Profile



Hao Liu (Leo) is a cross-media designer and artist based in London and Hangzhou. He has an interdisciplinary background in art and computational technologies. He completed his BA in Visual Communication Design and earned an MSc in Creative Robotics from the Creative Computing Institute at the University of the Arts London. His work focuses on human–computer interaction, computational creativity, and cross-media art.

He works across branding, installation art, interactive design, and digital media. He is especially interested in how technology shapes bodily perception, spatial storytelling, and artistic expression. He has also worked as a visual designer for several companies, contributing to brand and government cultural projects.

His work has received several international and national awards, including the WorldStar Student Awards, MUSE Design Awards, IDA Design Awards, China Star Design Award, C-IDEA Design Award, and DNA Paris Design Awards. His projects have also been exhibited at events such as the Peru International Design Biennial.


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lhngata@gmail.com
leogata@163.com

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@hao.oliu

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www.linkedin.com/in/hao-liu-252047359


CV
# Installation & Interaction
Robopudica

RoboPudica is a biomimetic interactive system that explores how subtle plant responses can be translated into perceivable mechanical and visual behaviours. Inspired by the rapid touch-induced closure and light-driven rhythmic movement of Mimosa pudica, the project maps environmental stimuli—touch and light—into tangible robotic actions. Through this translation, normally imperceptible plant signals are externalised as observable, time-based interactions.

The system employs a closed-loop design integrating touch and light sensing with motor-driven actuation and material transformation. Touch input triggers rapid flower-like closure followed by gradual recovery, while variations in light intensity drive continuous motion and magnetic particle diffusion, mimicking circadian unfolding patterns. Rather than representing plants as abstract data, RoboPudica presents them as responsive, expressive entities, encouraging intuitive human–plant engagement and heightened ecological awareness.