Yuqing Li

Austrian Fulbright Student

Home Institution
University of Vienna
Discipline
Other Engineering not elsewhere classified
Host Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Duration
1 September 2023 – 30 June 2025
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Yuqing "Lucy" Li is a designer and researcher with a focus on interaction design. Her works are sociopolitical and intrinsically optimistic. She builds prototypes to illustrate bold alternatives to the present and to transform choices that are difficult to imagine into something more experienceable. Her passion lies in human-human interactions mediated by technologies and multi-species justice in a time of climate crisis.

Lucy holds a master's degree in industrial design from the University of Applied Arts Vienna advised by Anab Jain from Studio Superflux, and was a visiting student at the University of Lapland in Finland, where she learned about arctic design methodologies tailored to the environmental, cultural, and political challenges of the Arctic region.

Her cooperation partners and clients include Sámi Education Institute, Wirtschaftsagentur Wien, and Het Nieuwe Instituut. Her works are part of international exhibitions and festivals, including London Design Week (GB), Vienna Design Week (AT), Ars Electronica (AT), Nordic Film Festival (NO), Museum of Applied Arts (AT), Triennale di Milano (IT), and Shenzhen Biennale (CN).