Yuxin Li portfolio by Yuxin Li

YUXIN LI

Portfolio & CV 2016-2019

yuxin.li@network.rca.ac.uk 07707604312(UK) / 08613203559921(CN)

Royal College of Art Master of Interior Design Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Bachelor of Arts in Environment Design National Taiwan Normal University Exchange student

YUXIN LI Student Royal College of Art London, United Kingdom / Beijing, China Contact: yuxin.li@network.rca.ac.uk 07707604312(UK) / 08613203559921(CN)

Interior designer who has experience in architecture,

graphic and exhibition design. I currently base on London and Beijing. I focuses my research on

AWARDS

COMPUTER SKILLS

Chinese Artists Association

2d software:

The Finalist Prize in the Design for

China 7th Environmental Art Design Exhibition 2016 / Beijing, China

Photoshop Illustrator InDesign

interaction from the user as a result of curiosity, using

http://www.caanet.org.cn

and depict them. I also like to create work which

Chinese Architecture Association

The Third Prize in New Cup Chinese College Students

3d software:

aesthetic.

Interior Design Competition in 2016

SketchUp

2016 / Beijing, China

Rhinoceros

http://www.chinaasc.org

Grasshopper

create objects or spaces as the main tool to represent

merges both art and design resulting in fluid design

Premiere Autocad

CINEMA 4D Depth map

EDUCATION

EXHIBITIONS

Royal College of Art

Coding software:

Beijing Design Week 2019

Master of Interior Design

September 2018 - June 2020 / London, UK

Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Processing

Architecture Exhibition

Office:

Selected work:

Microsoft Office

liberation from preconceived notions

Bachelor of Arts in Environment Design

http://www.bjdw.org/sheji_en/

September 2013 - June 2017 / Beijing, China

Beijing Design Week 2018

GPA 3.60/5.00

Non-Local Architecture Exhibition

CERTIFICATES Royal College of Art

National Taiwan Normal University

Selected work:

Interior Design: The Future of Retail

Exchange student

Ecological Obervatory

Shortcourse

September 2015 - January 2016 / Taipei, Taiwan

http://www.bjdw.org/sheji_en/

https://www.rca.ac.uk/short-courses/summer-schools/ interior-design-future-retail-design/

GPA 4.01/5.00

Anxious Architecture 2018 Non Famous Architects Exhibition

WORK EXPERIENCES Anti-gravity international Designer

January 2018 - June 2018 / Beijing, China http://www.asri.cn

In ASRI project, I worked as an assistant for an architecture research summer camp, named ‘liberation from preconceived notions’. Additionally, I also worked as a tutor about some programs like ‘grasshopper’.

Selected work:

China Futures: Narratives for Design and Collaboration

Ecological Obervatory

Seminar

http://www.arsi.cn

Internal only

Beijing Design Week 2017 Non-Local Architecture Exhibition Selected work:

Wisdom Space

Internship Interior designer September 2016 - January 2017 / Beijing, China http://www.wisdomspace.com.cn

Tencent

Internship Graphic designer (Marketing department) March 2016 - January 2017 / Beijing, China http://v.qq.com

Working as an internship designer, I took part in creating concept design drawings, renderings, and

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http://www.bjdw.org/sheji_en/

https://www.behance.net/602035442e9e2

for the whole design of the company website.

LANGUAGES my main work was responsible for the promotion for a national university club, named ‘Tencent Video Hi A.A Drama Club’. I worked for the graphic design for this club.

PORTFOLIO & PROJECT

Give me a balcony

basic plans. At the same time, I was also responsible

In Tencent project, I worked as a graphic designer,

Royal College of Art

Chinese English

Native Fluent

INTERIOR WORK 2019 COMMERCIAL

INTERIOR WORK 2018 MUSEUM

INTERIOR WORK 2017 RESIDENTIAL

INTERIOR WORK 2017 RETAIL

YUXIN LI

INTERIOR WORK 2017 RETAIL

ARCHITECTURE WORK 2017 CONCEPTAL

PRACTICE WORK 2016-2018 OTHERS

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Interior Design

Project â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Inhabitationsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; focus on the ways in which people inhabit

Royal College of Art

buildings in order to undertake specific activities, and design a Post

INTERIOR WORK 2019

Pub design

COMMERCIAL

BREXIT PUB

Brexit Pub. Project Title: Inhabitations Dates:

The first step of this project is researching the existing pubs in London.

