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Yangming Cui, a graphic designer based in NYC & Beijing. Always considers as a creative solver & multidisciplinary thinker. His works focus on the dynamic relationship between human culture, society, nature, architecture & acoustics...
He is currently studying at MICA for his MFA Graphic Design Degree. ଘᏊꈍꈊꈍᏊଓდ
Flora Language School
Visual Identity, Typography
2026 Spring
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
Flora Language School is a platform where people communicate through the language of flowers. It serves as a bridge to explore the connection between art, nature, and language, creating a sense of conversation across diverse forms of expression. It offers a way to connect with others in a manner closer to nature.
Berthold Type Foundry
Visual Identity, Typography
2026 Spring
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
Berthold Type Foundry is a renowned type foundry based in Berlin, Germany. As a revived brand, BT Foundry leverages new technologies and is committed to integrating AI-assisted solutions into its practice.
Amalgamated Widget Museum
Visual Identity, Typography
2026 Spring
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
Amalgamated Widget Museum (AWM) is a paranormal museum dedicated to the exploration and documentation of extraterrestrial life. We record organisms appearing at different times and also record their activities as a archive of encounters, traces, and unsolved mysteries.
HOLES: #1–1000
Book Design, Research Methodology
2025 Fall
Self-initiated Project ε(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*
HOLES: #1-1000 examines holes through examples drawn from photography,
sculpture, architecture, everyday objects, paintings, and digital culture. An epic archive of 1,000 images compiled over 1,520 pages. By
juxtaposing similar and dissimilar images, it constructs a comparative reading
that traces how holes shift across media, scale, context, and culture.
Rhythmic Fantasy (WIP.)
Typography, Book Design
2025 Fall
Self-initiated Project ε(*ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈)ꕤ*
Rhythmic Fantasy presents a creative typography project rooted in the diversity of musical genres. Drawing from pitch, rhythm, and spatial order, it reimagines letterforms as rule-based systems informed by the characteristics of sound.
Volume.1–12 (WIP.)
Editorial Design, Typography
2025 Fall
Mentored by Peter Ahlberg ˚ ༘ ೀ⋆.˚
Volume.1-12 is an independent, collaborative research initiative undertaken by a team of 4 designers, driven by a shared interest in acoustics and sound. I was responsible for editing Vol.2, Vol.8 & Vol.11.
Worked together with Haokai Gu, Dekai Jin & Zekai Peng to bring the 12 volumes to this world.
pdf.press
Book Design, Visual Identity
2026 Spring
Mentored by Andrea Trabucco-Campos :*:･｡･:*: ♪
pdf.press is based in China, producing and distributing publications from diverse countries and regions. It engages with a wide range of disciplines, examining contemporary issues through an artistic lens.
We present our 1st printed visual archive, Protection, Destruction & Cultural Heritage, an event and publication that reflects on the systematic destruction of cultural heritage.
Organic Worlds:
Symbiogenesis in Art
Stamp Design, Motion Graphic
2025 Fall
Mentored by Andrea Trabucco-Campos :*:･｡･:*: ♪
A series of vibrant postage stamps commemorates an exhibition at UT Dallas that explores biology through the lenses of context, collaboration, and coupling.
Lemon
Zine
2025 Fall
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
This zine uses citrus fruits as a narrative thread to explore how people behave in different social roles. The content is organized around three dimensions—incident, location, and time, to tell the story of a thousand years of social change.
Out of Orter (WIP.)
Visual Identity
2026 Spring
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
Out of Order is a late-night laundromat that is also a bar. Its hours are 8 PM to 4 AM. People may come to wash their clothes, to have a drink, or, ideally, to do both at once.
Zaha Hadid Exhibition
Visual Identity, Typography
2024 Fall
Mentored by Pedro Mendes 𓍝 ⊹ ₊ ⁺‧₊˚ ♡
An Exhibition relate to a system of custom wordmark and typeface designed for the renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Based on her work with fluid and unconventional geometries, tried to reflect her architectural style in the typeface, so I emphasized fluid structures, clean shapes, and futurism.
BODEGA
Visual Identity
2025 Spring
Mentored by Pedro Mendes 𓍝 ⊹ ₊ ⁺‧₊˚ ♡
BODEGA is a small convenience store on a Brooklyn street corner. We sells everyday items (daytime) and becomes a listening experience for music lovers (nighttime). The store concept was inspired by Brooklyn's dream fishing vinyl stores, the place where people touch and experience.
Receipt
Poster Design
2025 Fall
Mentored by જ⁀➴ Natasha Jen ღ
Receipts may seem ordinary, yet they reveal clear design logic. Though prioritizing functionality, they reveal visual qualities across multiple dimensions: typographic choices for text and numbers, and the use of spacing and scale to establish hierarchy and readability across different formats.
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