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.
Machine Agency
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.
Embodied Perception
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.
Material Ecologies
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
Background in theoretical physics (Imperial College London, EPFL) with research in quantum gravity and supersymmetry. Former quantitative trader and professional skier. Leads Wedge’s strategic and operational development.
Peiyan Zou
Artist and architectural designer (Bartlett School of Architecture), recipient of the RIBA Donaldson Medal and Bartlett Medal. Directs Wedge’s creative vision and design development.
Ray (Lei) Zhang
Artist and architectural designer (Architectural Association), previously with BIG and AL_A. Leads research and development in technological innovation and material experimentation, alongside the studio’s brand and media direction.
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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
