Sabrina Tian is a designer & researcher with a focus on cross-cultural design, prototyping & human-centered innovation.

Sensing Garden

BIODIVERSITY MONITORING, HARDWARE | AMSTERDAM & LONDON

MIT Senseable City Lab

Ubiroot

CIRCULAR SUPPLY CHAIN, SYSTEMS DESIGN | LONDON

Design Intelligence Awards, Exhibited @ Asia Design Week 2024

Vleur

BIODESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN, FOOD WASTE | TOKYO, NYC, DUBAI

COP28 Showcase, Biodesign Challenge 2023, Design Intelligence Awards, Paris Design Awards

PlastiCraft: Perception of Waste in Japan

CULTURAL RESEARCH, WASTE MANAGEMENT | TOKYO

Upcycling Workshop @ AkeruE (Panasonic Creative Museum)

BIOMATERIAL EDUCATION, WASTE PERCEPTION | TOKYO

Kirage

URBAN DESIGN, TRANSPORTATION | TOKYO

Skinside Out

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN, MATERIAL & PRODUCT DESIGN | LONDON

Tactile Language Learning

ARDUINO, MACHINE LEARNING, INTERACTION DESIGN | LONDON

Poole Pavilion (Grand Challenge Top 12 Shortlist)

CULTURAL RESEARCH, STRATEGY, ARCHITECTURE | LONDON

Babble Bubble

DESIGN PSYCHOLOGY, PRODUCT DESIGN, PACKAGING | LONDON

Theia Health Ventures

WEB DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT, BRAND STRATEGY | PHILADELPHIA

Born in China, Grown in America

PUBLICATION DESIGN, RISOGRAPH, DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION | PHILADELPHIA

Senior Thesis Project

SCOBY: Experiment & Tea Bags

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN, MATERIALS & PRODUCT DESIGN | PHILADELPHIA

The Future of Waste: a Hard Pill to Swallow

SPECULATIVE DESIGN, 3D MODELING, RISOGRAPH | PHILADELPHIA

Heart of Valley's Delight

BIOLOGICAL DESIGN, SOCIAL IMPACT | SAN JOSE

Featured in "Design Philadelphia: Designing Motherhood Public Program"

Redesigning Meat

SPECULATIVE DESIGN, FOOD/BIODESIGN RESEARCH | PHILADELPHIA

The Plate, Politics, and Norms Behind the All-American Breakfast

PUBLICATION, RESEARCH | PHILADELPHIA