I turn

chaos

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Hi! I am April Zhu.

Product architect. I build complex digital products from 0 to 1 — from the system logic underneath to the interface people touch.

Trained in spatial logic, I now design digital systems — from DeFi and financial derivatives to climate intelligence and data-heavy B2B platforms.

My work sits between product logic, UX architecture, interface design, brand systems, and AI-assisted prototyping.

Selected Systems I’ve Built

Three 0-to-1 products where I led design from concept to shipped reality — translating complex underlying systems into clear product experiences.

Pendle

Decentralized Finance · Trading Protocol

As lead product and visual designer, I shaped Pendle V2 from the ground up — taking abstract yield primitives like PT, YT, maturity, and implied APY and making them legible enough for users to trade with confidence.

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Role

  • Product Design
  • UIUX
  • Branding
  • Product Logic
  • Project Management
  • $0 → $54BMonthly trading volume
  • 0 → 42,500Monthly active users

Boros

Decentralized Finance · Derivatives Platform

I designed Boros from the ground up — taking leveraged yield trading, with all its funding-rate and liquidation complexity, and making it legible enough to trade with confidence.

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Role

  • Product Design
  • UIUX
  • Branding
  • Product Logic
  • Project Management
  • $0 → $19.1BCumulative trading volume
  • 0 → 3,005Unique traders

AlphaGeo

Climate Intelligence · B2B SaaS

I led AlphaGeo’s product and visual direction — turning complex climate, geospatial, and real-asset data into decision tools investors and infrastructure stakeholders can act on.

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Role

  • Product Design
  • UIUX
  • Branding
  • Project Management

Select Clients

  • Lennar
  • Oaktree
  • Zurich Group
  • EQT
  • CapitaLand
  • MARA
  • ENGIE
  • G42
  • Green Street Advisors
  • BayWa
  • Cherre

End-to-End
Design Leadership

I work across product direction, UX architecture, interface design, brand systems and delivery — keeping the product coherent from the first decision to the final launch.

01.

Product Strategy & Direction

I define what to build and why — turning ambiguous goals into clear direction.

02.

Experience Architecture

I turn complex systems into flows and patterns people can navigate with ease.

03.

Brand & Interface Systems

I shape how the product looks, feels, and speaks — identity to interface.

04.

Delivery & Product Ownership

I take work from first concept to shipped product, hand in hand with engineering.

AI & Tools

Claude skills I design and share, and the tools I build to make design faster for clients, teams and everyday users.

AI Skills

Skill

Iso Colour

Hand-inked, flat-coloured isometric objects you can play with.

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Skill

Neon Diagrams

Dark, interactive diagrams in one HTML file: teardowns, flows and charts with one accent colour.

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Tools

Selected Consulting Work

Design consulting across DeFi, fintech, insurance, real estate, wine, architecture, community brands, and data products.

Architecture & Art

Before product design, I studied architecture — spatial logic, systems, narrative, and the relationship between people and complex environments.

That training still defines how I design today: I structure ambiguity, build mental models, and turn invisible systems into experiences people can navigate.

Let’s work together.

For product design, UX architecture, design systems, AI-assisted prototyping, or consulting work, get in touch.

April Zhu