Mobile: +1 4016543469 (US)
+86 13670119450 (CN)
E-mail: tangzhenmi@gmail.com
Current location: Providence, RI
(willing to relocate)
MDes - Interior Architecture - Adaptive Reuse
Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4.0 | Expected Jun. 2026
Honors:
Metropolis Future 100, Class of 2026 (Top 100 Graduating Students in U.S. & Canada);
RISD Fellowship;
BA - Product Design(with focused electives in Spatial Design)
GPA: 3.95/4.0 (92.23/100)# Top3 student
Bachelor’s degree expected in June2024
Scholarships:
SEU Scholarship for Perfection; Qinfen He Charity Funds Scholarship; Student association scholarship
Selected honors & Prizes:
Merit Student;
Top 10 social practice team members;
Outstanding individual in social practice; Outstanding member of the Art Academy; First prize of SEU’s Vlog Competition;
Third Prize in SEU’s New Media Content Creation Contest;
Golden Prize in 2022The 5th Huang Gongwang Cross-Strait Cultural and Creative Design Competition
Position: Interior Designer Intern
Supported workplace and financial service design projects through material sourcing, vendor coordination, and preparation of samples and FF&E information. Contributed to design and construction documentation in Revit, including plans, elevations, and detail drawings. Assisted in producing renderings, assembling material palettes, and developing presentation layouts for internal reviews and client meetings.
Position: Interior Designer Intern
Assisted in the interior design of various high-profile hospitality projects at Cheng Chung Design (HK), responsibilities included concept development, design drafting, 3D modeling, rendering, and presentation preparation.
Key projects included:
Banyan Tree Hotel, Mount Emei, China: Developed guestroom design for lakeside villa suites
Shangri-La Hotel, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China: Designed the final presentation PPT, including layout, logical structuring, concept development analysis diagrams, implementation analysis diagrams, and visual effects animation
Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Trojena, NEOM, KSA: Translated and structured the design narrative for a project booklet
Marriott, Songjiang, Shanghai, China: Designed irregular guestroom layouts
Crowne Plaza, Taixin, Jiangsu, China: Developed irregular guestroom designs
Autograph Collection Hotels, Pingjiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China: Conducted site studies and ancient building analysis
Nanjiaocheng City Hotel, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China: Remodel by the construction layouts for the all-day dining restaurant
Position: Interior Design Assistant
Assisted in the interior design of the Visitor Center of Ginkgo Lake Park including prior research, plan drawing, 3D modeling and rendering, interior design of the flagship store of ethnic Embroidery in Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Position: Engineering Assistant
Assisted in construction drawings, project management, and on-site coordination.
Position: Technical & Teaching Assistant
Assisted students with hardware/software troubleshooting and tutorial preparation
Position: Paid Designer
Designed SEU’s offer letter and cultural and creative products, souvenirs; Re-design the Lobby of the SEU’s Dormitory
Position: Paid Designer
Provide design services in architecture, interior design, industrial design, and modeling, including but not limited to drawing renderings, designing posters and logos, making PowerPoint, hand-drawn illustrations, board-drawn illustrations, painting head portraits, video editing, and CAD drawing
Rhino, SketchUp, Revit, Blender, VRay, Enscape, Keyshot, Lumion, D5
AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Procreate, Figma
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve
Grasshopper, Stable Diffusion, Arduino, Python, C++, Processing, TouchDesigner
Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational)
U.S. Green Building Council
Credemtial ID 11686978-GREEN-ASSOCIATE
Collaborated with RISD designers and Brown University engineers to design a lunar rover navigation interface in Figma, selected as one of ten finalists for on-site evaluation at NASA’s Johnson Space Center Rock Yard in Houston.
Designed the curriculum for pen-drawing teaching and made it open to students from SEU students
Led and organized club activities, such as the major project “the 120th anniversary of the school wall painting”
Took charge of personnel arrangement; ran the club’s official account
Got involved in scene and product modeling
Test the treadmill and learned the software like Blender, Unity
Took charge of directing, photographing, editing, and visual effects in the film
Posted the film online and got tens thousands plus of views
Third prize in the SEU Micro Film Competition
Participated in the China Education Support Project to offer help in primary education, mainly teaching art introduction
Awarded as the “Outstanding Individual in Social Practice” by SEU
Astrophotography; watching the night sky
Collecting minerals, fossils, and natural specimens
Sketching and quick drawing
mutiple instruments like guitar, guzheng, drums, kalimba, xun
Ensemble and small-group performances
Hiking, cycling, and surfing
Carving, ceramics, watercolor, and woodworking
Hand-built models and small objects
Cooking and baking


