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Assisted the prototyping and finalization of pattern and specific dimensions for the new tile of the Cafe of Shanghai Qiantan Taikoo Li .

Focusing on quality control, materials selection, and assembly instruction while conducting interior sample quality checks and on-site comparisons.

Tiffany & Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Designed and drafting carpets and FF&E for the High Jewelry / Schlumberger Gallery of Yorkdale Flagship store under mentorship.

Assisted the global ordering process for finishes and sample requests, including shipping, matching, and receiving, acting as the liaison for vendor procurement and regional leadership.

Contributed to prototyping, material selection, and contractor coordination.

the background wallpaper and designed carpet. Tiffany & Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Photoshop

Tiffany & Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Organized and documented both physical and online library resources, updated the Standards Book and Sample Tray, facilitating online material progress tracking and project management.

Provided options of national suppliers and counter-sourced vendors, focusing on materials selection and construction methods.

& Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Conduct research on new suppliers, materials, and design trends to organize and coordinate vendor lunch-and-learn sessions and showroom dinners while conducting interior sample quality checks and on-site comparisons.

Updating the Standards Book and Guidelines for Finishes.

Tiffany

Tiffany & Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Tiffany & Co. (Store Interior & Library Intern in 2023)

Designed and drafting Lamp near seating area for Miami Design District Flagship store under mentorship, Contributed to prototyping, material selection, and contractor coordination.

Enhanced project tracking and store design processes through maintaining project status updates with store design and regional leadership.

Tiffany

& Co.

(Store Design & Planning Intern in 2023)

Contributed to schematic design and concept development for project layouts for Taipei 101 through preliminary design schematics, internal reviews and redlining revisions under the manager's direction.

Tiffany

& Co.

(Store Design & Planning Intern in 2023)

Ensuring effective schedule management by updating the in-store visual database information, gathering store opening feedback.w

Summarize the meeting comment and do photoshop about carpet, wall. Change plan via Autocad and put it into presentation deck with new finish plan, SD plan, and etc.

Tiffany & Co. (Store Design

& Planning Intern in 2023)

Assisted in producing guidelines and standards for Global Store Design, effectively coordinating with internal and external teams including Global Creative Visual Merchandising, Store Design Project Architects, contractors, and consultants.

Updated timelines and project statuses based on cross-functional team meetings to ensure project milestones and store furnishing plans.

Contributed to customize the alternative pattern and specific dimensions for the new wall finish of Qatar Duty Free North, Doha Tiffany & Co. (Store Design & Planning Intern in 2023)

Contributed to internal reviews for Singapore Changi Airport through regional leadership collaboration, product zone analysis, drafting zoning plan and provide FF&E options for opening.

Prada Construction Drawing Set (Architect of Record)

Assisted drafting the construction drawing of Issued For Bidding Set.

Assisted setting up AutoCAD blueprints, assembling comprehensive construction drawing sets (e.g., site plans, elevations and wall details).

Prada Construction Drawing Set (Architect

of Record)

Aventura Mall, Florida

Atmosphere Design Group LLC (Architectural Drafter in 2024)

Prada Construction Drawing Set (Architect of Record)

Uomo, Miami Design District

Assisted drafting the construction drawing of Issued For Demolition Permit Set.

Zebra

(Interior Designer in 2025)

Mejuri Storefront Renovations for 9 Locations in US, Canada and England

Newbury, Boston

3D modeling concept development for storefront renovations using SketchUp.

Kitsilano, Vancouver Created 3D visualizations via Enscape renderings based on lighting, FF&E, and décor packages.

Zebra (Interior Designer in 2025)

Mejuri Storefront Renovations for 9 Locations in US, Canada and England

Marylebone, London

Developed schematic design drawing sets, including elevations in AutoCAD.

Ossington, Toronto

Prepared detailed design drawings and specifications options for store interiors.

Zebra (Interior Designer in 2025)

Liat Towers, Orchard Road,Singapore
3D modeling and rendering to design facade options for concept development.
Alo Yoga Facade Options for Liat Towers, Orchard Road,Singapore and Manchester, England

Zebra (Interior Designer in 2025)

Alo Yoga Test Fit for Greenbelt Mall, Philippines

Greenbelt Mall, Philippines

Contributed to schematic design test fit for the storefront and store interior.

Zebra (Interior Designer in 2025)

Greenbelt Mall, Philippines

3D modeling based on the drawing set with updated surrounding using SketchUp. Created Enscape renderings based on lighting specifications for store interiors.

