YANZHEN DAI
About Me
Currently living and working in London as a junior graphic designer at venturethree. I am proficient with Adobe software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Figma. I bring creative fresh ideas to my work and have worked on a range of social, publication, and digital design projects. With excellent communication and problem-solving skills developed from my international experience and part-time work, I manage my time efficiently and work well under pressure to implement and finish projects on time and to a high standard.
Education
2018 - 2021
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Kingston University
First Class
Social design
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Designed a digital safe space “Setto” helping young settlers overcome the barrier of making friends and giving them a sense of belonging.
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Worked for SPEAR, a homeless charity, to promote their work by designing a publication and an installation in Kingston.
Publication design
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Designed a 2021 diary for Munken Paper on the theme of the Transition to Brexit which used self-assessment graphics and aimed to help people make the transition in a positive way.
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Designed a small scale book in black and white and proper using the right format of typography make the book has a really good sense of presenting the ideal of The Allegory of the Cave found in Plato’s Republic.
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Designed a pop-up interactive book which is introducing 10 different national cultures and in China. (With this project I successfully got the offer from Kingston University.)
Media design
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Designed an Instagram story design and a poster to call designers to think about the topic of sustainability in the design industry and the duty of good designers.
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Designed a plug-in app to help people who are experiencing the relationship across different time zones more convenient to know the other’s time by a changeable user interface.
Experience
11. 2021
09. 2021
02. 2021
07. 2015
2013
Junior Designer in venturethree
Creative Conscience BRONZE Award 2021
Finalist in Kingston University Ideas Competition
– Bright Idea
Volunteer in the Yang Fan Summer School as art teaching assistant
First Prize Odyssey of Mind 2013 World Finals Creative Problem-solving Competition
