Kye Shimizu

Kye Shimizu is an interface designer and research engineer working across human–computer interaction, computational design, and contemporary art. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he conducts research at the MIT Media Lab, asking how emerging technologies become legible and meaningful to the people who live with them — from how robots in shared spaces communicate intent to systems that reshape human perception and agency.

Alongside his research, he has long worked at the intersection of fashion and computation through collaborations such as Synflux and HATRA — including AUBIK, Synthetic Feathers, and the Harmonize collection with Yuima Nakazato. His work has been exhibited internationally, at venues including Ars Electronica, the V&A, Science Gallery, HeK Basel, and 21_21 Design Sight.