
About
Jiabao Li (李佳宝) is a designer, new media artist, and engineer. Working at the intersection of emerging technology, art and design, her work opens questions about technology's influence on human perception, identity, and emotion. She holds a Master of Design in Technology degree with Distinction from Harvard GSD. Currently, she is a Prototyping Designer at Apple, working on experimental interfaces and technologies.
Jiabao has won multiple international awards including iF Design Award, 1st Place Future Cities Contest, 1st place CHI Play Game Design Award, ISWC Design Award, and Harvard Best Thesis Award. Her work has been featured in Domus, TechCrunch, Yahoo, CCTV, Yanko Design, Dubai Design Week, The National, Arab News, etc. Her academic research has been published in CHI, ISWC, InfoVis, TEI, CHI Play, Scientific Reports, and Nanotechnology.
Contact: stephlijiabao(at)gmail.com
Education
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design 2016 - 2018
M.Des. Design Technology, with Distinction
National University of Singapore 2011 - 2015
B.Eng. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Distinction Honors
MIT Media Lab 2016 - 2018
Royal College of Art, Contemporary Art Practice 2018
RWTH Aachen, Germany 2014
Experience
Apple, Prototyping Designer 2017 - Present
Harvard University, Teaching Fellow 2017
award
iF Design Award 2018
Dubai Design Week, Global Grad Show 2018
Milan Design Week 2019
Ubicomp/ISWC Design Award 2018
Project Prize for Best Thesis, Harvard GSD 2018
Graduate with Distinction (top 3%), Harvard GSD 2018
Game Design First Place Award, CHI Play 2017
First Place, Cities for a Flying World 2017
Keynote Speaker, China VR & AR International Summit 2017
Keynote Speaker, AR in Action 2019
Hacking Art First Runnerup, MIT 2016
Harvard Art Show 2017, 2018
Innovation & Research Award, NUS 2015
PUBLICATION
Domus Innovation Issue | 2018
CHI | 2019 | Hypercept: Speculating the Visual World Intervened by Digital Media
ISWC | 2018 | TransVision: Exploring the State of the Visual Field in the Age of Extreme Augmentation
TEI Art | 2018 | Twinkle: A Flying Lighting Companion for Urban Safety
IEEE VIS, TVCG | 2018 | DXR: A Toolkit for Building Immersive Data Visualizations
CHI Play | 2017 | CatEscape: An Asymmetrical Multiplatform Game Connecting Virtual, Augmented and Physical World
CHI Play | 2017 | MagicTorch: A Context-aware Projection System for Asymmetrical VR Games
Platform 10 | 2017 | Twinkle, Beach, Her
Platform 11 | 2018 | TransVision
Scientific Reports | 2014 | Laser hybrid nanostructuring of Si surfaces in air for SERS detection
Nanotechnology | 2014 | High aspect ratio SiNW arrays with Ag nanoparticles decoration for SERS detection