Joanne Cheung
About Joanne Cheung
Joanne Cheung is a Design Lead at Ideo Colab, with a diverse background in design and academia. She has held various roles at prestigious institutions, including Harvard University, and has contributed to notable projects in the fields of architecture and virtual reality.
Work at IDEO
Joanne Cheung serves as the Design Lead at IDEO Colab, a position she has held since 2018. In this role, she focuses on innovative design projects that integrate technology and human-centered design principles. Prior to this, she worked as an Academic Fellow at IDEO Colab for one month in 2017. Her contributions to the field of design have been recognized through various projects and initiatives.
Education and Expertise
Joanne Cheung has an extensive educational background in design and the arts. She earned a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where she studied from 2014 to 2018. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Bard College, completed between 2010 and 2012, and a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art, Art History, and Studio Art from Dartmouth College, obtained from 2005 to 2009. Additionally, she studied English Literature and Chinese at Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong from 2003 to 2005.
Background
Joanne Cheung has held various positions in academia and design. She worked as the Head Teaching Assistant for the Design Studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design from 2016 to 2017. She has also served as an Exhibition Designer at AWP Office For Territorial Reconfiguration in France for two months in 2015. Her experience includes roles at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science, where she was an Affiliate from 2017 to 2018.
Achievements
Joanne Cheung's work has been recognized in the design community, notably for her pavilion design made from 200 unbuilt architectural models for Design Miami, which was named a Finalist in Fast Company's 2016 Innovation By Design Awards. Her contributions to design and technology have been published in notable publications such as Wallpaper, New York Times Magazine, and Wired. She is also an American Association of University Women Fellow and has been actively involved in the Augmented Reality + Virtual Reality Club at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Current Affiliations
In addition to her role at IDEO, Joanne Cheung is currently affiliated with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and Metalab at Harvard, where she has been involved since 2017 and 2018, respectively. These affiliations allow her to engage with interdisciplinary research and projects that intersect design, technology, and society.