Crafts
Embroidery——From Ha Ni to Aqkaq
The story begins with my valuing of my ethnic identity. When I deeply realized that I am Ha Ni, I tried to discover everything about my ethnicity and culture from this complex world. Throughout the research process of this project, I went through... More
Graphic Design
Embroidery——From Ha Ni to Aqkaq
To better showcase hand embroidery, I drew inspiration from traditional embroidery patterns and designed them into a font. Using each small cross-stitch as a unit in Illustrator, I arranged them into lines and then patterns. I designed and... More
Publication
Embroidery——From Ha Ni to Aqkaq
The story begins with my valuing of my ethnic identity. When I deeply realized that I am Ha Ni, I tried to discover everything about my ethnicity and culture from this complex world. Throughout the research process of this project, I went through... More
Other
SOLO TEQUILA
Background: In an international city like Toronto, there are people who come from everywhere in the world, some of them come here alone for a job, and some of them are away from home. In the quiet evening, they may not have a party to go to, they... More
Other
UNISON-ALL GENDER menstrual products
"The idea came from what I noticed during the period, every time my female friends or I had to use the tampon outside the home, everybody would just not say anything and hide the tampon and bring it to the washroom. Especially when there are men... More
Work by
Yingran Xu
“What are the critical topics in today's human society? What are the boundaries of design discussions? The universe, nature, ethnicity... Design is a language that can connect all disciplines,...” [More]