Ziwei Deng

Attune: AI-Guided Adaptive Meditation

June 2025

Medium:

Interaction Design, UX/UI, AI-integrated system

Attune challenges the convention of meditation apps built on pre-recorded sessions. Instead of delivering static content, it creates a real-time, adaptive experience shaped by the user's physiological state. By sensing real-time physiological data like heart rate, breathing, and HRV, Attune enables meditation to respond to the individual—transforming it from passive consumption into an interactive, personalized process. The project adopts a data-to-experience translation approach. Rather than displaying raw biometric data, AI interprets these signals and converts them into multi-sensory guidance—voice, music, motion, and subtle animation. This reframing allows physiological states to be felt rather than read, while minimalist interaction design and conversational cues create a fluid, continuously adaptive experience. Attune exemplifies the integration of design and technology by transforming complex sensing and AI systems into intuitive human experiences. It positions design as the mediator that translates data into perception, enabling technology to actively guide awareness and reshape how users engage with their inner state.

About the Artist

Ziwei Deng

Ziwei Deng is a Senior Product Designer working across consumer-facing search experiences and enterprise tooling platforms. His work focuses on transforming complex product ecosystems into intuitive, scalable experiences—bridging business goals, technical constraints, and user needs with clarity and precision. With a background in architecture, he brings a distinct way of thinking to product design—one that emphasizes systems orchestration, contextual awareness, and the relationship between users, environments, and constraints. This foundation allows him to navigate ambiguity, break down complexity, and approach design problems with a holistic, end-to-end perspective. He excels at making sophisticated systems simple and approachable, translating intricate logic into clear, intuitive user experiences. Amid the rapid rise of AI, Ziwei is actively exploring how emerging technologies can fundamentally reshape product design. He believes that in this new paradigm, every product is worth rethinking—from how it understands users to how it delivers value. His explorations span a range of AI-driven concepts and prototypes, including Attune, a meditation experience that leverages real-time physiological data and adaptive guidance to create deeply personalized, responsive interactions.

Ziwei Deng

Attune: AI-Guided Adaptive Meditation

June 2025

Medium:

Interaction Design, UX/UI, AI-integrated system

Attune challenges the convention of meditation apps built on pre-recorded sessions. Instead of delivering static content, it creates a real-time, adaptive experience shaped by the user's physiological state. By sensing real-time physiological data like heart rate, breathing, and HRV, Attune enables meditation to respond to the individual—transforming it from passive consumption into an interactive, personalized process. The project adopts a data-to-experience translation approach. Rather than displaying raw biometric data, AI interprets these signals and converts them into multi-sensory guidance—voice, music, motion, and subtle animation. This reframing allows physiological states to be felt rather than read, while minimalist interaction design and conversational cues create a fluid, continuously adaptive experience. Attune exemplifies the integration of design and technology by transforming complex sensing and AI systems into intuitive human experiences. It positions design as the mediator that translates data into perception, enabling technology to actively guide awareness and reshape how users engage with their inner state.

About the Artist

Ziwei Deng

Ziwei Deng is a Senior Product Designer working across consumer-facing search experiences and enterprise tooling platforms. His work focuses on transforming complex product ecosystems into intuitive, scalable experiences—bridging business goals, technical constraints, and user needs with clarity and precision. With a background in architecture, he brings a distinct way of thinking to product design—one that emphasizes systems orchestration, contextual awareness, and the relationship between users, environments, and constraints. This foundation allows him to navigate ambiguity, break down complexity, and approach design problems with a holistic, end-to-end perspective. He excels at making sophisticated systems simple and approachable, translating intricate logic into clear, intuitive user experiences. Amid the rapid rise of AI, Ziwei is actively exploring how emerging technologies can fundamentally reshape product design. He believes that in this new paradigm, every product is worth rethinking—from how it understands users to how it delivers value. His explorations span a range of AI-driven concepts and prototypes, including Attune, a meditation experience that leverages real-time physiological data and adaptive guidance to create deeply personalized, responsive interactions.

Ziwei Deng

Attune: AI-Guided Adaptive Meditation

June 2025

Medium:

Interaction Design, UX/UI, AI-integrated system

Attune challenges the convention of meditation apps built on pre-recorded sessions. Instead of delivering static content, it creates a real-time, adaptive experience shaped by the user's physiological state. By sensing real-time physiological data like heart rate, breathing, and HRV, Attune enables meditation to respond to the individual—transforming it from passive consumption into an interactive, personalized process. The project adopts a data-to-experience translation approach. Rather than displaying raw biometric data, AI interprets these signals and converts them into multi-sensory guidance—voice, music, motion, and subtle animation. This reframing allows physiological states to be felt rather than read, while minimalist interaction design and conversational cues create a fluid, continuously adaptive experience. Attune exemplifies the integration of design and technology by transforming complex sensing and AI systems into intuitive human experiences. It positions design as the mediator that translates data into perception, enabling technology to actively guide awareness and reshape how users engage with their inner state.

About the Artist

Ziwei Deng

Ziwei Deng is a Senior Product Designer working across consumer-facing search experiences and enterprise tooling platforms. His work focuses on transforming complex product ecosystems into intuitive, scalable experiences—bridging business goals, technical constraints, and user needs with clarity and precision. With a background in architecture, he brings a distinct way of thinking to product design—one that emphasizes systems orchestration, contextual awareness, and the relationship between users, environments, and constraints. This foundation allows him to navigate ambiguity, break down complexity, and approach design problems with a holistic, end-to-end perspective. He excels at making sophisticated systems simple and approachable, translating intricate logic into clear, intuitive user experiences. Amid the rapid rise of AI, Ziwei is actively exploring how emerging technologies can fundamentally reshape product design. He believes that in this new paradigm, every product is worth rethinking—from how it understands users to how it delivers value. His explorations span a range of AI-driven concepts and prototypes, including Attune, a meditation experience that leverages real-time physiological data and adaptive guidance to create deeply personalized, responsive interactions.