The story so far

Different products, the same question: how does sound affect us, and how can we design for it?

1982 · Jixi, Qingdao

Garfield Wang (born Wang Zhong, 1982, in Jixi, Heilongjiang) went to school in Qingdao, where he won medals in olympiads in maths, physics, chemistry, biology and computer science and was already writing code.

Xiamen

He studied chemistry at Xiamen University. In his second year an award at a campus presenters’ contest led to his first radio show, on Xiamen’s music station.

2006–2014 · Beijing, Hong Kong

After graduating he moved to Beijing to host on Hit FM, the Western pop station of China Radio International, the country’s national international broadcaster. He also worked with Guokr, a popular-science website, as its “knowledge experience officer.” Then came Hong Kong, where he joined Phoenix TV’s U Radio as music supervisor and host.

2014 · Shenzhen

In 2014 he founded Soundario, an audio technology company in Shenzhen, and led product design. Its products included running-music earphones and PILO, a pillow with built-in speakers for sleep and relaxation audio, which won six design awards, Red Dot among them. He ran the company until it closed in 2024.

2020–2022 · Yunnan, Southeast Asia

In 2020, in Yunnan, he prepared Highlights Music Station, a live video series with independent musicians that aired from 2021 to 2022. Since 2022 he has worked from Southeast Asia, organising tech talks and hackathons.

2026

In 2026: Judge, 47th News & Documentary Emmy® Awards — Documentary Categories (Sound), NATAS. He now works as an independent audio developer on Talktalk, a teleprompter for macOS, and AURORA, an open-source audio AI course.