Xiaojun Huang

Title: Assistant Professor, Graphic Design

Education:

MFA // 2D Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, 2020

BFA // Book Arts with Honors, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, China, 2016

Personal website

Courses

ARTD 2015 Principles of Graphic Design

ARTD 2020 Typography

ARTD 3010 Information Design

ARTD 3040 Three-Dimensional Graphic Design

GDSN 4060 Collaborative and Community Engagement

Area of Focus/Research Interests:

Xiaojun Huang is a Toledo-based designer and educator whose practice engages cultural semiotics, typographic experimentation, and exhibition systems. Working between Eastern and Western visual traditions, she examines cultural hybridity as both structure and tension, using typography and spatial frameworks to question inherited visual norms. Her projects operate at the intersection of form, language, and environment, constructing systems that invite interpretation and critical reflection.

As an educator at Bowling Green State University, she emphasizes process-driven inquiry, multi-sensory exploration, and rigorous hands-on experimentation. Her pedagogy foregrounds making as a mode of thinking, guiding students from conceptual research through material execution. Huang received her BFA in Book Arts from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and her MFA in 2D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Her work has been recognized by GDUSA and AIGA, and she has presented at major conferences including the AIGA Design Conference, TypeCon, the RGD Design Educator Conference, and the UCDA Design Educator Summit.

Recent Accomplishments

DESIGN AWARDS + HONORS

2025 GDUSA American Digital Design Awards, National, US

2021 National Finalist 1/7, AIGA Design Conference Command X, National, US

2018 Bronze Medalist, Poster Competition of Innovation Center for Design Excellence, National, US

2017 Judges Choice Award, Adobe Creative Jam, Regional, US

PRESENTATIONS // LECTURES

2024 “Printed Matter or Digital Wallet Matter? Exploring Typeface Dynamics on Currency Design in Eastern and Western Cultures.” TypeCon, Portland, OR

2024 “Design for Good: Gen Z's Multi-Sensory Workshop Takeover.” RGD Design Educators Conference, Vancouver, BC

2023 “Beyond Laughter: How Internet Memes are Shaping Our Online Community.” AIGA Design Conference, New York City, NY

PRESENTATIONS // POSTER

2025 "Design Meets Wellness and Movement” UCDA Design Education Summit, Charlotte, NC