ABOUT

Di Mao is a London-based multidisciplinary designer and researcher working across installation, exhibition, publication, brand identity, packaging, and spatial design. Holding a Distinction in MA Design from Goldsmiths, University of London, her practice investigates the relationships between bodies, tools, environments, and behaviour through research-led and participatory design.

Rather than treating design as a problem-solving discipline, her work approaches design as a method of observation, translation, and dialogue. Drawing from everyday gestures, material experimentation, and social systems, she develops installations, publications, and participatory experiences that reveal the often-overlooked rules shaping how people interact with the world around them.

Alongside her independent research, Di works across both commercial and cultural contexts, creating visual identities, exhibitions, publications, installations, and spatial experiences while collaborating with curators, artists, institutions, and brands on projects of different scales.

Her current practice continues to explore how design can create new forms of participation, encouraging people to reconsider the evolving relationships between bodies, environments, and the systems that connect them.

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CONTACT

Email: dmao1204@gmail.com

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Curriculum Vitae

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EDUCATION

2024.9-2025.12
- Goldsmiths, University of London , MA Design Expanded practice
Completed with Distinction

2019.9-2023.4
- Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai,China + Brand University of Applied Sciences (Germany) 4+0 ：Brand design
Completed with Distinction

EMPLOYMENT

2026.2 – Present
· Freelance , London / Remote
Graphic & Brand Designer

2023.6-2024.9
· Diningroom , Shanghai
Junior Art Director
2021.6-2021.9
· WanaTry, Shanghai
Brand Design Intern

EXHIBITIONS

· 2026 Ithra Design Week × Isola Design, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
· 2026 Shoreditch Design Week × Isola Design, London，UK
· 2026 Dutch Design Week × Kazerne DesignLab, Eindhoven, Netherlands
· 2026 Photofairs Shanghai, China
· 2025 MA Degree Show , Goldsmiths,University of London
· 2025 GDC Award, Shenzhen, China
· 2025 Wehaveadog Exhibition, London, UK
· 2023 BA Graduated Show, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai

AWARD

· 2025 GDC Young Award--Merit Award
· 2025 Hiiibrand Award-- Short list
· 2025 LICC Award--Short List
· 2025 Platinum Originality--Honorable mention awards

COVERAGE

· Divide ISSUE 16
· umum Reading Room x Di Mao
· Goldsmiths China WeChat Official Account
· Voicer China Wechat Official Account
· Pleasant Place Post #03---Newsletters

SKILLS

Brand Identity
Art Director
Set & Spatial Design
Editorial Design
Figma
Adobe Creative Suite
Final Cut Pro
Cargo
Wix Studio

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