武之昊 Zhihao Wu

Hi! I’m Zhihao, a technical lead and creative coder with a passion for building websites and web apps. I’m currently at Upperquad.

Every project is unique, but there are a few things I always keep in mind:

作品集 Portfolio

I have been fortunate to have worked with many clients, each of them has taught me something new

  • Chromebook - Chromebook - 
  • 826 Valencia - 826 Valencia - 
  • Affirm - Affirm - 
  • Afresh - Afresh - 
  • Caffeinated Capital - 
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative - 
  • Crumbskees - Crumbskees - 
  • Stanford d.school - 
  • Google AI - Google AI - 
  • Google - Google - 
  • Huge Design - Huge Design - 
  • Hummingbird - Hummingbird - 
  • Instagram - Instagram - 
  • Jigsaw & The Current - 
  • Lyft - Lyft - 
  • Meta - Meta - 
  • Nova Credit - Nova Credit - 
  • Palantir - Palantir - 
  • Patagonia - Patagonia - 
  • Robinhood - Robinhood - 
  • Google Santa Tracker - 
  • Scam Spotter - Scam Spotter - 
  • Schmidt Futures - Schmidt Futures - 
  • SVA - SVA - 
  • Upperquad - Upperquad - 
  • Wise Systems - Wise Systems - 
  • 中电泰瑞 - 中电泰瑞 - 

Check out some of my favorite projects

  • Affirm

    We built the marketing site of Affirm by creating a suite of customizable and extensible sections. It is integrated with Contentful CMS. All interactive components are built with accessibility in mind.

    Stack

    Gatsby, SCSS, Contentful, AWS

    Team

    Upperquad

  • Afresh

    We created a marketing website for Afresh using Webflow. We created a style guide and a widget library in the Webflow project, which gave the marketing team at Afresh full control over the website’s appearance and content, while maintaining the design integrity.

    Stack

    Webflow (whoa!), JavaScript, CSS

    Team

    Upperquad

  • Crumbskees

    The Crumbskees is a multiplayer web and mobile experiment. You can play as a single player using your mouse, or grab a friend, scan the QR codes, and use your phones as controllers. See who can find the most snacks!

    Originally built as a demo for an in-person SF Design Week event at the Upperquad San Francisco studio in 2019, the Crumbskees started as an installation that allowed people to use their phones to play on a shared screen together.

    From this working concept, Upperquad decided to make the game accessible to everyone on the web. We added some original couch potato characters and added psychedelic colorful animation styles inspired by our love of Adult Swim cartoons. And, in the process, we also captured something about the surreal COVID-19 experience.

    Stack

    React, SCSS, Express, WebSocket, Google App Engine

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    FWA of the day, Awwward SOTD, Awwward Dev Award, CommArts Interactive Annual

  • Stanford d.school

    The Stanford d.school - or the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University - is a place where students use design to develop their own creative potential. We had the opportunity to work closely with the people at the d.school to design and build their website.

    Stack

    Gulp, SCSS, React.js, SquareSpace

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    Webby Awards nominee, CommArts Webpicks

  • Hummingbird

    We created the static marketing site of Hummingbird by building a library of components and sections, which allows the in-house dev team to take over and build new pages. We focused on many interactive details on this project, including variable fonts, scroll based triggers, custom shadows with patterns, and pixelated image affect.

    Stack

    Hugo, SCSS, Netlify

    Team

    Upperquad

  • Jigsaw & The Current

    Jigsaw is a unit within Google that explores threats to open societies, and builds technology that inspires scalable solutions.

    We worked with the Jigsaw team to develop a website and a publishing platform The Current, including five issues of The Current. Each issue contains a unique set of custom interactive components, data visualizations, and design language.

    Stack

    Grow.io, SCSS, Google App Engine

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    Webby Awards winner, Awwward SOTD, Awwward Dev Award, FWA of the day, CommArts Webpicks

  • This is Bears Ears

    Bears Ears National Monument is a 1.35 million-acre expanse in southeastern Utah and the inspiration for our first collaboration with Patagonia. Home to thousands of sacred Native American cultural sites, world-class rock climbing, mountain biking, trail running and more, Bears Ears is as beautiful as it is diverse.

    This interactive experience is designed to celebrate the land and introduce the world to our newest National Monument.

