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Xiaojun Huang is a Toledo-based designer and educator whose practice engages cultural semiotics, typographic experimentation, and exhibition systems. Working between Eastern and Western visual traditions, she examines cultural hybridity as both structure and tension, using typography and spatial frameworks to question inherited visual norms. Her projects operate at the intersection of form, language, and environment, constructing systems that invite interpretation and critical reflection.
As an educator at Bowling Green State University, she emphasizes process-driven inquiry, multi-sensory exploration, and rigorous hands-on experimentation. Her pedagogy foregrounds making as a mode of thinking, guiding students from conceptual research through material execution. Huang received her BFA in Book Arts from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and her MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
As an educator at Bowling Green State University, she emphasizes process-driven inquiry, multi-sensory exploration, and rigorous hands-on experimentation. Her pedagogy foregrounds making as a mode of thinking, guiding students from conceptual research through material execution. Huang received her BFA in Book Arts from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and her MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Presentations
2026 (upcoming)
“How Song-Dynasty Paper Money and Early Movable Type Shaped Currency Design in Eastern and Western Cultures”, Traditions of East Asian Typography Conference, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, United States
2025
"What If the News Looked Like This? A Student Experiment in Visual Narrative", RGD Design Educators Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada
"Design Meets Wellness and Movement”, Poster, UCDA Design Education Summit, Charlotte, NC, United States
2024
“Printed matter or digital wallet matter? Exploring Typeface Dynamics on Currency Design in Eastern and Western Cultures”, TypeCon, Portland, OR, United States
“Design for Good: Gen Z's Multi-Sensory Workshop Takeover”, RGD Design Educators Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2023
“Beyond Laughter: How Internet Memes are Shaping Our Online Community”, AIGA Design Conference, New York City, NY, United States
Previous Clients + Collaborations
Cranbrook Art Museum
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bing-Davis Memorial Gallery
Upper Iowa University
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery
Bowling Green State University
Formless
Cody Norman Studio
Zuibishe
Recognition Highlights
2025
GDUSA American Digital Design Awards, National, United States
2021
Huang was selected to participate in the AIGA Command X live competition and was in the nation's top 7 semi-final selection.
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