Yanze Li
Industrial design student and FDE.
I studied fashion for two years, then moved to industrial design at DAAP. As a forward deployed engineer on my own projects, I run AI agents through CAD, firmware, rendering and web, then test the result in the workshop.
AI and engineering
- Agent workflows
- Claude Code, Codex, MCP tool chains
- Rendering
- Vizcom, Fusion render
- Embedded
- Arduino, IMU sensing, on-device ML
- Web
- WebGL, Shopify, Framer
Design and making
- CAD
- Fusion 360, 3D printing, laser cutting
- Visual
- Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Procreate
- Shop
- Woodworking, mold making, casting, sewing, CNC
Experience
- LX Nails
- Web developer and marketing
- 2024
- Mr. Fang Design Studio
- Graphic design assistant
- 2019–20
Education
- University of Cincinnati
- BS Design, Industrial Design, DAAP
- Expected 2030
- Professional Practice
- Study semesters alternate with design work
Languages
- Mandarin
- Native
- English
- Fluent