yehongyobe@gmail.com    London, United Kingdom  
I am a multidisciplinary designer, educator and curator. My academic and creative work centres on participatory design and community collaboration, leveraging design interventions to address social issues and empower marginalised groups. In cultural heritage, I investigate how participatory design can activate and reinterpret heritage in contemporary contexts.


Experience

PHD Researcher, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK, Jan 2025 - Present
MA Design Learning Facilitator, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, Jan 2023 - Present

Educator, Overlap Design Centre, Beijing, China, Mar 2023 - Present 
Curator & Producer, Canal Dream CIC, London, UK, May 2023 - Present

Space Manager, Luckypot Art Space, London, UK, Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

Talks 

"More than Participatory", Goldsmiths, University of London, MA Design, March 2025
"Canal-connected communities",  Aranya Theater Festival, Midnight Network, June 2023 
"Design as practice", Goldsmiths, University of London, MA Design, Jan 2023

Residency 

Casa de Saúde do Telhal, Instituto São João de Deus (Sintra, Portugal) , July 2024

Selected Exhibition

2023.06    Unfold Shanghai Art Book Fair,  Start Museum,  Shanghai, China

2023.05    The 3rd WuHan Art Book Fair, Da Zhi Wu Jie Air Town, Wuhan, China
2023.04    BouJour Art Book Fair,  Capital Langyuan,  Shenzheng, China
2022.12     inD Guangzhou Art Book Fair, Future Society, Guangzhou, China
2022.07    Yes! Art Festival, M Woods Museum, Beijing, China
2021. 04   Hangzhou Art Book Fair, Liangzhu Center of Arts, Hangzhou, China
2020. 10   Shanghai Art Book Fair, M50 Moganshan Road, Shanghai, China
2019. 11     Nanjing Art Book Fair, Bonjour Art Space, Nanjing, China

Last update , Aug 2024