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By the 1960s, the protests of the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement gradually increased. Rock music became the “weapon” of this movement, the spirit of counter-culture conveyed by the lyrics became the “bullet” of this movement. This is not a simple re- bellion, but an awakening of freedom and a revolution in the wave of thought and culture.
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Since the 1990s, the construction of the Three Gorges Dam began in Sandouping, Yichang, Hubei, reshaping the local ecology and society on a massive scale. The project forced countless residents to leave the rice fields and rivers of their hometowns and relocate to unfamiliar places. Behind this transformation, the “Three Gorges migrants” became quiet witnesses of rapid development, carrying a lasting sense of farewell.
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Many Chinese believe fate and the afterlife can be influenced through spiritual practices. When feeling unwell, some turn to Five Elements and Bagua rituals, such as “cleaning the Yuan Chen Palace,” hoping to change their fortune. This belief has also fueled fortune-telling scams, as scammers exploit people’s fear and desire for quick solutions, leaving victims with financial loss and damaged relationships.
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Drawing from the geometric structure and shifting surfaces of a Rubik’s Cube, this poster interprets the themes of Luxury, Maximalist, Heroic, and Futuristic through bold composition and layered visuals. The work was printed in Risograph, emphasizing its tactile and luminous qualities.
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Jumbo, once the world’s most famous elephant, became a symbol not only of wonder but of modernity in motion. As railroads and steam power reshaped the nineteenth century, the elephant was increasingly imagined alongside machines as labor, spectacle, and a force being replaced by industrial progress. Jumbo’s death in 1885, struck by a freight train, turned this metaphor into a literal collision between animal body and mechanical speed. Yet even after his death, Jumbo continued to “move” through culture. His ghost endured, haunting modern culture and leaving behind a legacy of fascination, captivity, and technological power.
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Q: What Stranger Will You Never Forget? documents a series of encounters with strangers I once met and never forgot. Through brief moments, gestures, and conversations, these individuals entered my life and quietly stayed. The project is printed using risograph, a process that embraces imperfection, repetition, and chance, echoing the fragmentary nature of memory itself.
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痕迹·Trace is a material exploration of everyday objects and poetic language. Common household items are dipped in ink and used as tools to create abstract patterns, allowing accidental gestures and textures to emerge through repetition and chance. These images are paired with fragments of poetry, forming a quiet dialogue between the ordinary and the lyrical.
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Brotherhood is based on the poem “Brotherhood” by Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat Octavio Paz. Rather than directly illustrating the poem’s content, the book pairs the text with imagery inspired by the phenomenon of a whale fall. This visual narrative echoes the poem’s reflections on connection, existence, and shared destiny, while maintaining a quiet distance from literal interpretation.
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This hand letterpress printed artist book takes the irregular shape of a single slice of watermelon. The project is designed as five separate books that can be assembled together to form one complete watermelon, transforming individual copies into parts of a larger whole.
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This hand letterpress printed accordion book is designed to create a subtle moment of humor and surprise through words, color, glyphs, and the physical act of unfolding. The project centers on two words, hide and peekaboo, forming a simple narrative in which language plays hide and seek with the reader.
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This accordion book serves as a specimen book for the typeface Caslon. It presents a comprehensive overview of the typeface, including its designer and historical background, typographic anatomy, display applications, and related typefaces.
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This album cover is designed for Hair, capturing the spirit and emotional intensity of the musical through pattern and color. Instead of directly illustrating scenes or characters, the design translates the story’s themes of freedom, rebellion, love, and collective identity into bold, rhythmic visual elements.
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These film tickets are designed for the documentary Storm Lake. The project reimagines the ticket not just as an entry pass, but as a small-scale design object that reflects the film’s themes of journalism, community, and quiet resilience.
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This album cover is designed based on impressions of Eagles’ song Hollywood Waltz. Through color and the arrangement of letters, the design expresses the bittersweet emotion carried by the song. It translates the song’s emotional undercurrent into a visual language of faded glamour, tenderness, weariness, romance, and quiet disillusionment.
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Through cutting, weaving, arranging, and rubbing copies of several books, this poster explores the idea of marginalia as a physical and conceptual practice. Text and images are fragmented, displaced, and layered, transforming the page into a space of intervention rather than passive reading.
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This branding project is a redesign for a crab roe bun shop in my hometown, with a focus on highlighting its signature specialty. The core concept centers on making the crab roe bun not just a menu item, but the visual and emotional identity of the brand.
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The subject of this project is the voice of the ocean, a visual design of the institute of Marine psychology. It was inspired by news of w h a l e suicides o r m a s s suicides. Accord- ing to research, some scientists have found that these whales are actually psychological and emotional. Their voice can express some of their emotions, such as crying and whin- ing. I wanted to do this project through whale elements, so that the audience could pay attention to the psychology of Marine animals.
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This comic continues the story from my previous volume. In this chapter, the protagonists Jack the Cat and Adam the Rabbit are still on their journey to seek the magic of truth when they pass through a robotic metropolis known as the City of Steelbond Dreams.
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This comic tells the story of a ghost who guards a treasure chest on a remote island. What begins as a tale of protection slowly unfolds into something more intimate and emotional.
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This oil pastel drawing records a dream of mine. In the dream, I found myself inside a magical forest filled with wolves, sheep, snakes, blooming flowers, and distant mountains glowing with quiet beauty. The scene felt vivid and constantly shifting, as if everything were alive and in motion.
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She explores experimental approaches to printing and bookbinding, challenging traditional conventions of materials and form. Her work draws inspiration from a wide range of interests, including creatures, musical theatre, sociology, and literature. Recently, her practice has expanded into motion graphics and digital media, where she integrates interactive design with a sustained focus on tactility and materiality. Ziyi received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently pursuing an MFA in Design at the University of Southern California.
MFA in Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 09/2020-05/2024
BFA, Visual Communication Focus
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Procreate, Clip Studio
UI/UX
Figma, Sketch, p5.js, XD
3D Modeling & AR Technique
Cinema 4D, Blender, Kivi Cube
Digital Media
After Effect, Media Encoder, Premiere Pro, TouchDesigner
Office & Document Management
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Studio Skills
Book Design & Binding, Print Making, Riso, Offset, Screen Printing, Typography, Web Design, Oil Painting, Comics, Sculpture, Bronze Casting, Storyboard Design, Ceramics, Collage, Hand Drawing, Digital Illustration, Letterpress,
2D / 3D Motion Graphics, Video Editing, Photography/Videography