I turn

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Hi! I am April Zhu.

Architectural thinker. Systems designer. Full-stack product designer for complex digital products.

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.

Selected Consulting Work

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

Independent Experiments

Self-initiated projects and experiments where I explore product ideas, interactive systems, AI workflows, and new ways of turning concepts into usable experiences.

Consumer ToolLive

RenoVet

A consumer watchdog for Singapore homeowners: upload a renovation quote and an AI audits it against current market rates to flag hidden markups, vague line items, and overcharges before you sign.

renovet.co

Design ToolingLive

Pendle Canvas

A curated library of Pendle- and Boros-style vector assets: drag and drop to build your own illustrations, or let AI compose them for you — on-brand visuals without waiting on a designer.

pendle-canvas.vercel.app

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 Build Clear Systems
From Complex Ideas

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