21.01.19 - 07.03.19

The first Pub I research is The Troubadour, it is a pub with serving cafe

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food all day in a cozy space with live music. I focus on the different

Tania Lopez-Winkler

surfaces, which is the unique feature of this pub. There are different functions in each facade, such as the window facing the street, there is

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a shelf to display the teapot. The other side is a fake door with the shelf

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to show the collections. The ceiling is used to hang the materials used to make the instruments and kitchen items. Therefore, the first step of my research focused on the functionality of different facades and how they display items. The second pub is a very elegant and historic pub, named The Star Tavern. On the second floor of the pub, there is a bar, and bookshelves facing each other. My observation is how these two functions are used by the audience in one space, and how they work at a different time of one day. After the initial investigation, I made a series of models to simulate how two functions work by changing of the distance between them and using time as the basic division rule. Additionally, I separate the surface by the functions, such as walls, empty shelves, bars, wines, and books, etc. The result of simulation showed in the Type 1-5, and the simulations are based on the real observations of the existing pub. After this simulation, I applied the conclusions to the site we will design. Since the content of the simulation is all based on the lateral distance change, I also changed the direction from a single lateral to the vertical position. Based on the above research and experiments, my project theme focuses on how the functions of the bar and the library existing in one space, and change over time.

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INTERIOR WORK 2019

COMMERCIAL

FIG.1-1 I made a series of models to simulate how two functions work by changing of the distance between them and using time as the basic division rule. Additionally, I separate the surface by the functions, such as walls, empty shelves, bars, wines, and books, etc. The result of simulation showed in the Type 1-5, and the simulations are based on the real observations of the existing pub. FIG.1-1

FIG.1-2 After this simulation, I applied the conclusions to the site we will design. Since the content of the simulation is all based on the lateral distance change, I also changed the direction from a single lateral to the vertical position. Based on the above research and experiments, my project theme focuses on how the functions of the bar and the library existing in one space, and change over time. In practice work, I created a large movable platform that changes from the 9:30 am to 7:30 pm of one day. The one side of the platform is the library area and people can use this area from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, the other side of the platform is the bar and is allowed to use between 12:30 pm to midnight. The platform is bright yellow, so people can see through the window from outside to know what time is it now, it is also the sign of the pub.

Pub research drawings

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INTERIOR WORK 2019

COMMERCIAL

Drawings

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Drawings

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Yuxin Li

Project ‘Identities’ focus on the consideration of the ways in which

Interior Design

can create an identity for a space that is appropriate for the proposed

Royal College of Art

use and the site conditions. The brief for the project is asking to create a musical instrument shop, and the project will be driven by the

Project Title: Identities - Shelf life

consideration of materials.

Dates: 11.03.19 - 16.05.19

The first step of this project is to choose an example of contemporary

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music and find out the information that connects to the site and using

Reiko Yamazaki

narrative way to develop your thinking. The song I chose named ’Sleep sound’, by Jamie Xx, which is an English musician, DJ, record producer,

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and remixer. ‘Sleep Sound’ is a hypnotic mid-tempo track that feels

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simultaneously as if it could lull you into a restful sleep or bring you into a pleasant groove. And the music video is about an artist Sofia Mattioli dance along with deaf people from Manchester Deaf Centre. They interacted with her movements while sensing ’the vibrations given off by the song’. The result is a haunting montage of dancers experiencing movement through what they perceive as silence. The instrument I chose is rainstick which mimics the sound of rain. People can feel vibration when they play this instrument. Rainstick is traditionally made from dead cactus tubes with cactus spines hammered to the inside and filled with tiny pebbles. The strategy I use to develop my design is beginning with the structure of rainstick. I made three transparent rainsticks based on the existing structure of this instrument and also create some new way for it.

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INTERIOR WORK 2019

Shop design

COMMERCIAL

INSTRUMENT SHOP

INTERIOR WORK 2019

COMMERCIAL

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Self-made Rainstick I made three transparent rainsticks based on the existing structure of this instrument and also create some new way for it.

