Sijia Liu
Graphic Design BFA
ArtCenter College of Design
Specialisms: Design and Technology / Graphic Design / Interaction Design
Location: Los Angeles, United States
Sijia Liu
First Name: Sijia
Last Name: Liu
Specialisms: Design and Technology / Graphic Design / Interaction Design
Sectors:
My Location: Los Angeles, United States
University / College: ArtCenter College of Design
Course / Program Title: Graphic Design BFA
About
I am an observer. I pay attention to unseen issues, including cultural divides, gaps in experience, and people marginalized within complex systems. To me, these are not flaws, but fragments that can be reorganized through color, structure, and responsive experiences. By reassembling these fragments, the unseen is made visible and understandable.
I am Sijia (April) Liu, a multidisciplinary designer working across graphic design, interaction design, and creative technologies.
at:tune is a conceptual sound therapy festival held every fall at Griffith Park in California. The festival aims to create an accessible and restorative environment where adults and seniors can reconnect with their minds and bodies through the intersection of music and nature. The visual identity is constructed from line-based forms, with dots placed at intersections and endpoints to highlight musical frequencies and the interconnected relationship between music, the human body, and nature. Through generative design, these visual elements are translated into responsive motion, dynamically shifting in response to the amplitude and frequency of meditative sounds, bringing digital expression into a natural environment. Together, it offers a quiet moment for individuals with a high-stressed lifestyle, helping them restore their mental and physical health.
Competitions
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026
Intensifying weather patterns are creating long-term climate shifts, yet most people rely only on short-term sensory impressions of the weather. This makes it difficult to recognize the subtle ways prolonged climate change affects human health. In this project, I designed a fingernail-based wearable device inspired by traditional Miao medicine. The device tracks weather changes and correlates them with fingernail ridges and bodily responses, allowing users to build a long-term record of climate patterns and their own health conditions. By integrating Miao medical theory visualization with a bio-fabric derived from Miao herbals, the device supports environmental perception, encourages timely responses to climate stressors, and strengthens society’s overall capacity for climate adaptation.
Competitions
Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026
I have consistently engaged in interdisciplinary work, which allowed me to see how different disciplines intersect with art and design. Bio art was a particularly exciting discovery. I was drawn to the abstract forms and colors created through biology, bacteria, and living organisms, and I hope more people can experience the aesthetic possibilities that emerge when science and art come together, especially as future innovation increasingly depends on interdisciplinary collaboration.
Competitions