Xiao YangGraduate Studentshe/her/hers

I am a PhD student in Design History at the School of Human Ecology. My current research examines children’s material culture and design flows between China and America during the 19th and 20th centuries, while my broader interests include how design exchange and everyday life shape the ways objects and people co-construct lived experience.

My museum practice began with exhibition and public education work at China Design Museum and Crafts Museum of China Academy of Art, where I developed a deep appreciation for how objects communicate cultural narratives.