Yixuan Liu | Yii
Born in Szechuan, Based in Brooklyn
Visual Designer (Branding • Digital Design • 3D)
Creative Technologist (AR • VR • Interactive Experiences)
(Current) VR Prototyper @Harvard FAS CAMLab
(Current) Open to Freelance!
Yixuan is a Szechuan-born, Brooklyn-based visual designer and creative technologist specializing in the fields of graphic design, XR, and interactive experiences. Using design and code as her primary tools, Yixuan enjoys exploring experimental ways to create refreshing brands and speculative projects, aiming to push visual communication beyond conventional boundaries.
As a Visual Designer, she specializes in brand identity, digital design, and 3D. In her role as a Creative Technologist, she develops AR/VR experiences while also experimenting with interactive installations for personal art projects.
For inquiries, freelance opportunities, to say hi, or casual chats:
yixuanliu.design@gmail.com 🌐
Experience
Harvard FAS CAMLab
VR Prototyper
Dec 2023 - Present
The Working Assembly
Digital Design Intern
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
Wix
Design Intern
Jun 2023 - Jul 2023
MIT Reality Hack
Unity Developer
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Parsons Design & Technology
Brand Designer
Jan 2023 - May 2023
Roblox × Parsons
3D Designer
Jan 2023 - May 2023
Digitas
Experience Design Intern
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022
Modern Sky
Contract Art Director
Sep 2020 - Nov 2020
Yimeduo Design
Graphic Designer
Jun 2020 - Dec 2020
SenseTime
UX/UI Design Intern
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Education
Parsons School of Design, The New School
MFA Design and Technology
2021-2023
New York, NY, USA
Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University
BA Visual Communication Design
2015-2020
Beijing, China
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
Exchange Program, Graphic Design
2017-2018
London, UK
Awards and Exhibitions
MAGFest
National Harbor, MD
January 2024
Alt.Ctrl.GDC (Game Developer Conference)
San Francisco, CA
March 2023
QUANTUM ART @Microscope Gallery
New York, NY
March 2023
Stories in Motion @Museum of the Moving Image
New York, NY
February 2023
Auto-Organics: Robots for a Living Earth @PIXELMOUTH
New York, NY
February 2023
MIT Reality Hack
Boston, MA
Best Use in Web3
January 2023
Wonderville
New York, NY
December 2022
IBM Quantum Jam
New York, NY
Honorable Mention, Creative Use of Quantum Technology in Visual Arts
October 2022
NEWVIEW Awards, Styly
Tokyo, Japan
Finalist
December 2021
CLIENTS
Amazon, Visa, Under Armour, Walmart, Roblox, Tencent, Match Group, Yuzu, Modern Sky
Skillsets
Visual Design:
Brand Identity
Art/Creative Direction
Digital/UXUI Design
Interaction Design
3D Modeling & Motion
Tools:
Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro), Figma, Adobe XD, C4D, Zbrush, Octane Renderer, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter
AR/VR/MR + Creative Technology:
XR Prototype
Game Design
Interactive Installation
Physical Computing
Web Prototype
AI
Creative Coding
3D Printing
Tools:
Unity, Unreal, C#, XRTK, Playmaker, Effect House, Spark AR, Meta Quest, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, P5.js, Three.js, Arduino, Raspberry Pi