Keynote Lecture @ Harvard University in April 2024

I designed a series of promotional posters for choreographer Sydney Skybetter’s keynote lecture at Harvard University in April 2024. The lecture explored Skybetter’s research on the origins of choreorobotics, recent advancements in the field, and how emerging technologies can be shaped or disrupted by collective action and coalition building.

A playground built with Youtian Duan.

I co-founded a multidisciplinary design studio called ANOTHER.WORLD in 2023 with furniture designer Youtian Duan. We envision a world where people can confront their inner demons with laughter, where vulnerability is celebrated, and self-acceptance is the ultimate goal. Through our innovative and humorous projects, we aim to create a safe and inclusive space for individuals to explore their inner worlds, encouraging them to embrace their shadows and emerge stronger, more resilient, and authentically themselves.

An Experimental retail experience
at PMH Advertising Agency

A collaborative project with Minnesota-based experimental Artist Joshua McGarvey when I was working as a designer at PMH Advertising Agency. 

“An Experimental Retail Experience” showcased Uselding Fridays as a clothing line that created by McGarvey in an oversaturated commercial advertising environment. Installing a bedroom set in the boss’s front office, a jump rope routine was performed on the owner’s desk. At the same time, spectators watched from the sidewalk outside, offering a sort of voyeuristic experience.

And the design for this event includes an event invitation, a flyer, a digital invitation, and several Instagram posts.

Collaborator: Zengqi Guo’ MFA 22 ︎︎︎ 

It was a blast that Zengqi and I had the opportunity to collaborate on the identity system for this year’s Risd Grad Show. The identity means celebrating the multidisciplinary and inclusivity between each major while the students at risd constantly cross the boundary between mediums, materials, and textures to apply to their works.

The system applies to various platforms, including a website, various-sized posters and banners, print ads, digital ads, and social media.

View full Grad Thesis Students work digitally at: 
https://publications.risdmuseum.org/grad-show-2022

The Coffin Carries More Than Bodies

Client: RISD Museum
Motion, Video Editing

The Roman sarcophagus (or stone coffin) is an example of funerary art that dates back two thousand years. The word sarcophagus emerged from Greek roots that roughly translates to the compound phrase, “flesh eating.” A number of examples of ancient Roman sarcophagi now reside in the permanent collection of the RISD Museum. I’ve been puzzled over the public’s lack of physical access to these objects: how can people understand the actual value and embodied meaning of these stone vessels when the public is prevented from touching them—and even from standing too close to their display? The public’s access is channeled instead through an interpretive label, or audio guide, provided by the museum. I sense people lose interest quickly and quickly leave the artwork behind. I suspect, however, that there may be others like me who are curious to know what’s inside these closed containers. In Treasure Chest, I dissect a sarcophagus from its surface inward, seeking to expose its heart and share it with others. My goal is to offer a deeper, decidedly tactile experience that exposes the interiority of these ancient funerary objects and reframes public engagement with their form and purpose through a digital place.