Nicci Yin is an interaction designer, artist, and founder of SHIFT CMD, a research & design practice whose projects ask what else computing could feel like. She creates conceptual art about software and produces prototypes, videos, writing, and workshops that defamiliarize everyday computational behavior.

She is a Y12 Incubator Member at NEW INC and most recently works as a Research Designer at Reality Labs Research at Meta, where she developed deep expertise in UX for contextual AI systems. Her work has been presented internationally at Ars Electronica, MAAT, and Abierto Mexicano de Diseño, and published in the Are.na Annual and The HTML Review.

⇧⌘ Current + Future Projects at SHIFT CMD

OTHER WORK

Afterimages on The HTML Review — website revisiting camera roll memories as tiles of blue

Reflections on Are.na Annual vol. 7 — essay with Stephanie Marie Cedeño about reflection pools and their function as spectacle, contemplation, and a metaphor for AI

WikiGarden — location-based phone game for WikiGameJam 2025 that turns the world's knowledge into a living garden

Welcome to Formosa — video essay reflecting on the care/control of islands using Animal Crossing screenshots

Art Potluck — multimedia, multisensory pop-up exhibit that's also a gathering with friends

Reality Labs Research — under NDA; work portfolio available upon request

CONTACT & LINKS

💚 hello@nicciyin.com
💙 CV
🩵 LinkedIn
💜 Are.na
🤎 Instagram