Lily Zhou is a
creative developer
based in Berlin
Hi, I’m Lily
. I’m a frontend engineer at Ableton. ♫
I also maintain noi·sy, a small guide to live music in Berlin (and sometimes elsewhere).
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I specialise in crafting digital experiences with an emphasis on engaging interactivity, refined design, and accessibility.
Over the years, I’ve worked on projects ranging from immersive storytelling experiences and browser games to e-commerce stores and corporate websites. My background is in multidisciplinary design and media art — creative coding, projection mapping, a/v art — and I’ve been making things on the Internet since the early 2000s.
Selected work
- At Home
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Editorial project highlighting the pandemic, quarantine, and protest experiences of creatives around the world (2020)
Technologies: Vue.js (Nuxt.js), SCSS, Netlify
- Hello from Here
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Location-based kinetic typography poster generator and gallery (2019)
Technologies: React, JavaScript, Three.js, SCSS, Google App Engine
- Jigsaw/The Current
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Website and publication for the Google unit addressing emerging digital threats like disinformation and violent extremism (2020)
Technologies: JavaScript, SCSS, Grow.dev, Google App Engine
- Makers Club Berlin
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Experimental bilingual website for a creatives’ meetup I co-host, currently paused (2020)
Technologies: JavaScript, Three.js, SCSS
- Blue Heart
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Immersive digital experience for Patagonia’s documentary film on the fight for Europe’s last wild rivers (2018)
Technologies: AngularJS, SCSS, Mapbox API, Google App Engine
- This is Bears Ears
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Interactive VR film experience for Patagonia’s campaign to save the national monument (2017)
Technologies: AngularJS, SCSS, Google Maps API, YouTube API, Google App Engine
- Santa’s Canvas
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Kid Pix-esque drawing game built for the annual Google Santa Tracker program (Santa’s Canvas: 2018, Santa Tracker: 2016-2018)
Technologies: JavaScript, SCSS, Google App Engine
- Stanford d.school
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Website for the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (2017)
Technologies: React, JavaScript, SCSS, Squarespace
All projects above as a developer at Upperquad.
Projects
Clients
- YouTube
- Android
- Patagonia
- TensorFlow
- Affirm
- Lightstep
- Robinhood
- Caffeinated Capital
- Stanford University
- 826 Valencia
- + more
Recognition
Webbys
- (1) Winner
- (4) Nominee
- (2) Honoree
Communication Arts
- (1) Winner, Interactive
- (5) Webpicks
Awwwards
- (6) Site of the Day
- (1) Site of the Month Nominee
- (5) Developer Award
- (4) Mobile Excellence
- (3) Honorable Mention
FWA
- (6) FWA of the Day
- (3) Insights
CSS Design Awards
- (2) Website of the Day
- (1) Special Kudos
HOVERSTAT.ES
- (1) Feature
Say hi
I’m happy to hear about interesting freelance web development projects. Let’s chat!