Huiyu
huiyu418@gmail.com
Huiyu Yang is a designer from Taiwan based in Virginia, US. Her design practices as adapting but challenges the existing system in both design and society. She works across various mediums and genres including printed matter, installations, websites and motion pictures. In 2022, she graduated with an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She previously completed a master's in Motion Media Design from Savannah College of Arts and Design.

Inquiries about freelance work or collaborative projects, feel free to reach out to me.
huiyu418@gmail.com
347.439.1340

About

MFA Thesis Book

Writing, Publication. December 2022.
Inkjet Print, 18 × 27 cm.

Phantom Scripting

Installation ,December 2022.
22'10” * 31'6" * 9'6", Six Audio Tracks.

Weaving Is Bilingual Is Weaving

Writing, Publication. October 2022.
Inkjet / RISO Print, 4.25 × 11 in.

This study examines the similarities between the weaving system's wrap and weft and the English and Taiwanese Mandarin writing systems, which utilize horizontal and vertical orientations. The goal is to relate these systems to the bilingual daily experiences of migrants.

Review Writing for Kai Chuang's Ruler

Editorial, Writing, December 2022.
Laser Print, 7 × 18 cm.

The Forged Taiwanese

Poster, June 2023.
Digital Print, 11 x 17 in.

Mold Magazine - Object & Method Lecture

Kenetic Poster, December 2021.
Loop GIFs, 00:07.

Phantom Scripting

MFA Thesis Show ,December 2022.
Writing, Publication. Injet / RISO Print, 10.5 x 7.5 in.

Shared Story Telling - New Acquisitions from Franklin Furnace Archive

Poster, December 2022.
Inkjet Print / Manual Folding, 13 x 20 in.

Power Outage Notification

Poster, July 2022. 21 × 29.7 cm

The posters are designed to be printed with the most easily and available A4 size printer with black and white color, so these can easily be printed and spread by local people at a very low cost.

The Random Stone

Artifact, Publication, Writing, September 2021.
Risograph, Frame by Frame Drawing, 5.5 × 8.5 in.

Likely Editions

Brand Identity, April 2023

Voice

Poster, 72.8 x 103 cm.
JAGDA International Student Poster Award
2022 / Selected

Not until I left my home country that I realize how voice can bring a sense of belonging. The graphical notation sit on the margin of this poster is created to record the voices around me that I grew up with. The poster attempt to make these voices tangible to every viewer.

Is it a matter of finding the way? Or rather a willingness to let oneself feel lost?

Handmade Website, November 2021.
HTML, CSS, Javascript

This website is designed to challenge the purpose and structure of the modern web space. Nowadays, websites are often automatically buit from templates in similiar structure. A website with clear navigation is considered to be well designed. What if a website is built to have the audiences to enjoy a sense of lost and take things slow in this fast-paced digital era?

Eye Contact

Writing, Publication, October 2022.
Laser Print, 8.5 x 5.5 in

I became a cat

Artifact, Writing, Publication. June 2021.
Risograph, Perfect binding, Deckled edge, 23 pages, 8 × 12 cm.

A book is a Container

Artifact, April 2022

The Willful Garden

Handmade Website, September 2021.
HTML, CSS

2022 VCUarts Thesis Show

Exhibition Identity, July 2022.
Loop GIFs, 00:12 / Ink Print(silver/black), double sided, 10 × 17 in / Vinyl on Wall

2022 Fall VCU GDES Welcome Back Event

Poster, August 2022.
35 x 47 in.

Are We on the Same Page?

Editorial, October 2022.
Risograph, Spiral bind, 8.5 x 5.5 in.

A Book Is A Window

Artifact, Writing, Editorial, December 2021.
Laser print, Four-sided perfect binding,
31 pages, 5.5 × 8.5 in.

Intimate language is not readible but tangible

Artifact, November 2021.
Embroideried types on handmade tote bags, 35 × 25 cm

Six Logo Animstions

Logo Animation, October 2019. 04:38

Mold Magazine - Object & Method Lecture

Kenetic Poster, December 2021.
Loop GIFs, 00:07.

Shared Story Telling - New Acquisitions from Franklin Furnace Archive

Poster, December 2022.
Inkjet Print / Manual Folding, 13 x 20 in.

Phantom Scripting

Writing, Publication, December 2022.
Injet / RISO Print, 10.5 x 7.5 in.

Power outage notification

Poster, July 2022.
21 × 29.7 cm

The posters are designed to be printed with the most easily and available A4 size printer with black and white color, so these can easily be printed and spread by local people at a very low cost.

The Random Stone

Artifact, Writing, Publication, September 2021.
Risograph, Frame by Frame Drawing, 5.5 × 8.5 in.

Likely Editions

Brand Identity, April 2023

Dying Too Soon: In Northern Virginia, The Risk of Dying Before Age 75 Depends on Race, Ethnicity, and Address

Infographic, Publication, June 2023.
Digital Print, Saddle Stitch, 500 Copies, 8.5 x 11 in.
Press Coverage - NPR, WUSA.
Full Report.

Voice

Poster, 72.8 x 103 cm.
JAGDA International Student Poster Award
2022 / Selected

Not until I left my home country that I realize how voice can bring a sense of belonging. This poster of the graphical notation is created to record the voices around me that I grew up with and to make these voices tangible to every viewer.

Green Advocates Energy Co-op

Brand Identity, December 2022.

25 Mars

Brand Identity, June 2022.

Swamp Sister hat for the Anderson Gallery

Hat Design, November 2021
This hat design for the staff at the Anderson Gallery aims to bring the mascot of the gallery, Swamp Sister into the design.

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Poster, July 2022. 29.7 x 42 cm

Peace is the soft clouds, the quietness of blue, the moisture of the rain, and the comfort and usual days. The clouds are the word “peace” spelled in the Morse code. All the dots and dashes are burnt holes of paper. The blue covers the burnt color of the edges. The raindrop graphics cross out the dates of the war. This poster attempts to convey the idea that reedy and war covertly hide behind the pacific days that we take for granted.

Propaganda

Video, March 2021. 00:14

Yo-Yo Lin - Object & Method Lecture

Kenetic Poster, April 2022.
Loop GIFs, 00:07.

This poster is designed for the Object and Method zoom lecture of Yo-Yo Lin 林友友, a Taiwanese-American, interdisciplinary media artist, at VCUarts Graphic Design program.

This poster was mainly inspired by Yo-Yo's work Re: collections / 再次·回顧 which is based on her return to her motherland in Taiwan during the pandemic and talks about the moment when the artist's memories and experiences across the two lands intersect.The elements of this poster include video clips of ants working, and a kinetic type design of Yo-Yo Lin's name in both English and traditional Chinese(林友友) in a motion that combines and then separates.

2021 Taipei New Year’s Eve Countdown Party

Stage Motion, December 2020.

- Stage motion design for Hebe Tien - 無人知曉
- Stage motion design for Xiao Bing Chih
- Designed stage motion for 2D main visual of the event