DESIGN RESEARCH & TEACHING
Yi Meng Wu holds lectures and workshops at universities and other institutions on the topics of intercultural design and typography, urban artistic explorations and illustration. From 2009–2011, she was a member of the multilingual typographic research project “Coexistence of Signs – Multilingual Typography” (supported by the Pro Helvetia Foundation) of the Swiss design2context institute in Zurich, headed by Professor Ruedi Bauer.
Lectures & Workshops
| 2023 | lllustration Course for Master students, Teaching Assignment, UPES University Dehradun, India |
| 2023 | City drawing & Collage Illustration Workshop (online), for sino-german high school exchange by Goethe Insititut China |
| 2022 | Plant Drawing Workshop, Berlin Tea Festival in C-Space, Berlin |
| 2022 | Lecture & Workshop, “Ohren aufgeklappt” Childrens Literature Festival, Krefeld |
| 2022 | Lecture, Type Thursday Berlin |
| 2022 | Book Presentation, Typostammtisch Berlin |
| 2021 | "The most Beautiful Books", Lecture & Salon Talk with Shao Nian (hybrid event), Shanghai Library, on invitation of Goethe Institute China |
| 2021 | "Intercultural Design", Lecture for CODE University Berlin |
| 2021 | "Ancient Stories for the 21th century", (online teaching) illustration Course at School of Design – University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun India |
| 2021 | "Biophilia" (online teaching), illustration Course at School of Design – University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun India |
| 2020 | Yaotaos Zeichen Lecture & Workshop, for the school kids of Hunsrück Elementary School, Berlin-Kreuzberg |
| 2020 | Chinese Characters Stamp Workshop – China Allerlei, Confucius Institute Leipzig |
| 2020 | Sensing the places Walkshop, CITYMAKERS 5 YEARS HARVEST EVENT, C-Space Berlin |
| 2020 | SHE.DESIGN 她.设计 – online Female Designers Salon on Womens Day, invited by DesignLive Shanghai |
| 2020 | LADIES, WINE & DESIGN: Creating between the Cultures – an evening about Intercultural Design at Studio Wu 無 |
| 2020 | Art Direction Course, Teaching Assignment at Beijing Normal University Zhuhai, China (online teaching semester) |
| 2019 | "Inspiring better communities through creative research and service design", Summerschool course with Mandy Meissner, Academy of Arts & Design – Tsinghua University Beijing |
| 2019 | "Artistic Place Discovery" Walkshop for CITYMAKERS China-Germany Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab, Drahnsdorf |
| 2019 | Sensing the places Walkshop, CITYMAKERS 5 YEARS HARVEST EVENT, C-Space Berlin |
| 2019 | Lecture "Bilingual Layouts for Editorial Design" at Confucius Institute Magazine Symposium, Leipzig |
| 2019 | Workshop "Picture Book Design" for the Department of Illustration, Nanjing Fine Art Institute China |
| 2018 | Reading and Collage-Workshop for the school kids of Hunsrück Elementary School in Berlin-Kreuzberg and library Berlin-Spandau |
| 2018 | Lecture & Illustration Workshop (invited by Goethe Institute China), Nanjing Fine Art Institute, China |
| 2018 | "Cityscape Hangzhou" – Illustration Workshop, Department of Art & Design, Hangzhou Normal University, China |
| 2018 | Lecture, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Department of Art & Design |
| 2018 | Public Reading & Workshop, Confucius Institute Leipzig/Leipzig Book Fair |
| 2018 | Public Reading, Confucius Institute Berlin |
| 2017 | Public Reading, Kesselhaus Kulturbrauerei Berlin |
| 2017 | Workshop "L'art du tampon/the art of Stamp", for the Franco-German Youth Office (FGYO) Berlin |
| 2017 | lecture & artistic Walkshop for conference "Your Image in My Eye: China in the German Media, Germany in the Chinese Media", organized by university of Heidelberg, Robert-Bosch-Foundation Berlin |
| 2017 | Public Reading, Frankfurt Bookfair |
| 2017 | Typographic Safari through Berlin Friedrichshain for LAS Stammtisch Berlin |
| 2016 | Public Reading: "Berlinasia", STADTSPRACHEN Berlin multilingual literature Festival |
| 2016 | Drawing Walkshop: "Sensing, Drawing and Creating the Kiez", Citymakers Conference/Stadtmacher Treffen, Robert-Bosch-Stiftung Berlin |
| 2016 | DIY Workshop: "Stamp book Art", Goethe Institute Taipeih |
| 2016 | Lecture about book design & illustration, International Bookfair Taipeih |
| 2016 | Intercultural Training: "Visual Culture in China – history and contemporary culture", HfG University of Art and Design Offenbach |
| 2015 | Workshop: "Bilingual Typography and Editorial Design", for the designers of "Konfuzius Institut Magazin" – Confucius Institute, Leipzig |
| 2015 | Jury member: intercultural projects funding, The Senate Department for Culture, Berlin |
| 2014 | Lecture: "Hanyi Typography Salon", Academy of Arts & Design – Tsinghua University Beijing |
| 2014 | Open Dialogue: "The Origin of Typography Design in Shanghai" – with Cheng Qirui and Li Zhiqian, Power Station of Art Museum Shanghai |
| 2014 | Lecture: Joseph Binder Symposium Vienna – "The Future of Illustration" Austria |
| 2013 | Jury member: intercultural projects funding, The Senate Department for Culture, Berlin |
| 2012 | Lecture: Hangzhou Normal University China |
| 2012 | Lecture: Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt Germany |
| 2012 | Lecture: "Intercultural Graphic Design" Konfuzius Institut Berlin Germany |
| 2011 | Workshop: "Local Urban Codes" at Luxun Fine Arts Academy in Dalian China ("Coexistence of Signs") |
| 2010 | Workshop & lecture: "Invisible Places" – artistic urban research University of the Arts Berlin – Germany |
| 2009 | Workshop: Teaching assistant for Professor André Baldinger Nanjing Art Institute – School of Design China ("Coexistence of Signs") |
