trying to preserve the
Flow of Making
(心流态创作)
in this AI-whatever future
yes, I help build it…
but still,
Only human creation
has a SOUL
Hi, I'm Stella Zhu,
a.k.a Crazy Apple :)
UX Designer by day,
teaching AI how to behave.
Artist at night, creating
zines, sculptures, small strange things:
Containers for my radical thoughts,
soft chaos,
and a life in motion.
Hi, I'm Stella Zhu, a.k.a Crazy Apple :)
UX Designer by day,
teaching AI how to behave.
Artist at night,
creating zines, sculptures, small strange things:
Containers for my
radical thoughts, soft chaos, and a life in motion.
trying to preserve the Flow of Making
(心流态创作)
in this AI-whatever future
yes, I help build it… but still,
Only human creation has a SOUL.
trying to preserve the
Flow of Making
(心流态创作)
in this AI-whatever future
yes, I help build it…
but still,
Only human creation
has a SOUL
Hi, I'm Stella Zhu,
a.k.a Crazy Apple :)
UX Designer by day,
teaching AI how to behave.
Artist at night, creating
zines, sculptures, small strange things:
Containers for my radical thoughts,
soft chaos,
and a life in motion.
A Small Guide for a Digital Encounter:
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Hover a piece, click to step closer.
Enjoy :D
A Small Guide for a Digital Encounter:
Hover the collection, scroll to move through.
Hover a piece, click to step closer.
Enjoy :D
A Small Guide for a Digital Encounter:
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Tap an image to step closer.
Enjoy :D
The Moon Once Promised is a metaphorical story of a crossing during a period of self-redemption. It traces how two strangers met at the lowest point in one life: an unusual bond, rich in feeling yet tempered by the weight of reality, revealing the quiet pull between human nature, reason, and emotion.
28 pages. 7.5 x 5 in. Accordion binding. Printed in blue. Written in English & Chinese.
The Moon Once Promised is a metaphorical story of a crossing during a period of self-redemption. It traces how two strangers met at the lowest point in one life: an unusual bond, rich in feeling yet tempered by the weight of reality, revealing the quiet pull between human nature, reason, and emotion.
28 pages. 7.5 x 5 in. Accordion binding.
Printed in blue. Written in English & Chinese.
love, Chemistry is a visual record of an inner journey. A relationship that never quite began, and a study of the forces that draw us together and pull us apart. Through drawings and emotional residue, the work traces how attachment forms, dissolves, lingers, and transforms.
14 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 in. Accordion binding with thread. Printed in fluorescent pink, yellow, and black. Written in English.
love, Chemistry is a visual record of an inner journey. A relationship that never quite began, and a study of the forces that draw us together and pull us apart. Through drawings and emotional residue, the work traces how attachment forms, dissolves, lingers, and transforms.
14 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 in. Accordion binding with thread.
Printed in fluorescent pink, yellow, and black.
Written in English.
The Shapes of Anxiety visualizes six different kinds of anxiety. Through poems and illustrations, it captures the essence of intangible feelings: for release, for personal record, and for self-healing. It is also an experimental study in empathy, an attempt to build a vessel for what plain language struggles to convey.
16 pages. 5 x 8.5 in. Pamphlet stitch binding. Printed in cornflower, red, and black. Written in English & Chinese.
The Shapes of Anxiety visualizes six different kinds of anxiety. Through poems and illustrations, it captures the essence of intangible feelings: for release, for personal record, and for self-healing. It is also an experimental study in empathy, an attempt to build a vessel for what plain language struggles to convey.
16 pages. 5 x 8.5 in. Pamphlet stitch binding.
Printed in cornflower, red, and black.
Written in English & Chinese.
Crazy Apple Not Crazy is a mini-series that follows the story of Crazy Apple, who fell into doubt after her worth and uniqueness were denied, and began searching for her core values. Volume 1 tells her background story: the path of growth that led her here, and how she arrived at this search for what truly defines her.
8 pages. 2.75 x 4.25 in. One-sheet folded. Digital color printed. Written in English.
Crazy Apple Not Crazy is a mini-series that follows the story of Crazy Apple, who fell into doubt after her worth and uniqueness were denied, and began searching for her core values. Volume 1 tells her background story: the path of growth that led her here, and how she arrived at this search for what truly defines her.
8 pages. 2.75 x 4.25 in. One-sheet folded.
Digital color printed. Written in English.
Crazy Apple Not Crazy Volume 2: Bubble Burst, unfolds as the “bubble” Crazy Apple once floated in gives way. As the expectation of rescue vanishes, a more uneven, vivid world comes into her view.
8 pages. 2.75 x 4.25 in. One-sheet folded. Digital color printed. Written in English.
Crazy Apple Not Crazy Volume 2: Bubble Burst, unfolds as the “bubble” Crazy Apple once floated in gives way. As the expectation of rescue vanishes, a more uneven, vivid world comes into her view.
8 pages. 2.75 x 4.25 in. One-sheet folded.
Digital color printed. Written in English.
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