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Klara on the Yard
Transcendence
Game DesignHappy Mom’s Day
Tide of Plague
Maris VR
 Performances Living Landscape
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not 21 anymore


 Nellie Xie is an interdisciplinary designer and creative technologist based in Los Angeles. Currently, she is exploring immersive storytelling. Her practice spans game design, installation art, and immersive technologies. She likes things that are 
simple
 and
silly
. 

She finds
storytelling
 powerful and indispensable for her artworks. And she cannot help but make them
interactive
.

Drawn to nature and everyday life, she crafts them into emotionally evocative environments. She believes deeply in the power of transmitting resonance through art—inviting people to pause, to play, and to feel. In her spare time, she loves doodling typographies, reading and fabricating.



My design vibes
  • intuitive
  • intriguing
  • warming

My design philosophy(ies) (for exp design)

2025 Ver. 
Three ways to do exp design -
the interactive exp design pyramid


a)
the story-oriented way
b)

the interaction-oriented way

c) when I say interactivity is a CRAFT...
the hybrid way
(and why you should keep on bouncing ideas)
how hybrid can look like


2024 Ver.



tools/skillset I like to use:

  • Arduino
  • Touch Designer + Projection (+Arduino)
  • Unity + Procreate
  • Premiere + Procreate
  • CAD + Laser Cutting
  • Rhino + Woodwork




i’d like to explore...

  • Immersive Techonology (XR)
  • Motion Capture
  • Interactive Storytelling
  • Live Entertianment
  • Game Design for Edu&Health
  • Science Visualization
  • Behavioral Science
  • Sensors
  • ...
my career cursor

i  cannot live without


  • Humor
  • Art
  • Friends


me & my friend Tuesday on Klara’s barn set

me teaching the volunteers
Aria DSC 2025


Experiences


  • Game Studio Intern
  • 798 CUBE Biennale Ops Intern
  • PBSI/LASG - Interdisciplinary Design Assistant



TMI


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definitely need to learn storyboard ASAP
I like simple, stupid things.
I can draw more than I thought.
I grab my friends for annoying playtests.
I can play with this all day.
I have a lot of Bobs.
I watch HP every year w/my sis.
I like vegetables.
love mocha & everything green

I design for experiences.
@2025 nelliesalley