Alo Yoga Test Fit for Greenbelt Mall, Philippines

I N T E R I O R D E S I G N E R

E D U C A T I O N

Pratt Institute, New York

Inter or Des gn, Master of Fine Art

Donghua University, Shanghai

*Coope ates w th Un vers ty of Edinbu gh UK

Fashion Inter or Des gn, Bachelor of Fine Art

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Inter or Des gn, Vis ting Program and Professiona Practice

Sep 2022 - May 2024

GPA: 3 38/4

Sep 2018 - Jun 2022

6 Scho arsh ps

GPA: 3 54/4 (Rank No 3)

Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

Scholarsh p

S O F T W A R E

3D: Sketchup, AutoCAD, Rh noceros, Autodesk Rev t,

V-ray, Enscape Bluebeam

Graph c: Adobe Photoshop, l ustrator nDesign, Adobe Creat ve Su te, LayOut etc

Computer A ded Manufacturing 3D Print, Laser Cutting CNC

Others: Microsoft Office, Powerpoint, Excel Word

Foh lo, Goog e Suites, Teams Canva, Smartsheet

L A U N C H E D P R O D U C T S

Car ng Catty X COACH (Ser es Tote bag, leather pendant and T shirt)

Mar 2022 - Ju 2022

Ava lable n COACH Ch na at both off ine and onl ne stores s nce nternat ona Women s Day Exh b ted at 4th Ch na Internat onal Import

Expo and 3rd Educat on Expo

C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

High-end Luxury

INSIDE LVMH Certif cat on

Operat ons & Supp y Chain

Retai & Customer Exper ence

Creation & Brand ng

Luxury Fundamenta s 2023 (LVMH)

R E F E R E N C E

Gregory Caputo

D rector Global Store Des gn, P anning and Operat ons

646-489-4832

Gregory Caputo@t ffany com

Krist na Jacob

Consultant Flagsh p Inter ors

646-428-5913

krist na. acob@t ffany.com

W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

Tiffany & Co.

Store Inter or & Library Intern (Recommendat on Letter)

Coach (Tapestry) of China's Headquarter

Visual Merchandis ng Intern (Representat ve)

Sep 2023 - Dec 2023

New York, Un ted States

Contr buted to customization and draft ng of f agship store inter ors in col aborat on with vendors, nc uding FF&E tems such as carpets, l ght ng f xtures, and furniture

Contr buted to researching and draft ng new design concepts for spec fic areas for ex sting stores and co laborated effect ve y with vendors for prototyp ng and product on, ensuring stringent qual ty contro

Assisted n organiz ng and devis ng nter or presentations and documents, effect vely sett ng up project trays and prof cient in draft ng, Photoshop and creating Furn ture B ocks us ng AutoCAD.

Assisted the g oba order ng process for fin shes and samp e requests, includ ng sh pping match ng, and log stics of receiv ng, act ng as the liaison for vendor procurement and regiona eadership

Prov ded opt ons of nat onal suppl ers and counter-sourced vendors, focus ng on qual ty contro , materia s se ect on, and construction methods whi e conducting inter or samp e qual ty checks and on-s te compar sons

Organized and documented both physical and on ine l brary resources updated the Standards Book and Guide ines for Finishes, and compi ed ists

of a l types used in f agsh p stores as a standard, fac l tat ng onl ne material progress tracking and project management

Tiffany & Co.

Store Design & Plann ng Intern (Recommendat on Letter)

Jun 2021 - Sep 2021 Shangha , China

Merchand sing and mater a match ng for boutiques and showroom, sett ng up

nsta lations wh le making nat onal d sp ay guidel ne.

Planned and d splayed pop up stores for Coach and Ind go Anfu Road

Created in-store disp ay for Shangha Out ets FC, iapm and Raffles as the disp ay sample n Ch na

nstructed and evaluated the in-store disp ay layout of each store n Ch na.

