2022

Qiyin Lai

Hi, I'm Qiyin Lai, a multidisciplinary designer. Much of my work is based on the observation and exploration of our everyday environment. I am particularly interested in nature, history, and space. The scope of my practice includes editorial design, illustration, animation, and branding.

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In this generative design project, I explore the path of a plant's branches and leaves as they move in the wind. Through random operations such as coins and dice, the two directions of the movements were simulated, and the intersection points were then recorded to form a piece of work. Using these records, the second step is connecting them to represent the concept of plants building networks and transmitting information in nature.

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The purpose of this editorial is to review the AIDS crisis in the United States in the 1980s-1990s, in particular focusing on graphic art and activist movements that affected women. The work was selected from the archives of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP), a diverse, nonpartisan group dedicated to fighting the AIDS epidemic through direct action.
The Coronavirus pandemic we are experiencing now shares similarities with the AIDS epidemic of 40 years ago. A few examples include racial discrimination, inadequate medical resources, and ignorance of the virus. It seems that many of the problems are still unsolved, so I think we can always learn from our past. By studying how they faced these problems in the past, we might be inspired to address them today.

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