Hi, I’m Karlie.
Welcome to my website!

I’m an interaction designer, artist, and programmer
who somtimes also writes stuff.

︎︎︎ karliezhao01@gmail.com
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Master of Fine Arts,
Rhode Island School of Design

Bachelor of Arts and Science,
City University of Hong Kong

TEXT(iles)

In 2023, I started writing a series of software that incorporate my poetry with movements of textile materials, which later became larger projects exploring the relationships between narratives and textiles.

Thread in the Air - Extended

Each of the projects in TEXT(iles) started from a snippet of code,

and then turned into an interactive web page,

then a tangible, interactive installation...

“To weave is to speak.”

Cloth on Cloth(es) - Extended

Here are 2 ongoing projects that are continuations of the TEXT(iles) series.

Below is a selection of my “tactile software”.

Through these projects,
I played with code, Max 8, Large Language Models and other machine learning tools...
Arduino, PCBs, table saws, book binders, hand drills...
...and many, many more.