Tencent WeChat Design Center, handling design and UX research for WeChat products.
The essay explores how information, translation, and hierarchical structures underpin our perception of reality, linking bio‑hacking, physics, culture, and philosophy while highlighting the quest for a unified key to connect all levels of existence.
The article philosophically examines whether time is a basic material of the universe by discussing cellular clocks, Planck time, black holes, deterministic causality, and Rafael Sorkin's causal‑set theory, highlighting paradoxes that arise when treating time as a fundamental substance.
This article details the visual redesign of the WeChat Open Platform, explaining the problems of over‑layered navigation and inconsistent branding, the design decisions made to simplify hierarchy, unify style with other WeChat sites, improve typography, and the ongoing work needed for responsiveness and retina support.
