# Paradox: the personal site of Jiawei Lu > UX Consultant and Design Educator. Doctorate in Design from the College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University. Advises companies such as Huawei, Xiaomi, and BMW on design strategy, research, and innovation; lectures at the School of Arts, Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences. Open to consulting, advisory engagements, talks, workshops, and teaching. Paradox (online since 2015) is the bilingual personal site of Jiawei Lu: essays on design, coffee, and photography, and a street-photography timeline. Each piece is written wholly in Chinese or wholly in English; every page declares its language in its HTML and metadata. Contact: lu.jiawei@icloud.com Canonical identity URL: https://lujiawei.me/about/ ## Key pages - [About](https://lujiawei.me/about/): who he is, what he does, and what he is open to - [Articles](https://lujiawei.me/posts/): essays on design, coffee, and photography - [Moments](https://lujiawei.me/moments/): street photography, captioned with location and camera settings ## Articles - [精品咖啡行业中的体验鸿沟](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_17/) (2022-12-29, Chinese): 中国的精品咖啡行业蓬勃发展,却仍未走向大众,从业者与消费者正变成两个失联的群体:从EK43与Lagom Mini的对比谈起,同理心与设计可以弥合这条体验鸿沟。 - [Some Thoughts on the Specialty Coffee Industry](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_16/) (2021-07-01, English): Specialty coffee is booming in China, yet it remains an enthusiasts' niche. On the experience gap between practitioners and consumers, and how designers, as dual-language speakers, can bridge it. - [最后4天](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_14/) (2021-01-26, Chinese): 无数字媒介实验的终章,写于回乡的火车上:习惯既不难养成也不难摒弃,实验至此“惊奇”渐失。附一个温和的自我节制工具:iOS的App限额功能。 - [第四个4天](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_13/) (2021-01-15, Chinese): 无数字媒介实验的第四个4天:解释这场实验的关键词“惊奇”,在最熟悉的事物中遭遇完全的陌生,让惊奇成为思考的起点;以及一段寄猫窝的波折。 - [第三个4天](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_12/) (2021-01-07, Chinese): 无数字媒介实验的第三个4天:从打车平台到智能手机摄像头大战,借伊德的“放大与缩小”反思技术升级带来什么又带走什么,以及技术崇拜从何而来。 - [第二个4天](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_11/) (2021-01-02, Chinese): 无数字媒介实验的第二个4天:不能搜索让知识重新变得珍贵,超市自助结账台与ETC通道带来技术的“促逼”感,黑胶让听音乐从消遣回归专注。 - [第一个4天](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_10/) (2020-12-27, Chinese): 无数字媒介实验的第一个4天:纸笔记录饮食、无现金的窘迫、走进一直好奇的咖啡店。生活确实不便,但时间慢了下来,生活重新变成“我”的生活。 - [预告:体验无数字媒介的生活](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_9/) (2020-12-22, Chinese): 时隔四年再次脱离数字媒介的实验预告:20天内不用数字媒体、移动支付、线上购物等,以4天为单位记录具身体验,重新审视人与数字技术的关系。 - [关于观鱼](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_8/) (2020-10-13, Chinese): 宠物鱼几乎纯为观赏而存在。对比两种观法:追逐新奇的视觉刺激易生审美疲劳;营造原生境、观察习性的观法让刺激从眼睛进入思维,心不倦,则看不厌。 - [理发师与理发剪](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_7/) (2020-09-14, Chinese): 理发师的剪刀从不外借:常年使用让工具成为手的延伸。由此追问手机等“计算机”工具为何时常异己,用户与软件的冲突是否实为用户与设计师之间认知的冲突。 - [茶与咖啡](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_6/) (2020-09-08, Chinese): 同为提神饮品,泡茶随性自然,冲咖啡却讲究参数与精准。从自家的茶具与咖啡器具聊起,反思这两种对待方式从何而来,或许可以试试像泡茶一样煮咖啡。 - [为“什么”设计](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_5/) (2020-08-31, Chinese): 以Barclays银行USBKey的“奇特”按键体验为例,谈设计的出发点:同是以用户为中心,为“需求”而设计和为“体验”而设计会导向截然不同的结果。 - [创意鸿沟](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_4/) (2020-08-08, Chinese): 当设计被拆成“探究”与“创造”两段、仅靠报告衔接,问题与解决方案就此分离,产生创意的鸿沟。借Nigel Cross的“创意飞越”论证探究与创造密不可分。 - [Working @ ISAR](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_15/) (2019-10-15, Chinese): 回顾在伊飒尔(ISAR)一年的用户研究工作,聚焦每个项目都绕不开的客户沟通与合作:两个摩擦案例,以及把同理心从用户延伸到客户的思考。 - [Designerly Way of Prototyping](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_3/) (2018-04-15, Chinese): 从三天假期内用纸面原型设计公寓家具布局讲起,讨论原型(prototyping)作为人类共有的验证性思维模式,以及设计式原型的两个特征:以人为中心、随对象而变。 - [Interviewing the Elderly](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_2/) (2018-04-01, Chinese): 一次老年人健康辅助设备UX研究的访谈手记:面对66至86岁、患有听力损失的受访者,如何放慢节奏、借助家属转译、避免任务焦虑。一言以蔽之:耐心,再耐心;关心,再关心。 - [体验无智能手机的生活](https://lujiawei.me/posts/article_1/) (2016-08-01, Chinese): 手机意外变砖,索性以日记体记录一周无智能手机的生活:通讯、出行、锻炼、查词的种种不便,以及阅读时间变长这类意外的收获,反思人与手机的依赖关系。 ## Moments - [巷中对联](https://lujiawei.me/moments/1/) (五大道 · 天津) (2025-02-21) - [滑冰的老者](https://lujiawei.me/moments/2/) (海河 · 天津) (2025-01-16) - [观棋不语](https://lujiawei.me/moments/8/) (河西 · 天津) (2024-06-04) - [两个人的乐队](https://lujiawei.me/moments/5/) (长江 · 镇江) (2024-04-10) - [情侣](https://lujiawei.me/moments/9/) (迪士尼 · 上海) (2024-03-30) - [刮刮乐](https://lujiawei.me/moments/4/) (民园 · 天津) (2024-03-17) - [锦鲤](https://lujiawei.me/moments/6/) (五大道 · 天津) (2024-02-04) - [各自的夜](https://lujiawei.me/moments/3/) (巨鹿路 · 上海) (2023-10-01) - [红发少年](https://lujiawei.me/moments/7/) (五大道 · 天津) (2023-06-23)