Youtian Duan is an artist, designer, and maker. She lives and works in Boston, MA.



EDUCATION

MDes, Harvard University Graduate Schoolof Design, 2024
MFA, Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, 2021
BFA, Art Major, University of Iowa, 2018 ︎︎︎ Concentration in 3D design



AWARDS

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2023
ICFF Wanted Design — Best of Launched Pad Lighting

Best of WANTED Launch Pad LUMENS PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD — Nominated

FIT SPORT Design Awards — Winner

SIT FURNITURE Design Awards — Winner

Muse Design Award — Gold Winner

London Design Award — Gold Winner

New York Product Design Award — Silver Winner

A Design Award — Silver Award Winner in Function Art, Avant-Grande, and Expressional Objects Design Category

PETER BERRY SCHOLARSHIP



EXHIBITIONS

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ICFF Wanted Design Launch Pad, New York City, NY ︎

Head Hi Lamp Show, New York City, NY ︎

Nuu Muse, Alchemy of Light, Online Exhibition ︎

Front Door Dialogue for Our Future on Planet Earth, Cambridge, MA

Oblique Obstruction: interactive public installation, Cambridge, MA

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Cambridge, MA ︎

Wanted Design Online, with Rhode Island School of Design RISD ︎

RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition ︎, Chase Center, Providence, RI, US

Righteous Design, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI, US
Seating by Design ︎, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA, US

Triennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, US

SOFA CONNECT, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Chicago, IL, US

Bachelor of Fine Art Solo Exhibition “Unwind”, VAB Gallery, Iowa City, IA, US

Honor in Major Graduate Show, VAB Gallery, Iowa City, IA, US

International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Javits Center, Manhattan, NY, US

Hawkeye Innovation Expo, Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA, US

Ventura Future Project, Milan, Italy

International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Javits Center, Manhattan, NY, US

Hawkeye Innovation Expo, Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA, US

2018 CLAS Open House, Iowa Memorial Union, Iowa City, IA, US



Please contact for all inquires, sales, and commisions:

email: yduan01@alumni.risd.edu
instagram: @duan.youtian

Resume available upon request.︎