Liu
- 2026
- Exhibition Identity and Catalogue
Commissioned by SVA Curatorial Practice Group
Curated byย Arthur Channon, Romy Cohen, Sung Hyun, Chaieun Lee, and Hongjin Zhouย
Graphic Design by Lobbin Liuย
Edited by Sang Hyun
- 2025
- Exhibition Visual Identity
- Commissioned by Site Specific Happenings
Salad Days was an exhibition in historic greenhouses
of Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens, New Bedford, MA
Photo by Christoper Rosonina
Artworks in photos by Mimi Pinheiro
- 2026
- Book
- Commissioned by The Eden Arts Foundation
Art Direction
Lobbin Liu
Graphic Design
Varissara Patiparnprechavut
Editors
Varissara Patiparnprechavut
Lobbin Liu
Xinni Ding
- 2023
- poster
- Dru Donovan is a photographer whose work explores connections between corporal and emotional states, as well as the relationships between individuals, utilizing strategies of constructing or revisiting experiences. In the poster design for her guest lecture at the Yale School of Art in 2023, her works were deconstructed in a way of creating visual interruptions while maintaining the rich emotional continuity within her pieces, the designerโs understanding of the subtle yet concrete relationships between fragments in the photographerโs work, further elucidating the interplay between Dru Donovan and her creations.
- 2024
- exhibition identity, exhibition catalogue
- 2024 MFA Thesis Touring Exhibition in Graphic Design
- Exhibition conducted by Yale GD 24โ
- Catalogue design collaborated with Daedalus Li
- Typeface used: Gerstner-Programm by forgotten_shapes
Live Art on Saturdays
- 2026
- Installation, Live Performance, and Event Visual
Initiated by IKEA Brooklyn
Event managed and coordinated by Stephanie Perez and Karess Douglas
- 2025
- Exhibition Visual Identity
Full Program
Artworks in photos by Lobbin Liu(p2), Anastasios Poneros(p3), Tom Fruin(p5)
- More images to come
- 2025
- Poster
- Commissioned by: Henk van Assen, Robert Tombs, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Exhibition photo courtesy of Nick Shinn and RCA
- 2024
- publication
- ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฝ ๐ถ๐๐น ๐น๐๐พ๐๐ ๐น๐๐
๐พ๐ธ๐๐๐น ๐พ๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐, ๐ป๐ถ๐ท๐๐๐, ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ธ๐๐พ๐
๐๐), ๐๐๐๐ฝ, ๐ถ๐๐น ๐ธ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐น๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐
- We all must die. However, we tend to avoid discussing this tangible evidence of mortality in our vibrant daily lives. Instead, our languages embellish the death with euphemistic phrasing to soften the reality. We affirm denial by describing a โloved oneโ lying in a โslumber roomโ that โlooks asleepโ until the โservice,โ after which a โcoachโ transports the โremainsโ to a โmemorial parkโ for deposition in a โspaceโ that has been โopened.โ People โpass away,โ โmove on,โ or are said to be โgoing to a better place.โย
This linguistic approach extends especially to childrenโs literature, where death and dying are often neglected or thinly coated with metaphoric, embellished, or humorous expressions. Such portrayals may downplay the consequences of lethal behavior, transforming a sledgehammer into a mere creator of a silly bump on Tom Catโs head. They may romanticize traumatizing moments, depicting angels greeting a seriously ill mother in bed and leading her away among flowers and glows. The dying process of unwelcome characters may be disregarded, with the evil witch thrust into an oven, the malicious stepmother forced to wear โred dancing shoesโ made of hot iron, and the notorious wolf meeting his end through disembowelmentโโโthese dramatic conclusions in childrenโs stories symbolize an innocent but cruel victory, showing no mercy to the antagonistsโ death, which is almost portrayed as joyful for all.
In this anthology, I curated texts depicting the death and dying of animal friends, human friends, family members, or oneself in American childrenโs literature published between 1950sโโโ2000s. Is it necessary to depict death in childrenโs books, and why? In comparison to adult literature, where audiences can reason, rationalize, and deal with abstraction, the intention of the denial (or acceptance) of death in childrenโs texts may vary. And how do these texts tastefully, truthfully, or artistically deal with the subject of death?ย
- 2023
- installation, editorial
- The zine, โEyeglasses as context holder, imitator, indicator; eyeglasses as receiver, filter, translator; eyeglasses as measurement, establishment, intrusion,โ documents a series of my research and reinterpretation processes on the graphic visual formation and interactivities of eyeglasses, exploring various meanings of an everyday item in terms of visuality, functionality, and proximity. The zine can be opened and read from any page; each page runs parallel to the others, and every page serves as both the cover and the content. Just like the subject of this book, various identities/meanings coexist.ย
- Copies available, please contact.
- 2023
- Wayfinding design for sonic artist Ash Fure's solo show at Yale Schwarzman Center, October 21-28, 2023
Wayfinding collaborated with Youngjin Parkย
The whole visual design team: Dydanni Dai, Yi Song, Chaewon You, Lobbin Liu, Youngjin Park, Louise Mandumbwa, Darnel Henderson, Kayla Hawkins
Photo p5 by The Collective NHV