Jenny Hu is a London-based multidisciplinary designer. She is currently building tools to empower consumers with data and ML as the co-founder of SHADE.
She holds an MA from the Royal College of Art, an MSc from Imperial College London, and a Bachelors in Design and minor in Human Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.
In recent history, she has worked on projects ranging from lowering the 3D tooling barrier with Squiggle Sculpt, imagining a future where robots and humans co-exist at Prosper, and building accessible interactions for wearables at Google Hardware. She likes to think about how technology disseminates in society.
Always open to new collaborations, conversations, and opportunities, please pop a message if you’re interested in working together or chatting at jennyjialinhu[a]gmail[dot]com.
Press—
2023 Sustainable Jungle Podcast
2023 EcoNews
2021 RIISE
2021 Residency at Somerset House
2021 London Design Festival
2021 Dubai Design Week
2021 The Future Laboratory Sustainability Report
2021 Fast Company World Changing Ideas
2020 Springwise
Awards—
2023 Women in Clean Tech and Sustainability People’s Choice
2022 Danish Design Awards Finalist
2022 UX Design Awards Nomination
2021 Mayor of London Entrepreneurship Finalist
2021 Distributed Design Awards Finalist, Future Thinking Category
2021 Fast Company World Changing Ideas Category Winner
2020 Regenerative List 25/100 entreprenuers
2020 Distinction award, MA dissertation The Power of Modifiable Things
2019 IDSA Central District Merit Award Finalist
2015 C.Tucker Student Award
Publications—
CHI 2024— SHADE: Empowering Consumer Choice for Sustainable Fashion with AI and Digital Tooling (LBW)
DRS 2022— Spatialized Video Communication Platforms: Applications in design education and conferencing
CHI 2019— Geodesy: Self-rising 2.5D Tiles
SCF 2019— Geodesy: Self-rising 2.5D Tiles