FIG.2-1 Self-made Rainstick based on the original type FIG.2-2 Self-made Rainstick based on material research FIG.2-3 Self-made Rainstick based on sound research

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Shelf This project is asking design a shelf to display items of musicians. The strategy I use for the shelf is using the similar structure of traditional rainstick to be my shelf. I made an arc shape structure with polycarbonate, and insert wood pins to display items. And the whole body of the shelf is white, making people more focus on the items that be displayed.

FIG.2-4 Sketch of shelf FIG.2-5 Details FIG.2-6 1-1 scale shelf model

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INTERIOR WORK 2019

COMMERCIAL

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FIG.2-8

About Materials

About Instrument shop

I tried to find out the materials can give people the feeling of vibration. I did some casting with silicon and resin to try to make some materials with tension. The main material I use for the space is wood(which is the representation of the instrument), silicon (tactile way to show the vibration), polycarbonate( the vision way of showing the feeling of vibration), acrylic(aim to show the structure inside of rainstick), metal(from my experiment of rainstick), etc.

The purpose of the instrument shop is making people perceive the music, instead of hearing it. Try to create a sense of vibration in the space by tactile or visualize the vibration, etc.

FIG.2-7 Material test FIG.2-8 Material board FIG.2-9 1-10 scale model

In addition, the use of polycarbonate at the entrance aims to create a barrier between the inside and outside. I respect the original building, so I retain the existing materials of the site while using the new material to interact with the existing building. I replace some existing floors with silicon, so people can feel the vibration when they enter the interact installation.

I designed a large interactive experience installation on two floors, by changing the scale of the rainstick. When people stand in the center of the space, they can perceive the music by the vibration of the entire installation.

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INTERIOR WORK 2019

COMMERCIAL

FIG.2-10 FIG.2-10 manual book FIG.2-11 Drawing

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Project ‘Proximities’ is asked to design the entrance experience and foyer

Interior Design

of a temporary pop up Christmas Museum, called ‘My story of the story of

Royal College of Art

Christmas’, in the blank entrance and courtyard spaces of the building 106

INTERIOR WORK 2018

Museum design

MUSEUM

CHRISTMAS MUSEUM

Commercial Street. Project Title: Proximities Dates:

As for this project, I focus on the traditional ritual of Christmas, which is

19. 11.18 - 10.01.19

decorating the Christmas tree. Christmas tree originates in Northern Europe,

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usually an evergreen conifer such as spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree

Steve Jensen

of similar appearance. The custom was developed in medieval Livonia( present-day Estonia and Latvia), and in early modern Germany where

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Protestant Germans brought decorated trees into their homes. It acquired

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popularity beyond the Lutheran areas of Germany and the Baltic counties during the second half of the 19th century, at first among the upper classes. Through the research I did, I found that the way people decorate the Christmas tree is quite different around the world. For example, people from tropical counties always like to decorate unique trees instead of pine trees. To be specific, people prefer to decorate palm tree in Florida. Banana trees and mango trees are popular in India as a Christmas tradition. As for Africa, the baobab tree is the icon for them, so they always decorate baobab trees when Christmas.

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INTERIOR WORK 2018

MUSEUM

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FIG.3-1 The sketch drawing of the entrance. FIG.3-2 The sketch drawing of structure. FIG.3-3 The sketch drawing of main structure. FIG.3-4 The sketch model.

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FIG.3.5-3.8 In order to facilitate users to understand the space and plan for this journey in advance, I designed and produced a Website to introduce this Pop-up space. The content of this website includes an introduction of the space, the location of Christmas museum and some introduction of 106 commercial street. At the same time, people cam upload their own works to this site to interact or share with others.

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INTERIOR WORK 2018

MUSEUM

For the design part, I took advantage of this interesting phenomenon to create a unique entrance for the Christmas Museum, by decorating different trees as an interactive space. In the entrance, I set up a small display area for the excellent decorations. The decoration is a simple transparent ball that people can draw on it or fill it with their personal items. When passed the display area, there is a reception, a cloakroom, and a small shop. Through the narrow corridor, people can enter the interactive area. As a pop-up space, I use modular, constructible devices

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to interact with special Christmas trees. People can create Christmas decorations in the workshop area on the ground floor. At the same time, the decorative active can be done when they go upstairs by the staircase or ladder. The intention of this design is to take advantage of the most traditional Christmas ritual but to experience different cultures and traditions, making people feel a familiar but completely different Christmas.

