I'm a product designer at BOLD, designing online products and tools to help job seekers improve their careers and workplaces.

👷 Formerly trained as an architect, I leverage a rigorous system thinking to develop simple solutions to complex problems.

✨ Collaborated with talented design team:
@Walt Disney Imagineering, @WRNSStudio, @Google, etc.

🔘 Outside of work, I like to try new hobbies, and mentor young designers --> https://adplist.org/mentors/yuqi-cui

In 2012, with the support from Tongji University，I took the lead in setting up the fisrt Fab Lab (Maker Space) in China, which promotes digital and personal fabrication to all age levels. With this experience, I had the honor of being one of the selected speakers at TEDx Youth in 2014.
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For my consistent devotion and practice in social innovation, I was nominated as a member of the Urban Land Institution and moderated the discussion panel of the ULI Asia pacific main conference in 2016.

I like listen to different stories and ask many whys.
In 2015, I joined China30s.com to write inspiring stories and published 5+ exclusive interviews with a 10,000+ reader volume.
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Check my top 3 popular stories:
<When Beijing Opera actor falls in love with Hip-pop dancing>
<Design the sound of nature>
<How to renovate the 50sf condo to a multi-functional sanctuary>

I believe in using design as the power to pursue the greater social good. 
My most recent experience:
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‍SF 826 Valencia 2022:
I currently work with students, designers, and artists to design a reading room for the under-resourced students at SF Int High School. 
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‍New York City Mayor's Action plan 2018:
I worked as a UX designer and teamed with a Columbia professor to explore public space activation solutions for areas of high criminal activity.