Mary Y. Yang
  1. As, Not For
  2. Now What?!
  3. The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960–2020
  4. New England Triennial
  5. New Formations
  6. Strings Attached 
  7. RISD Commencement
  8. SIMBIG50
  9. Book Cover Design
  10. Yu-Wen Wu: Under the Same Moon
  11. Tone in Tongue
  12. Radical Return Exhibition
  13. Radical Return Catalog
  14. Figure, Character, Sign
  15. Embodied Making As Collective Publishing: The Body and Hanzi
  16. Design Incubation Colloquium 11.1
  17. Perplex, Abstract, and Delight: A Few Covers by Audrey Meyer
  18. Harvard University Houghton Library
  19. Triangular Dreams



Curation, exhibition identityTone in Tongue

Curated and organized by Mary Y. Yang and Zhongkai Li

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA
July 18–August 13, 2025
Shanghai Research Institute of Printing Technology
Shanghai, China
August 10–October 10, 2025
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Baltimore, MD
October 20–November 14, 2025Presented by Radical Characters, Tone in Tongue is a multi-venue international exhibition that explored the interconnection of East Asian visual culture, tracing how shared histories and distinct, aesthetic identities continue to resonate in contemporary design. Featured the work of 50 international designers and 100 publications. The exhibition includes commissioned posters by international studios; contributions from emerging practitioners selected through an open call; a curated collection of independent publications; and a design magazine tour that traces evolving perspectives on East Asian graphic design over the past two decades—with selections from the archives of Design360° (China), GRAPHIC (South Korea), and idea magazine (Japan).

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✸ Featured by Society of Typographic Arts, Graphic Design USA, and Design360°
✸ Exhibition talk presented at Asia Art Archive in America
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