Xinran Wu

Degree Show 2025 Xinran Wu MA Art and Design I am an illustrator and designer with a strong interest in animation, branding, and visual storytelling. My work spans illustration, motion graphics, and web-based design, often combining critical thinking with creative expression. handshakeConnect with Your browser does not support the video tag. This animation explores the …

Han Dong

Degree Show 2025 Han Dong MA Art and Design This body of work explores memory, domesticity, and impermanence through the medium of crocheted metal wire. By transforming an everyday craft technique into sculptural forms, the pieces reconstruct ephemeral kitchen objects that carry traces of lived experience. The interplay between fragility and resilience in the wire …

Caiwei Ni

Degree Show 2025 Caiwei Ni MA Art and Design I am a visual designer passionate about exploring emotional experiences in everyday life. My project, “While Waiting,” is a visual toolkit that uses playful icons and interactive cards to help users identify and regulate emotions during moments of waiting. I believe design can gently transform ordinary …

Simai Lin

Degree Show 2025 Simai Lin MA Art and Design I am Simai Lin from China, exploring emotion and cultural identity through experimental film. My graduation project reflects the experiences of Chinese students in the UK, where food becomes a vital link to home. By recreating hometown dishes, I examine belonging, memory, and homesickness in a …

Xueer Qiu

Degree Show 2025 Xueer Qiu MA Art and Design I specialise in illustration, animation, and design, and focus on exploring how to convey personal emotions through visuals. This work combines psychological theory, colour, rhythm, and graphics to explore avoidant attachment and relationship ambiguity, hoping to resonate with the audience through visual music. handshakeConnect with Your …

Aijun Yao

Degree Show 2025 Aijun Yao MA Art and Design My work focuses on picturebook design as a medium for emotional healing. Through visual metaphors, I explore memory, silence, and caregiving in Alzheimer’s journeys. Rooted in practice-led illustration, my project ‘Travel to the End of the Universe’ invites readers to travel across grief and tenderness, seeking …