Emily Xintong YanEmily Xintong Yan is
an inter-disciplinary designer and researcher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts passionate about spatial design and place narratives. Trained as an architect and multi-displinary artist, she is currently pursuing a history- and theory- focused degree (MDes, Narratives) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Committed to an interdisciplinary practice, she splits her time between multi-disciplinary research, filmmaking, as well as architectural and literary theory. Marked by her deep love for people and humanism, her work strives to hold meaning and create empathetic understanding for the lived experience.
She was born in Singapore, raised in China, grew up in the UK and educated in the US.
Spatial Design
Studio Wenjüe Lu x telos.haus 2025Concept diagram
A multi-sensorial installation of multidisciplinary fashion studio Studio Wenjüe Lu at creative event hub telos.haus, the collaborative pop-up featured a “fashion” live drawing, dj set and sound bath. Integrating wearables and soft sculptures, the immersive garden installation emphasizes a slow cultivation and the world-making quality of the artist duo’s work. Infusing a serious philosophical folly and appreciation for folk spirit, the set design unfolds to the curation of movements, tastes, smells and sounds. Stretching into a three-day celebration, this community-centered campaign is a heart-felt love letter to poetic creations.