Wedge is a London-based design and research studio founded by Andy Zhang, Lei Zhang and Peiyan Zou. Merging material ecology, emerging technologies, and cultural research, the studio develops a synthetic approach that orchestrates the agencies of human, machine, and matter within shared authorship.
Manifesto
Activating Dimensionality — expresses a vision in which design expands beyond form to connect perception, technology, and material intelligence.
Approach
The studio takes its name from the Grassmann “wedge product” in differential geometry, a mathematical operation that constructs higher-dimensional spaces from existing dimensions. Wedge translates this idea into design: separating, adjusting, and recomposing matter, pixels, and time.
Co-Author with Machine
We investigate how computation, algorithms, and artificial intelligence move beyond being mere tools to become genuine co-authors in the design process. By embracing machine agency, we explore how digital systems propose, adapt, and transform creative outcomes—reshaping not just how things are made, but also how ideas emerge and evolve through human–machine collaboration.
Co-Living with Human
Our work foregrounds the sensory and cognitive experiences of people. We design processes that create richer and more meaningful interactions—linking digital workflows, spatial environments, and material presence. By engaging sight, touch, and movement, we ensure design outcomes resonate emotionally and physically, making the digital deeply tangible.
Co-Designing with Matter
We study materials as living systems—responsive, adaptive, and inseparable from the technologies and ecosystem in which they operate. Our research looks at material behaviors, cycles, and renewability, combining emerging technologies with natural processes to advance circular, sustainable, and intelligent modes of making.
Team
Andy (Chuheng) Zhang
Co-Founder, Strategics
A former quantitative trader and professional skier with a background in theoretical physics from Imperial College London and EPFL. He leads Wedge’s strategic and operational development, ensuring complex research translates into viable commercial and spatial systems.
Peiyan Zou
Co-Founder, Director
An award-winning artist and architectural designer from the Bartlett School of Architecture and Harvard GSD candidate, he previously worked at Sir Peter Cook’s studio and INSTANCE BV. He directs Wedge’s creative vision and design development, leading multidisciplinary projects across both bespoke and architectural scales.
Ray (Lei) Zhang
Co-Founder, R&D
An artist and architectural designer (Architectural Association) and Harvard GSD candidate who previously worked as computational designer at BIG and AL_A. He leads Wedge’s technological innovation and material experimentation while overseeing the studio’s brand strategy and media direction.
Andrew Fan
Business Development Manager / Concept Artist
A Bartlett First Class Honours graduate and current MedTech CMO specializing in scaling complex systems and international partnerships. He leads Wedge’s commercial evolution and provides strategic insights into the studio’s artistic direction and curation.
Shuheng Wang
Sustainability Specialist
An artist and designer from The Bartlett specializing in sustainable development and production optimization. He translates experimental research into circular systems and directs the studio’s acoustic specialized design through the lens of machine agency.
Yuhan Wu
Fabrication Specialist
A Bartlett First Class Honours graduate and Technology Futures Prize winner with prior experience at Studio Dera. He focuses on digital fabrication and prototypical spatial objects, utilizing LiDAR surveying to build experimental test beds for studio research.
HIGHLIGHTS
Project Highlights
What we do
We live in a moment where technology, materials, and culture are converging to reshape how we design and interact with our environment. As a studio for research and practice, Wedge explores new ways for people, machines, and matter to create together. Working across the digital and the physical, we build dimensional experiences for a world in transition.
Research + Strategy
Material Ecology
Computational Methods
Cultural Analysis
Emerging Technologies
Sensory Perception
Design & Development
Product & Objects
Architectural Systems
Digital Fabrication
Visual Identity
Prototyping
Curation & Presence
Installations
Scenography
Interactive Environments
Exhibitions
Public Programs
