Lan Yu is the current Associate Chair of the Graduate Industrial Design program at ArtCenter College of Design. She also works as an advisor for Sky Limit Entertainment Group and Smartmi Tech, and has been a faculty member in Grad ID, serving as the program’s Director from 2016 to 2019. From 2014 to 2019, Lan collaborated with ArtCenter to create and produce the successful Create Change design forums held in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Qingdao.
She was the design lead and brand manager for Tsinghua Tongfang for almost a decade, where she helped establish successful tech-based startup companies. As a consultant, Lan has worked with companies including Soreal Entertainment, Hero Entertainment, Bank of China, China Daily, Omnijoi Film, Xiaomi, and Google.
Lan received her Master of Industrial Design degree from ArtCenter College of Design and her Bachelor of Industrial Design degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology.