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About
Cynthia Huiwen Tan is a multidisciplinary creative from Toronto, currently based in New York. My work specializes in experience design and visual research that aims to challenge narratives in culture. She also likes to write, stroll around flea markets, and splurge on cookbooks.
Projects
A digest on creative practices and life encounters. It is an occasional newsletter on creativity, observations, and reflections around the mundane. The writing gathers findings and ideas that can be from me, or sometimes a guest or two.
#ungatekeep
Ongoing are.na channel collecting words that carry me forword
A responsive website showcasing the 100 photos of cityscapes taken by Raye Hwangbo.
Exploring typography, user interaction, and digital reading experience by using only HTML and CSS, featuring On Beginnings from Madness, Rack, and Honey by Mary Ruefle.
Side Projects
Challenged myself to participate in this year's 36 days of type, with the style mostly inspired by Hector Guimard and the Art Nouveau movement. More just playing, exploring, and distracting myself from finals.
Awards
Features
Designed by 908A (E Roon Kang and Andrew LeClair)
Published by Draw Down Books and Parsons CD, 2024
Work Experience
Creating designs and creative strategies with a team of analysts, developers, and designers. Clients include Google Cloud, Noordzeker, APG, and Intergamma.
Part-time coach and designer at the Toronto Windsurfing Club, the biggest windsurfing club in North America.