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Student Spotlight: Mingxuan Shen

Student Spotlight: Mingxuan Shen

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By Stella Filipov

Meet Mingxuan Shen, one of our MFAD Class of 2023 students.
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Mingxuan is a graphic designer passionate about typography, print design, and branding, with a focus on culture- and diversity-aware projects.

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**Featured Work:
**This is an experimental typography project where she explored the possibility of combining traditional Chinese calligraphy and western alphabets by deconstructing Chinese characters and use the strokes in English letters.

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Western letterforms inspired by Chinese calligraphy


Check out Mingxuan's design Instagram profile (@mingxuandesign) and website to view more of her work.

Western letterforms inspired by Chinese calligraphy



Cover of publication on light background



open book on center of silver background

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