Hi, I'm Joy, and I’m endlessly curious about how people and technology meet. I've chased that curiosity across nuclear plants, digital interfaces, Tesla factories, and more.

This sardine pillow was my first-ever sewing project :) I also cast these fortune cookie earrings myself out of bronze!

I’m currently at UC Berkeley’s Master of Design program. Before this, I studied Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

I design physical and digital things that people touch, hold, and use every day. Vehicle controls, assistive devices, cockpit interfaces: stuff where form and function really can't be separated. A steering wheel that feels right in your hands, a trigger mechanism that works for someone with limited grip strength, a control panel you can operate intuitively when things get stressful.

I move between the shop, CAD, and user testing, but the question I keep coming back to is always the same: how does this object fit into someone's life, and how do I make that interaction feel effortless? That's taken me across automotive, aviation, accessibility, and consumer products — different industries, same core challenge. Making stuff that works with humans.

Right now I am...

listening to:

Bon Voyage by Luna Li

dreaming of:

picnics in the park

learning how:

to make medieval chainmail

training to:

land my salchow at the ice rink