We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Chenxu Huang. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Chenxu below.

Chenxu, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

This book is to commemorate the time when five generations of my family were living together, named 五代同堂 in Chinese. This is my first book design project, I design the book appearence and lay out and also I edited the content.

I see this book as a “museum” of my family’s history. In order to create a thick, retro, and formal feeling, the contents of the book are arranged strictly according to the set grid system, and the pictures used are also photos from family interviews and old objects scanned with a scanner. I set up three clues throughout the book, which can make readers feel the integrity of the content of the book. In addition, I symbolized the three types of waves in a day as social environments, which led to one of the clues in the book and the English title of the book: The Men in The Torrent.

The fate of the individual is deeply influenced by the tide of The Times. This book is not only a history of my family, but also a real history of China’s development from the perspective of ordinary people.

The gradually lightening color of the paper represents the gradually younger generation, and the different items also symbolize the destiny of that generation.

China has gone through phases of extreme poverty and rapid development, as well as a slowdown in the pace of development. The different types of waves in a day represent the ups and downs of people’s fortunes in different generations.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

During my undergraduate study, I majored in computer science. During my studies, I also began to explore different directions of interest in myself. I tried photography, and editing, and eventually settled on graphic design. After my undergraduate graduation, I also successfully applied to Maryland Institute of Art and became a graphic design master’s student at MICA. After graduating from MICA, I now work as a graphic design freelancer, mainly helping my clients with visual design-related projects. My workflow is logical and produces enough detailed art direction for my clients to bring a unique visual experience to their brand.

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

Design awards, past excellent design projects and word of mouth among clients

What’s been the best source of new clients for you?

A new client referred by a client or friend

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