Melt4u, My Lucky Tummy, Waine’ World, Surfin’ Birds House, Syracuse TNH
Worked on print design, visual identity design, UI/UX design, brochure/presentation design
Photographed promotional campaign/event materials
Workshops/Peformances
2020 May
Hack(Comedy)
Talk
Hindsight Parsons Design & Technology Thesis Show, New York
2020 March
Hack(Comedy)
Performance
CultureHub Re-Fest, LaMama Experimental Theater, New York
2020 March
“Natural Language Processing with Python” Dorkshop
Workshop
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2019 Nov
Performing with “Hitchhiker”
Performance
Babycastles, New York, NY
2019 August
“Body Fun Jewelry Making” Dorkshop
Workshop
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2019 Aug
Advanced Processing: Object, Class and Particle System
Elective Workshop
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2017 May
S.I. Newhouse Advertising Gallery
Exhibition
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Awards/Recognitions
2022
Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards in the Apps and Games category
2022
Cannes Lion - Silver Lion
2021
Cooper Hewitt “Activating Smithsonian Open Access program” winner team
2021
Power Station of Art - Emerging Curators Project 2O2Online winner team
2021
PRINT Award Interaction Deisgn Silver
2021
Indigo Award Interaction Design category - Gold & Silver Winners
2021
Art and Machine II International Symposium
2020
Parsons Commencement Student Speaker, Graduate Design Research Fund, Dean's Scholarship
2017
AAF National Student Advertising Competition Northeast Regional Winner
2016
Graphis New Talent Advertising Award - 2 Silver, 2 Merit
2015
Graphis New Talent Advertising Award - 1 Platinum, 1 Silver