HAS Design and Research

Architecture Intern

Sep 2020 - Dec 2020 Bangkok, Tha land

Producted and completed draw ngs for Museum of Modern Aluminum Thai and

Deve oped independently the pre-project research, 3D b ock mode ing and adopted

for the land ng pro ect, an nternet ce ebrity cafe n a suburban vi la area of Bangkok, Thai and

Part c pated fu ly in different stages of research and des gn work n al aspects of

S K I L L S

Store Design

Conceptual Des gn

Visual Merchand s ng

Show W ndow Des gn

Technical Des gn Draw ng

Space P anning

Shop Drawings

Pro ect Commun cat ons

Construction Processes

3D Model ng

3D Motion Des gn

Motion Design

Rendering

Budget Forecast ng

Mater al Selection

Visual Commun cat on

Des gn Deve opment

Brand ng

Visua Des gn

Graph c Design

Creat ve Strategy

Des gn Research

Prototyping

Des gn Thinking

nteract on Des gn

Storyte l ng / Storyboarding

Project Communication

Project Deve opment

Presentation Leadership

Jun 2023 - Sep 2023

New York Un ted States

Assisted n produc ng guide ines and standards for G oba Store Design effect ve y coord nat ng with nterna and external teams inc ud ng Global

Creat ve V sua Merchandis ng, Store Des gn Project Arch tects contractors, and consu tants

Contr buted to design development for g obal retail stores through reg onal leadersh p co laboration product zone ana ys s, draft ng, Photoshop nDes gn, PowerPo nt and Excel

Contr buted to the schemat c des gn and concept development for new project ayouts for locat ons in Greater Ch na, Taiwan through prel minary design schematics, internal rev ews and redl n ng rev sions

Ma nta ned and updated statist ca data for the Tiffany 5th Avenue Headquarters

Enhanced project track ng and store des gn processes through ma ntaining pro ect status updates w th store design and reg ona eadersh p

Updated time ines and pro ect statuses based on cross-functiona team meet ngs to ensure pro ect mi estones and store furn shing p ans

Ensur ng effect ve schedule management by updat ng the n-store visual database informat on, gathering store opening feedback

arch tecture, inter or and andscape

Vanke Development Co., Ltd.

Product Management (Inter or Des gn) Depar ment n ern

Jun 2020 - Sep 20201

Fuzhou, Ch na

Renovated the underground obb es and garages of three Vanke propert es in

Fuzhou area

Designed renovat on so ut on, drew specif c drawings accord ng to the recorded site, and docked work ng draw ngs with the arch tecture design inst tute and constructor

Designed the layout and inter or detai drawings of the o d government arch tecture converted nto an off ce building

Stud ed the abi ity to grasp and judge the product, customer experience, market

feedback and cost reduction init atives

L ghting F xture Design

Custom M l work

L A N G U A G E S

Engl sh, Chinese Japanese

zl n16@p att edu

Caring Catty - Icon, bag, VM

Champion of CHINA COOL competition Donghua university X COACH

Available in COACH stores worldwide in spring of 2022

Year 3 Personal interior competition work

MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION

Soclety Hot Spots Humaniste Care Chinese Culture

A trend of raising The need for intimate The long history of cats relationship cats in China

DIAGRAM | Mind mapping

Mascot of the COACH Consumer

Change the color of the background LED walls and columns based on the series of colorful cats.

Bespoke installation in the flagship store.

According to the cat theme we created, I created a high-tech and interesting device like flying saucers and planets for cats to play with wool balls.

OTHER WORKS

CHINA COOL competition Donghua university X COACH

Year3 Group academic work

Exhibited at 4th China International Import Expo and 3rd Education Expo

AWARD & LANDED

CHINA COOL competition Donghua university X COACH Year3 Group academic work

Caring Catty My part: Visual Merchandising

1 Window Design

2 In Store Design

3 Bespoke Installations

4 Pop-Up Design

Concept Overview

Design Conceive Promotion mode

China Cool selection and innovation point analysis

The logo designed by our team, with the background of tote bag designed by COACH's US headquarters.

On international Women's Day,

of the proceeds will be donated to public welfare projects for women's development in China supporting women power.

Coach promotes the training of young design talents and presents Caring Catty series products together with Donghua University.
Video with China Women's News

WORKING SAMPLE

docked

and finalized

Produced
drawings for Museum of Modern Aluminum Thailand.
Hung And Songkittipakdee Design and Research International Architecture Studio Architecture Intern
Designed renovation solution and
working drawings with the architecture design institute and constructor.
Vanke Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (Top 200 Global Enterprise) Product Management (Interior Design) Department Intern

*Due to the confidentiality agreement, here is an academic reference project similar to the drawings from the internship period.

