Built around the project
We form small teams around the problem, stage and intended outcome. Designers and engineers work at the same table from day one.
Global collaborators / Careers
Build the uncommon
We form small teams with exceptional designers, engineers and portfolio mentors around the world. Together we take concepts, prototypes, products and teaching engagements through to real outcomes.
01 / HOW WE WORK
Small teams built around real projects
Reward follows contribution
We agree the project fee before work begins, with milestone or project bonuses based on responsibility, contribution and delivery outcomes.
Global remote, Shanghai optional
Project collaboration is remote by default. Shanghai-based collaborators can also join studio sessions, prototyping and hybrid work in person.
02 / OPPORTUNITIES
Our long-term talent network stays open
Talent network open
Disciplines
Product and experience design, UX/UI, brand and visual systems, motion, industrial design, 3D and spatial experiences.
What matters
- You explain decisions clearly and deliver polished outcomes
- You want to carry work from concept through real release
- You communicate progress and risk clearly in async teams
Send us
Your city and time zone, your strongest portfolio work, recent availability and the kinds of projects you want to join.
Disciplines
Creative technology, frontend and full-stack engineering, AI prototypes, production applications, interactive installations and digital experiences.
What matters
- You can take a prototype into a real, usable product
- You balance speed, quality, safety and maintainability
- You define the experience and delivery approach alongside designers
Send us
Your GitHub or shipped products, the parts you owned, technical preferences, city and time zone, and recent availability.
What you will do
- Build staged learning and project plans around each learner's background, target discipline and school requirements
- Guide research, concepts, experiments, making, narrative and portfolio editing while preserving full student authorship
- Lead one-to-one or group critiques with actionable feedback, clear progress records and stronger student articulation
What matters
- A postgraduate degree from a strong international art or design program, or equivalent teaching and industry practice
- Current knowledge of international portfolio expectations and the ability to turn critique into concrete next steps
- Reliable remote teaching and the ability to mentor clearly in Mandarin or fluent English
Collaboration and application
Part-time or project-based, remote worldwide, with studio or hybrid work optional in Shanghai. Base compensation is agreed by scope, teaching hours or milestones, with additional project rewards for curriculum responsibility and teaching contribution. Send your education and practice background, disciplines, portfolio, a teaching sample or anonymized critique, and availability.
Disciplines
Paid design or engineering internships. Candidates worldwide can join remotely, with studio or hybrid work optional in Shanghai.
You will join
- Research, design, prototyping or development on real projects
- Direct reviews with the people responsible for delivery
- Explainable project experience within confidentiality boundaries
Send us
Your school and discipline, city, portfolio or GitHub, internship availability, and what you most want to learn or contribute.
03 / APPLICATION
Let the work speak first, then decide if the fit is real
Choose a track
Pick design, engineering, portfolio mentoring or the paid internship route.
Share your work
Send a portfolio, GitHub or shipped product and tell us which parts you actually owned.
Discuss the fit
We talk directly about capability, time zone, availability and the needs of a real project.
Start the project
Before kickoff, we confirm scope, responsibility, milestones, project fee and bonus mechanism.
Make thefirst move
Send a short note about what you have made, what you are genuinely good at and what you want to make better next.
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