Weizi Song currently works at NIKE Innovation as a Digital Apparel Designer and Computational Designer, where she explores future-facing design concepts at the intersection of computation, material systems, and digital prototyping.

 

I identify myself first as an innovator, then a researcher, and finally a designer—roles I do not see as fixed titles, but as fluid modes of thinking. My education and professional experiences are intentionally interdisciplinary, allowing me to deconstruct complex problems, challenge established norms, and reframe constraints as opportunities for innovation.

 

Trained as an architect with a professional Master of Architecture from Cornell University, my graduate work focuses on computational design, building technology, and material research. Before that, I studied Spatial Experience Design at ArtCenter College of Design, with a minor in Social Innovation, an education that rooted my practice in human-centered thinking, systems awareness, and design as an agent for change.

 

My work operates across architecture, product, and research contexts, using computation not simply as a tool, but as a way to question assumptions, rewrite rules, and generate new design logics. I am deeply interested in cross-disciplinary research—where architecture informs apparel, where engineering meets experience design, and where technology, culture, and sustainability intersect.

 

Grounded in both research and making, my approach blends technological rigor with cultural sensitivity and environmental responsibility. Through experimental workflows, material exploration, and speculative yet actionable design strategies, I aim to contribute to a future where innovation is not confined by discipline, and where design serves as a catalyst for more adaptive, resilient, and meaningful systems.