Background:
She joined us in her second year at a university in Beijing outside China’s 985 and 211 university groups. She wanted to apply for Visual Communication programs but needed to strengthen her foundations. Her early university projects had focused on commercial production, so she worked on developing stronger software skills and critical thinking to prepare for a different approach to design education.
Highlights and growth：
From "commercial thinking” to "artistic creative thinking“: she used to put ”market selling points" first. Through a large number of case studies and research, she gradually realized that Western colleges and universities value conceptual depth and social value more. Simultaneous improvement of software and critical thinking: In addition to focusing on strengthening tools such as C4D and Figma, she also practiced “disassembly and reorganization” of problems in the project, and learned to examine the meaning of design with multi-angle thinking. Balance her studies with portfolio creation: After her sophomore year, she used her spare time to systematically study visual communication theory and formal composition. Her works not only ensured commercial practicality, but also injected richer artistic elements.