A young man with black hair, wearing a black sweatshirt and chain necklace, posing against a black background.

Playful | Cultural | Meaningful

Rooted in culture, powered by the Dragon, and shaped by twins energy. My brand embodies strength, balance, and destiny.

Interior & Architecture Designer

Independent Brand Project

Branding & Marketing

Objective: Design a brand identity, graphic standards and applications by completing a self-initiated design project to meet professional development goals.

The concept of this brand is to allow young people to have the dream of traveling abroad, and to have luxury and high-quality services at the same time, but at a price that everyone can afford. Especially for young people between the ages of 25 and 35, everyone is busy with work and money plans and cannot enjoy the beauty of traveling abroad. JIYU means freedom in Japanese. This is what we hope all young people can have. They are not just fighting for life, but also knowing how to enjoy life.

Laptop and smartphone screens displaying the Jiyu Airlines website with a city skyline at sunset, featuring a prominent tower and colorful lights reflected on water, promoting travel from Toronto.

Airport luggage tags and a black suitcase with a red 'CREW' tag, located in an airport terminal.

A digital rendering of a commercial airplane with a white body and black, gold, and beige accents, displaying the text 'JIYU' on the side, shown from different angles against a gray background.

Interior illustration of a hair salon named 'Calmly Barber', featuring a barber chair, a mirror with shelves, a wall clock, shelves with hair products, a modern chair, and decorative plants.

Spa Day Project

Interior & Architecture

Objective: Create a 3D model of an 8’x12’ floor with 4.5” thick 12’ high walls mini salon/barbershop based on Japanese, Modernist, 50’s Scandinavian, California, Boho or Hipster themes.

Interior design of a modern barber shop with a sign that says "Calmly Barber," featuring shelves with hair products, a barber chair, a wooden cabinet with towels, a round sink, a cozy chair with a pillow, and hanging pendant lights.

Interior view of a modern barbershop with a sign that reads 'Calmly Barber', featuring a barber chair, shelves with bottles, and a cozy seating area with a plant and a round chair.

The theme of my design of this project is Japanese style. I have consulted a lot of information about Japanese architecture and found that many Japanese architectural styles use wood texture. This interior design makes people feel relaxed and enjoyable. Regarding the lighting part, I used most small light bulbs, which made people feel more relaxed, rather than just an ordinary light, which made people feel like they were entering the office.

Top View

Interior view of a small apartment featuring a large wall clock, hanging pendant lights, a bathroom with a vanity mirror, shelves with toiletries, towels, plants, and kitchen appliances.

Side View

Interior of a barbershop with gray textured walls, hanging light bulbs, a barber chair, shelves with hair and grooming products, a clothes hanger with a jacket, and a large planter with green plants.

Front View

STUSSY

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STUSSY $$

Design a 4-page magazine considering how text and design conveys meaning; employing text hierarchies as a way to navigate; selecting appropriate typeface pairings; creating effective image and text combinations; and creating visual continuity from page to page.

Magazine Spread

Communication Design & Typography

The theme of my magazine design this time is stussy, which is also one of my favorite clothing brands. I've looked up a lot of history and design about stussy. It comes from the long-standing American street era. This design is also known for its cluttered logos and bright colors. The biggest change I made in this work was the cover of the magazine. Although it was different, the design of the cover was painted by me by myself. This makes this work more unique

Open magazine displaying two pages, with left page featuring a black and white photograph of a tiger, and right page containing text about surf culture and a group of people, with a small color-highlighted caption.

A two-page magazine spread with a black and white editorial layout, featuring text and photographs. The left page contains a small image of three people and some stylized text, while the right page has a photo of two individuals from behind, with one wearing a t-shirt with a graphic design, standing outdoors.

A design style comparison between a magazine moodboard 'Stussy' with black-and-white photos and graffiti, and other pages showing different magazine layouts with text and images. Color palette includes black, gray, green, blue, and yellow.

Mixed-used Laneway House

Interior & Architecture Design

Objective: Design laneway houses that reimagine the potential of Vancouver’s urban fabric by integrating nonresidential programs to create dynamic, mixed-use corridors. Explore how these often-overlooked spaces can evolve into vibrant community hubs, balancing residential living with broader neighborhood engagement.

The Laneway House building was inspired by one of the most unique Taiwanese Starbucks store. The building is create by multiple containers, the concept is to not only let the people come in just for a cup of coffee, also can have a chance to go upstair and having the view of Taiwan, which I really respect this concept. So, I create a mixed-used laneway house that combined the 24 hours cafe and private room for students, the concept is to let the student have a place for morning coffee and a private area to learning or meeting.

A three-story modern building with large glass windows and balconies, surrounded by trees, with people inside and outside.

Interior

An illustration of a young man with black hair dressed in a black blazer, black shirt, and blue pants, holding a yellow book, standing in a modern cafe with wooden tables and chairs, and a counter with coffee machines and espresso racks in the background.

A person with short dark hair, wearing a black blazer, black shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers, holding a yellow book, standing in a modern dining area with multiple wooden tables and gray chairs, large windows, and decorative vases with plants.

A person standing in a room with gray walls, holding a yellow book, wearing a black blazer and blue pants. There is a light gray sofa with pillows, a large wooden table with a black runner, a stack of chairs, and a large TV mounted on the wall displaying a screen with various apps.

Interior illustration of a modern living room with a bed, a sofa, a circular side table, a large window with greenery outside, and a wall with a mural of trees and sky.

Plan Views

A top-down view of a modern office break room or kitchen area, with two large meeting tables, a row of desks with chairs and computers, kitchen appliances, cabinets, and a seating area with a row of chairs.

Floor plan of an office space with two desks, each with a computer, two chairs, and a small table nearby. There are additional seating areas with armchairs, a long wooden table with chairs, and a storage area with cabinets.

Floor plan of a living space with a bedroom, seating area, and storage units.

Cross-section of a modern multi-story house showing different rooms and three people standing inside each level.

Parklet Design

Interior & Architecture

Objective: Design a small Architectural Public Space: a Parklet. Review, apply, and strengthen skills with 3D modelling and 2D drawing tools, both in the design development and communication processes, while exploring design principles and spatial awareness concepts.

My parklet design project concept is for people having a place they can have a rest with limited space. Also, having lots of plant beside would make people feel relax and comfortable when they stay in this area. The roof of the parklet is not fully closed, I decide to have glasses on the top, which the sun can have transmission into the area. The most unique part of this parklet is the hook in the middle, people can have their umbrella or other things on the hook, then they don’t need to put everything on the ground.

Architectural design of an outdoor patio with wooden flooring, a built-in bench, planters with plants, a stone barbecue, and a wooden pergola framework overhead.

A garden scene with a wooden fence, various plants, and flowering vines against a weathered wooden wall.

Design plan of an outdoor garden with wooden fencing, a concrete planter with a bush, potted plants, and a roof structure.

Architectural blueprint of a parklet project showing plan view, front elevation, and left side elevation with dimensions 9 meters long and 3.3 meters high.

Architectural front elevation drawing of a structure with measurements, including a person for scale, showing dimensions of 9 meters in length and detailed heights, with benches and an overhanging roof.

Architectural drawing of a building facade with labeled sections, including a standing human for scale, featuring a railing, enclosure/rods, parapet, and a sidewalk along the street, with a top view showing the building layout and entrance.