Nordic Light | Office & Light Design

This office design project emphasizes lighting and material selection, based on the requirements of Nordic Light Co., a Long established regional travel agency in Copenhagen. The design aims to incorporate Copenhagen's unique characteristics, featuring a minimal black and white color scheme to highlight the theme of illumination.

The space includes a cozy open plan office with Danish design elements, an educational area for training seminars, an incubation corner for new business ideas, a green space and an aesthetically pleasing kitchen for food and travel video production.

Lee, Candice

Part A

Site & Program Analysis

Local Culture: Copenhagen

> It became the capital and most populous city of Denmark at 15th century. And it served as a portand a place of commerce.

> Canals, cycling culture and happy locals

> Neoclassical appearance

Climate Precedent

> Transparency, openness

> Danish culture Hyggecounteracts the cold, dark days of winter in Copenhagen

Local Climate

Copenhagen is in the northern hemisphere, the is mild, and generally warm and temperate. Copenhagen is a city with a sienificantrainfall.

Client Profile & Program Requirements

Client: Nordic Light Co.(Long established regional trave agency)

Current field of operations:

> Domestic travel (working with international partners to host inbounding guests )

> International travel (specializes in Spain, Italy, and Greece)

> Looking to expand business by increasing online presence

B Concept Development (Inspiration Paintings & MagicBox)

Reception Zone
"Interior in Strandgade, Sunlight on the Floor By Vilhelm Hammershoi (1901)
Lighten up your winter with serious Hygge fun!

SEE THE SEA | Community Center Design

Statement

Nowadays, the promotion of environmental protection is still a back-to-basics stereotype, but in order to create a clickable environmental self-media center that meets the needs of the current era, a more memorable promotional center is needed.

Therefore, I want to create an attractive and networkable live broadcast type of sustainable video center. Through more coverage of the center's internal activities and existing installations, people can see such a center that is working hard to promote environmental protection and can get more exposure on the network due to its outstanding appearance, thereby raising funds for advertising and scientific research investment

With the rise of sea level, significant floods occur in New York City every summer, reminiscent of the urban flood during Hurricane Sandy, when storm surges engulfed Ave C and E 8th St in the East Village, close to the site. So choose to establish a green center that promotes environmental protection, with a theme of melting icebergs and flooding as an exhibition and providing a studio for sustainable development designers.

Recycle Design Studio

The second goal is to provide more exposure to designers who are committed to environmental protection and a resource-rich research environment with a material research laboratory. Product designers who work on biodegradable packaging, sculptors who specialize in marine garbage degradation, and fashion designers who reuse old materials can come together to create a more beautiful future.

Video And Exhibition Center

The primary goal of the project is to have more exhibitions with a stylish interior, increasing exposure on the network, real-time live streaming, and attracting more people to visit and understand the entire environmental center.

Global Warming: Exhibition In Water

People caught on monitor are shown on the screen, and others are videos of rising sea levels. Water comes from the pipes that run the heating and air conditioning in this building. When it's almost full, it goes to pet's cafe next door.

Flavor Farm

Plant onions, basil and other spices on the handrail of the stairs so that you don't forget to water them.

Feel The Iceberg Like A Fish

When you are on the upper floors of the building, you do not feel the sea level rise; it feels like there is something below supporting you. However, when you stand on the glass at the top, you feel the fear of falling and the apprehension of being submerged as you physically and visually experience the rising sea level.

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Size | 800sqm

Project | Shanghai City in the future
Site
Lao Xi Meng. Shanghai.
MODEL | Pure white model

Adjustable Barrier | Residential Design

The project concept, known as an exhibition-style residence, was designed to offer three levels of privacy for the client. The owners desired an open workspace for public exhibitions, a family area for gatherings after the public has left, and a private area for individual living. The modular design harmonizes these three requirements using a consistent design language for both residential and workspace functionalities, as well as for the exhibition space.

Concept: By varying modular furnitures to change visual distance. When open to the public, it is used as a collaborative work or display area for multiple people. Then for the family it is two modes of leisure and work use.

Application of modular furniture User

Ramp: Firstly, it is to facilitate the elderly who use wheelchairs to pass freely in the building. Secondly, it can give light to the basement. Thirdly, because the basement from the first floor to the negative two floors is an area that can be opened to the public, the ramp can be clearly separated from the private route of the stairs inside the building. GF Ramp Gallery

Bedroom for the elderly and nurse
Path (Summer & Winter Solstice)
1F Ramp Library Tearoom Kitchen

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