Hyning Gan 颜海宁 is …
• Grew up in 🇭🇰
• Now living in 🇺🇸🗽🍎🚕
Currently pursuing a BFA Communication Design, minor in Psychology @Parsons School of Design
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Hyning is a Singaporean-Malaysian designer and creative technologist based in New York. Her work blends code, culture, and communication to craft interactive and visual experiences that foster human connection—most recently at Condé Nast, Sony Music, and NBCUniversal.
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With a surname like 颜 (meaning 'colour' in Chinese), I’ve always seen the world through palettes and hues. I design with a research-driven, community-centred perspective—blending typography, code, and cultural storytelling to build experiences that feel both grounded and expansive. Shaped by my transnational upbringing, I’m invested in design futures that centre accessibility, nuance, and intention.
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Hyning Gan is a Singaporean‑Malaysian, Hong Kong–raised, now NYC based designer and creative technologist whose career somehow started before she finished her degree. While pursuing her BFA in Communication Design at Parsons School of Design, she juggled design roles at Condé Nast, NBCUniversal, and Sony Music—an improbable but verifiable timeline she also finds mildly confusing.
Her practice spans editorial systems, interactive storytelling, and digital content shaped by multilingual and global perspectives. She is known for weaving typography, interface design, and cultural theory into projects that try to make sense of the messy systems we currently live within. When she’s not designing, she’s probably thinking about how she should be designing, or explaining to someone why bilingual typography matters more than they think.
Hyning is deeply committed to accessible, culturally informed design futures—and is currently accepting fan mail, speaking invitations, and café recommendations.
Recognitions
SPEAKING
Friends of Figma New York Speaker (2025)
Index Space Creative Showcase (2025)
AIGA NY Student Warm Up Speaker (2025)
Chinatown.js Keynote Speaker (2025)
AIGA Parsons Sophomore Mixer Panel Speaker (2025)
EXHIBITIONS
Tone in Tongue, Radical Characters (2025)
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Shanghai Research Institute of Printing Technology, Shanghai, China
Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD
Typeforce 13 Exhibitor, Chicago IL (2025)
Great Ideas of Humanity: Students for the Future (2024)
Design Museum of Chicago, Chicago IL
ACHIEVEMENTS
Creative Lives in Progress Selected Portfolio
Parsons School of Design Merit Scholarship/Dean’s List
Hong Kong Art Symposium Photography Winner (2020)
Press
Canvas Rebel: Designer Profile
Bold Journey: Designer Interview
arabbitshole: aapi creatives
The New School: Hyning x NBCU Student Feature
Portfolio Features
South China Morning Post
On Snot and Fonts: Hong Kong Font Scene
Graphic Design Junction
Experiences
People Inc Studio Designer (2026)
Design Agency, Art Direction
BNTO Creative Content Producer (2026)
Social Media, Digital Marketing
Left Field Lead Designer (2025)
Brand, UX/UI Product Design
Condé Nast, Glamour US Magazine Designer (2025)
Digital Editorial Design, Art Direction
Columbia Records Sony Music Intern (2025)
Digital Marketing, Strategy & Creative
NBCUniversal Entertainment Intern (2024-2025)
Design, Marketing and Production
Beauty Access Digital Director (2024-2025)
Founding Member, Visual Director
Design Museum of Chicago Design Intern (2024)
Exhibition, Web and Graphic Design
Magnet Media Content Design Intern (2024)
Social Media Strategy, Content Design, Production