# Stella Peng

Stella Peng is a product designer who builds across design, engineering, and product.
She is currently a product design intern at TikTok, working on social experiences and on
new ways AI can fit into the design process, and is pursuing a Master of HCI + Design at
the University of Washington. Before that she studied and worked in Michigan, shipping
0 to 1 and 1 to 10 products with early-stage startups and an accelerator.

## Selected work

- **Circle Status** — A smart lamp and companion app that turns passive outage detection into active community connection. Built in 15 weeks in Michigan's Integrated Product Development program, launched at a 200-person trade show, and sold 264 units in three days.
- **AskSia** — An AI study companion for university students. Research-led redesign of the core learning flow, grounded in usability testing and design analysis of the existing product.
- **Philo** — A 0 to 1 product concept exploring how people learn philosophy through short, conversational lessons, from research through high fidelity design and hand-off.
- **TikTok** — Product design internship work on social experiences and on new ways AI can fit into the design process. Case study coming soon.

## Elsewhere on this site

- [About](https://ruocanpeng.com/about) — background, work experience, and education
- [Visual](https://ruocanpeng.com/visual) — motion and visual experiments
- [Contact](https://ruocanpeng.com/contact) — how to reach Stella
- [Privacy](https://ruocanpeng.com/privacy) — how this site handles data
- [llms.txt](https://ruocanpeng.com/llms.txt) — machine-readable site guide for agents