Projects · Xueyi (Sherry) Zhou

Selected work.

Six projects: an OS for 700 million people at Xiaomi, growth measured in dollars at AppLovin, and one personal project for the way I travel.

01The work
6 projects · 2022 to now
A collage of MIUI 15 lock screens: magazine, classic and widget styles.
Xiaomi · 2023Case study

Lock Screen Personalization

The editing framework behind MIUI 15’s new lock screens. Something personal, at a scale where nothing feels personal.

Interaction design · Product design · Visual design

A page of the MIUI Design System 2.0 component documentation.
Xiaomi · 2023Case study

MIUI Design System 2.0

Turning a guideline nobody trusted into a system ten thousand employees could build on.

Design systems · Design ops · Design-led

The MIUI notes app laid out on an unfolded foldable screen.
Xiaomi · 2022Write-up in progress

Foldable Screen Framework

“Just make it bigger” is never the answer. Layout rules for apps that live on two screen sizes at once.

Interaction framework · Adaptive layout

Two phones showing per-zone touch hit-rate heatmaps, left and right hand.
Xiaomi · 2024Case study

Touch Hot Zone

Mapping where thumbs actually reach on a 6.8-inch screen, so layout decisions stop being guesses.

HCI research · Experimental design

Three screens of the out-of-box app recommendation flow on a new Android phone.
AppLovin · 2023–2025Case study

OOBE App Discovery

Four experiments to make app recommendations on a brand-new Android phone worth the tap.

Product design · Experiment design · Growth

Linkly cover: where every travel link finds its place.
Personal · iOS · 2025Walkthrough on the homepage →

Linkly

Where every travel link finds its place. From interviews to persona to flows to refined screens.

End-to-end UX · UX certification