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} .card__frame { border-radius: 16px; } .card__meta { padding: 0 2px; margin-top: 12px; } .card__title .arrow { opacity: 1; } /* always show affordance on touch */ } @media (max-width: 420px) { .topbar { flex-direction: column; gap: 14px; } } </style> </head> <body> /*<main>  <section class="hero" data-screen-label="hero" aria-label="Intro"> <div class="hero__media"> <video class="hero__video" muted loop playsinline preload="auto"></video> <div class="hero__placeholder" id="heroPlaceholder"> <span class="ph-ico" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span>Hero video — drop <b>assets/hero.mp4</b></span> </div> </div> <header class="topbar shell" data-screen-label="header"> <div class="contact-item"> <span class="lbl">Tel</span> <a href="tel:+447741729999">+44 7741 729999</a> </div> <div class="contact-item"> <span class="lbl">Email</span> <a href="mailto:y_yuancheng@outlook.com">y_yuancheng@outlook.com</a> </div> </header> <div class="shell hero__namewrap"> <h1 class="hero__name"><img src="assets/title.svg" alt="Yuancheng Yang" /></h1> </div> </section>*/ <div class="sheet"> <div class="shell"> <hr class="sheet__line" />  <section class="about" data-screen-label="about" aria-label="About"> <h2 class="section-label">About This<br>Person</h2> <div class="about__bio"> <p>Hi, I’m Yuancheng (Jack). I’m currently studying BA User Experience Design at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.</p> <p>I am interested in user experience as a method of enquiry: observing how people move through systems, identifying where technologies create friction, and testing how design can make complex transitions easier to understand.</p> <p>My recent projects often look at temporary and supportive interventions — small design moves that operate between existing infrastructures and uncertain futures. This includes work around transport routines, care technologies, service communication, and low-intrusion interaction.</p> <p>I have worked as a software engineering intern at YUNEX Traffic and a marketing intern at Siemens Xcelerator.</p> </div> </section>  <section class="news" data-screen-label="news" aria-label="News and updates"> <div class="news__head"> <h2 class="section-label">News + Updates</h2> <hr class="hrule" /> </div> <div class="news__list"> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">Apr 2026</span><span class="news__txt">Invited to PCI Tech (smart urban transportation BG) as a research affiliate</span></div> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">Aug 2025</span><span class="news__txt">Final day at Siemens!</span></div> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">Feb 2025</span><span class="news__txt">Joined Siemens Xcelerator team as a marketing intern</span></div> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">Sep 2023</span><span class="news__txt">Started my Undergrad at LCC, UAL</span></div> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">Jun 2023</span><span class="news__txt">SWE intern at YUNEX Traffic</span></div> <div class="news__row"><span class="news__date">May 2023</span><span class="news__txt">Graduated from RDFZ Chaoyang Branch School, Beijing</span></div> </div> </section>  <h2 class="whats">WHAT’S ON</h2>  <section class="work" data-screen-label="work" aria-label="Selected work"> <div class="work__col work__col--left"> <a class="card card--feature" href="projects/scentlink.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/scentlink.png" alt="ScentLink — woven scent diffuser sculpture on a mirrored plinth" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">More-Than-Human Tangible Telepresence</span> <span class="card__title">SCENTLINK<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> <a class="card card--feature" href="projects/elegance.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/elegance.png" alt="Elegance of Management — expense reimbursement app screens" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">Zero-Knowledge Reimbursement</span> <span class="card__title">Elegance of Management<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> </div> <div class="work__col work__col--right"> <a class="card card--small" href="projects/relive.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/relive.png" alt="RELIVE — speculative chrome artefact on liquid metal" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">Speculative Design</span> <span class="card__title">RELIVE<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> <a class="card card--small" href="projects/eddi.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/eddi.png" alt="Eddi’s Journey — character sheet of a grey blob mascot" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">Short Film Proposal</span> <span class="card__title">Eddi’s Journey<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> <a class="card card--small" href="projects/it-had-to-fit.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/ithadtofit.png" alt="It Had to Fit — whitewater kayaking gear campaign" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">Research Essay</span> <span class="card__title">It Had to Fit<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> <a class="card card--small" href="projects/mascot.html"> <div class="card__frame"><img src="assets/cards/mascot.png" alt="Mascot is the Message — vintage advertising character study" loading="lazy" /></div> <div class="card__meta"> <span class="card__cat">Research Essay</span> <span class="card__title">Mascot is the Message<span class="arrow">→</span></span> </div> </a> </div> </section> </div>  <footer class="shell foot" data-screen-label="footer"> <div class="foot__contact"> <div class="contact-item"><span class="lbl">Tel</span><a href="tel:+447741729999">+44 7741 729999</a></div> <div class="contact-item"><span class="lbl">Email</span><a href="mailto:y_yuancheng@outlook.com">y_yuancheng@outlook.com</a></div> </div> <div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:10px;align-items:flex-end;"> <span class="foot__name">Yuancheng Yang</span> <span class="foot__copy">© 2026</span> </div> </footer> </div> </main>  <nav class="dock" aria-label="Quick contact"> <a href="mailto:y_yuancheng@outlook.com">Email</a> <a href="tel:+447741729999">Call</a> </nav> <script> // Hero video: only request the file if it actually exists, so there's no // 404 while the slot is empty. 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