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INTERIOR WORK 2018

MUSEUM

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Yuxin Li

After history entered the Post Ford era, individualized needs began to re-

Interior Design

emerge, and people’s spiritual needs were gradually outnumbered by

INTERIOR WORK 2017

Residential design

RESIDENTIAL

GIVE ME A BALCONY

their material needs. Nowadays, people are more concerned with the Project Title: Residential design

requirements of the individual spiritual world, and are beginning to search

Dates:

for the impacts of hard to explain and complex theories of individualism

10.2017 - 12.2017

on events in general, further valuing the individual. “A thousand people, a

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thousand angles” has become the next topic of the 21st century.

Ningjing

This design focused on balconies representing people’s ordinary lives. Through an analysis of the 16 different kinds of personality, the

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individual habits and behavioural preferences of each personality type are

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distinguished. However, the 16 kinds of personality are not able to fully present a reproduction of all aspects of personal life, instead acting only as a microcosm of the question of “a thousand people, a thousand angles”.

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INTERIOR WORK 2017

RESIDENTIAL

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INTERIOR WORK 2017

RETAIL

NOODLE LAB Retail design

Yuxin Li

Nowadays, with the progress of society and the improvement of the standard

Interior Design

of living of the people, there is an increasing demand for culture by the general public. Consumers as a social person, abstract culture is profoundly

Project Title: Retail design

affecting the specific purchase behavior. For example, values and lifestyles

Dates:

affect consumer behavior. At the same time, consumers may also receive

09.17 - 11.17

cultural satisfaction through specific purchases. Through spending, try to find

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belonging belonging to a group of people. The design aims to establish the

Ruijun Li

pasta brand culture through experiential consumption behaviors and transmit the spiritual symbols of values, life attitude, aesthetic taste and emotional

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appeal condensed by Chinese pasta culture. By creating a perfect realm

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where the material utility and the spirit of the product are highly unified, the restrictions beyond time and space bring consumers more high-level satisfaction.

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INTERIOR WORK 2017

RETAIL

ISSEY MIYAKE FLAGSHIP STORE Retail design

Yuxin Li

As the main body of deconstruction, space is free to extend its shape by its

Interior Design

own will. Through the methods of folding, stretching and wrapping, space is painted in three-dimensional space in a planar language to penetrate

Project Title: Retail design

the entire spatial structure. Space is full of energy because of human

Dates:

participation.

05.17 - 07.17

With the prevalence of experiential economy, brand flagship store is no

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longer the main space for retail and display of goods, but as an entity to

Ruijun Li

spread the brand culture and connotation, using space language to tell the charm of the brand core, the design focuses on the experiential The

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combination of shopping forms and brand connotation, to build a full brand

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image of the core.

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ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY Architecture

and downs of events in space, and space is no longer confined to threedimensional space, but changes with the conversion of footage and time. Can the lens separate the space? The delicate relationship between

Project Title: Architecture

space and the lens became my focus. Hutong as a mature spatial ecology

Dates:

to become my first research object, selected in the alley of six kinds of

07.17 - 09.17

representative objects as a shot to record the alley in the story and the scope

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of research can be recorded. According to the analysis of the changes of

Che Fei

its force and range, possibility simulation is made through the processing program, and the law and feasibility are found in the simulation as my

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follow-up design guidance. Suppose the lens can separate the space, the

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world ecology can coexist? Iteration through processing repeated the final

ARCHITECTURE WORK 2017

Inspired by an accidental viewing process, the lens transition tells the ups

Interior Design

CONCEPTAL

Yuxin Li

formation of my program - Ecological Observatory.

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ARCHITECTURE WORK 2017

CONCEPTAL

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TECENT VIDEO HI A.A DREAM CLUB Graphic design

GRASSHOPPER PRACTICE Programe Practice

Tencent Video Hi A.A dream club

Tencent Video Festival

PRACTICE WORK 2016-2018

OTHERS

Tencent Video Yingyongbao

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YUXIN LI Student Royal College of Art London, United Kingdom / Beijing, China Contact: yuxin.li@network.rca.ac.uk 07707604312(UK) / 08613203559921(CN)

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