PAUL JIANGHAO ZHANG
vault
A curated archive of life’s fragments, captured through my own lens.


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PROJECT

Future Direction: From Tactile Snapshots to Spatial Environments
This project investigates the convergence of physical photography and 3D reconstruction. It proposes a workflow where physical Polaroids serve as hardware triggers for digital memory banks. By integrating 3D scanning technologies, the project shifts the paradigm of "capturing a moment" from a flat image to a high-fidelity spatial reconstruction, offering a more visceral and interactive method of archiving human experience.


Future Direction|从触觉快照到空间环境
该项目探究了实体摄影与三维重建(3D reconstruction)技术的融合。它提出了一种全新的工作流程:将实物拍立得相片作为数字记忆库的硬件触发器。通过整合 3D 扫描技术,项目将“记录瞬间”的范式从二维平面图像转向高保真的空间重建,为归档与重现人类体验提供了一种更具直觉感与互动性的全新方式。



Fashion Interface : Gamifying Urban Discovery
Fashion Interface reimagines the traditional city map through the lens of open-world game mechanics. By implementing "Fog of War" logic into London’s fashion landscape, the project encourages users to physically "unlock" the city’s hidden boutiques and cultural hotspots. This interactive Adobe XD prototype transforms urban navigation into a collaborative social quest, shifting the retail experience from passive digital consumption to active, gamified discovery. It is an exploration of how game-design patterns can reshape our physical relationship with fashion and the urban environment.
Fashion Interface|游戏化的城市探索
《Fashion Interface》以开放世界游戏的机制重构了传统的城市地图。通过将“战争迷雾”逻辑引入伦敦的时尚版图,该项目鼓励用户通过实际的物理穿行去“解锁”隐匿于城市中的小众精品店与文化据点。这一基于 Adobe XD 制作的交互原型将城市导航转化为一项合作式的社交任务,将零售体验从被动的数字消费转向主动的、游戏化的探索。项目深入探讨了游戏设计范式将如何重塑我们与时尚及城市环境之间的物理连接。


Companion AI | The Architecture of Digital Intimacy
Companion AI is a speculative world-building archive that investigates the evolving boundaries of human-AI intimacy. The project explores the concept of the "Companion OS" not as a functional tool, but as an emotional prosthetic designed to address human loneliness. By mapping out a taxonomy of AI archetypes ranging from "Therapeutic Mirrors" to "Creative Catalysts", it challenges our understanding of authentic connection and the ethical implications of programming empathy in a post-human era. It is a sociological inquiry into how algorithmic intimacy will reshape the future of social structures.
Companion AI|数字亲密关系的架构
《Companion AI》是一个思辨性的世界构建档案项目,旨在探讨人与 AI 之间亲密关系演变的边界。项目将“伴侣操作系统”(Companion OS)视作一种应对人类孤独的情感假体,而非单纯的功能性工具。通过梳理从“疗愈镜像”到“创意催化剂”的 AI 原型分类谱系,项目挑战了人们对“真实连接”的固有认知,并探讨了后人类时代将共情能力代码化所引发的伦理课题。这是一项关于算法亲密关系将如何重塑未来社会结构的社会学探究。




Metalabel × LCF Futures Film Screening brings together speculative short films by London College of Fashion students and Metalabel to examine how technology reshapes digital identity, virtual intimacy, collective authorship, and AI companionship. Through critical explorations of deepfakes, looksmaxxing, and transhumanism, the screening confronts urgent questions about online culture while marking the official launch of Dark Forest OS—Metalabel Studio’s new network platform empowering creative communities to build, own, and govern trust-driven digital spaces beyond extractive social media.
《Metalabel × LCF 未来影像放映会》汇集了伦敦时装学院学生与 Metalabel 联合创作的推演性创意影片,围绕 AI 时代的数字身份、虚拟亲密关系、深度伪造与集体署名权,深入探讨科技对身体意识与网络文化的重塑;活动同期发布专为创意社群打造的网络生态 Dark Forest OS,打破传统平台的掠夺性逻辑,赋能群体在信任与互助中建立并自主掌控数字空间,共同构想人类连接与创作的未来形态。