Tamrat Alemu

Tamrat Alemu

Designer + Developer in Washington DC

Projects

Ongoing

Demo: Veew video demo

An AI-powered interface for creating on-chain media like sketches from Excalidraw, text posts, memes, interactive websites, and AI-generated images.

It also enables users to browse on-chain media such as Farcaster casts, Sound.xyz music NFTs, Talent Protocol scores, Opepen sets, and ENS data. It also allows

2024

Onchain builder passport based on Talent Protocol profile

2024
Ovi

Demo: Ovi Demo VIdeo

A music player with collectible 3D skins and 10 curated channels!

2023

Interactive set of tools for Opepen creations

2023

Customizable iOS widgets for viewing Lens Protocol content and stats

2021

Designed and developed a virtual gallery for Zora’s first ever NFT drop

2020

Developed interactive Snapchat and Instagram AR experiences for clients such as Walmart, JD Sports and Accenture ( digital Super Bowl ad)

2019
Bar

Designed and developed the first JavaScript based productivity app for the Magic Leap app store

2015
Core

A design that reinvigorates the residential hotel model for a new generation of mobile workers by reclaiming an object of housing infrastructure lost in the evolution of domestic space: the core.

2014

The design uses the idea of the hearth as the organizing principle of the house. The hearth comprises of the kitchen, storage, stairway and a skylight. By concentrating the primary needs of the house at the center, the periphery becomes a generous space that can be used for flexible living conditions.

Work Experience

2021 — 2023

Designed and developed a generative metaverse concepts centered around a customizable virtual home for each user on the Lens Protocol

Created 3D assets and developed 3D interactivity for DumplingTV, a curated video gallery for Lens video creators

2017 — 2018
Software Engineer

Developed a ride sharing app using React Native, Redux and Ruby on Rails

Built an API to allow other third-party ride share companies to request and match riders on the Bandwagon platform using Ruby on Rails

Wrote an analytics tool to track and optimize the user chat, resulting in a 25% decrease of failed ride sharing sessions

2015 — 2017

Contributed to architectural and urban design, including parts of Times Square plaza, the High Line in New York, a 41-acre mixed-use redevelopment in downtown Denver, and a 60-acre hospital in Uganda

2012 — 2015
Master of Arts in Architecture at Yale

Contact

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GitHub