    Stack

    Angular, Gulp, Three.js, SCSS, Google App Engine

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    Webby Awards winner, Awwwards SOTD, Awwwards Dev Award, FWA of the day, CommArts Webpicks

  • Google Santa Tracker

    Santa Tracker is an advent calendar-inspired town full of games to play, videos to watch, igloos to explore, and tidbits to learn. Each day of December unlocks new easter eggs in the village - from reindeer flight school to the friendly waving walrus - so kids always have something new to discover.

    I’ve had the most fun on this project, helping to build and edit a few games, including Penguin Dash, Reindeer Runner, and Santa Search.

    Stack

    Javascript, SCSS, Phaser, Google App Engine

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    Webby Awards nominee

  • Scam Spotter

    As the record-high scam reports keep coming, Cybercrime Support Network and Google worked together to help people identify scams before they fall victim to them through a new program called Scam Spotter.

    We made accessibility a top priority in this project because we wanted to make sure that our website was accessible to everyone, including people who may not be the most tech-savvy or who may need help navigating the internet. We ensured that the entire site, including the interactive quiz module, is accessible to users who use assistive technology such as a screen reader. The site is scalable for people who struggle to read smaller print, and the content is well-organized so that it works well with older browsers or reader mode. We also added beautifully written alt text for all illustrations.

    Stack

    Hugo, SCSS + PostCSS, Javascript, Netlify CMS, Google App Engine

    Team

    Upperquad

  • The Age of AI

    AI is poised to transform every major arena, from our societal institutions to human consciousness itself. The Age of AI is a book that explores how and what we can do about it.

    For this website, we built many interactive details, including background details that react to mouse movement, text scramble effect, custom hover effect on links and UI components, scroll-based morphing SVG masks, and an interactive spirograph that is used as part of the brand.

    Stack

    Hugo, PostCSS, Netlify

    Team

    Upperquad

  • Upperquad

    The 2023 redesign of our website.

    Stack

    Next.js, SCSS, PostCSS, Netlify

    Team

    Upperquad

    Award

    Awwwards SOTD, Awwwards Dev Award, FWA of the day, CommArts Webpicks

履历 Experience

Upperquad visit ↗

Technical lead

2020 - Present

Senior Developer

2018 - 2020

Front End Developer

2016 - 2018

Fireant Studio visit ↗

Design / Development Intern

2016

获奖 Awards

CommArts × 9

  • Interactive Annual - 2021 - The Crumbskees
  • Interactive Annual - 2019 - Upperquad
  • Webpicks - 2023 - Upperquad
  • Webpicks - 2021 - The Current: Toxicity
  • Webpicks - 2021 - The Current: Violent White Supremacy
  • Webpicks - 2020 - The Current
  • Webpicks - 2017 - Upperquad
  • Webpicks - 2017 - This is Bears Ears
  • Webpicks - 2017 - Stanford d. school

FWA × 7

  • SOTD - 2023 - Upperquad
  • SOTD - 2020 - Jigsaw: The Current: Violent White Supremacy
  • SOTD - 2020 - The Crumbskees
  • SOTD - 2020 - Jigsaw
  • SOTD - 2018 - Patagonia Blue Heart of Europe
  • SOTD - 2017 - Upperquad
  • SOTD - 2017 - Patagonia This is Bears Ears

Awwwards × 14

  • SOTD - 2023 - Upperquad
  • SOTD - 2021 - The Current: Violent White Supremacy
  • SOTD - 2020 - The Crumbskees
  • SOTD - 2020 - Jigsaw
  • SOTD - 2018 - Patagonia Blue Heart of Europe
  • SOTD - 2017 - Upperquad
  • SOTD - 2017 - Patagonia This is Bears Ears
  • DEV - 2023 - Upperquad
  • DEV - 2021 - The Current: Violent White Supremacy
  • DEV - 2020 - The Crumbskees
  • DEV - 2020 - Jigsaw
  • DEV - 2018 - Patagonia Blue Heart of Europe
  • DEV - 2017 - Upperquad
  • DEV - 2017 - Patagonia This is Bears Ears

Webby Awards × 9

  • Nominee - 2022 - Jigsaw: The Current: Internet Shutdowns
  • Winner  - 2021 - Jigsaw: The Current: Violent White Supremacy
  • Nominee - 2020 - Jigsaw
  • Nominee - 2020 - Jigsaw: The Current
  • Nominee - 2020 - Google Santa Tracker
  • Nominee - 2020 - Jigsaw: Disinformation Data Visualizer
  • Nominee - 2019 - 826 Valencia
  • Winner  - 2018 - Patagonia This is Bears Ears
  • Nominee - 2018 - Stanford d.school