Summary
S 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 University
PhD Media and Art Technology, PhD Media and Art Technology at Queen Mary University of London
Master of Arts (M.A.) Art In Public, Master of Arts (M.A.) Art In Public at Ulster University
English, german (telc c1), French, Chinese