S Bin
Principal Designer
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolS Bin is a Principal Designer and researcher based in Berlin with 11 years of experience translating complex hardware–software workflows and AI capabilities into accessible, production-ready products. They’ve led end-to-end design for hardware-first startups and global platforms—founding designer at Bela for nearly a decade, product and research lead roles at Ableton and Georgia Tech, and current principal design and research roles supporting startups and RoEx. Their work spans interaction design, embedded systems, design systems, documentation, and user research for AI-assisted creative tools, with a knack for making powerful technical tools feel natural without sacrificing capability. Unusually, they combine deep academic research (PhD) and museum-scale public-facing projects with hands-on product launches, shipping IDEs, hardware prototypes, and documentation that scale across web, mobile, and physical products.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
AOCAD Sculpture/Installation, AOCAD Sculpture/Installation at OCAD UniversityPhD Media and Art Technology, PhD Media and Art Technology at Queen Mary University of LondonMaster of Arts (M.A.) Art In Public, Master of Arts (M.A.) Art In Public at Ulster University
English, german (telc c1), French, Chinese
Github Skills (39)
synthesis10
ide10
java10
sound-synthesis10
piano10
synth10
jekyll-theme9
php9
jekyll9
documentation8
react8
responsive8
javascript7
github-pages7
google-chrome6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
disastrid/metrix
Oct 2015 - May 2017
Contributions:5 PRs, 79 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 7 months
newestcommitfirst-commit
BelaPlatform/bela_site
Dec 2018 - Sep 2023
Repo for the Bela website.
Contributions:5 PRs, 60 pushes, 7 branches in 4 years 10 months
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