Lu Yu is a designer who works at the intersection of brand and product, bringing a strong sense of graphic design to digital work.

SPEAKER

Lu was born in China, has lived and worked in Australia and Turkey, and is currently based in Berlin, Germany. She has gained experience working for various agencies and product companies around the world. Formerly serving as the head of brand at Pitch, Lu has since embarked on her own freelance venture. She has had the privilege of working with esteemed teams such as Semplice, Fractal, BlueYard Capital, Veed, Breef, AEG, and more.

ABOUT THE TALK

Embrace the Mess: From Chaos to Great Design

Creativity is messy. With design tools like Figma being popular, most designers became experts on design systems to improve productivity (autolayout, components library etc), and this has become the new standard for all designers. But in my years of being a creative person, the 'tidiness' is often a blocker for creativity, as designers tend to build the most pixel perfect system, rather than to explore all possibilities. I would like to remind ourselves that design should be about getting messy and having fun.

ALL TALKS
Awww Conf

From Fantasy to Relevance: Elevating Design Through a Strategic Lens and Contemporary Culture

Aneta Junkova & Michelle Kee
Aneta Junkova & Michelle Kee
NL
Awww Conf

Beyond tweening

Cassie Evans
Cassie Evans
ENG
Awww Conf

Catching A Vibe: Enriching the story behind the Patta x Tommy Hilfiger shopping experience

Yordy van der Werff & Ewoud Offenberg
Yordy van der Werff & Ewoud Offenberg
NDL
Awww Conf

The balance between Creative and Performance

Andrey Petrov
Andrey Petrov
NDL
Awww Conf

In-house way of managing brand distinctiveness and advertising production. 2000 assets at a time

Radvilė Jankevičienė
Radvilė Jankevičienė
LT
Awww Conf

Building omnichannel ecosystems through design, strategy and future planning

Candela Martinez
Candela Martinez
NDL
Awww Conf

Smooth It! Game Feel in 3D Websites

Xavier Jack
Xavier Jack
NL
Awww Conf

Fredrik Öst & Erik Kockum
Fredrik Öst & Erik Kockum
SWE
Awww Conf

How to Make Terrible Branded Content

Graham McDonnell
Graham McDonnell
UK
Awww Conf

The Future of Design with AI

Peter Smart
Peter Smart
USA
Awww Conf

Into the Details

Richard Ekwonye
Richard Ekwonye
UK
Awww Conf

Valerie Fuchs Developer

Valerie Fuchs
Valerie Fuchs
NL
Awww Conf

How to take advantage of Megatrends to build digital products & services

Jonas Lempa
Jonas Lempa
DEU
Awww Conf

How I Saved on Therapy for So Long: a Dev Story

Daniele Borra
Daniele Borra
IT
Awww Conf

Deep diving with a small team

Joris Spiertz
Joris Spiertz
NL
Awww Conf

Quentin Hocdé
Quentin Hocdé
BE
Awww Conf

Ilja van Eck & Erwin Luijendijk
Ilja van Eck & Erwin Luijendijk
NL
Awww Conf

Pelle Martin
Pelle Martin
DNK
Awww Conf

Creating multiplayer 3D environments in the browser

Vicente Lucendo
Vicente Lucendo
NL
Awww Conf

Building Headless on Shopify with Hydrogen: Patta x Tommy Hilfiger

Martijn Wijsmuller & Gordon So
Martijn Wijsmuller & Gordon So
NDL
Awww Conf

Going headless without headaches: developing custom e-commerce and CMS integrations

Antinomy Studio
Antinomy Studio
NL
Awww Conf

A tale of photogrammetry, backflips and identity

Mathieu Ducharme & Jeremy Minié
Mathieu Ducharme & Jeremy Minié
CAN
Awww Conf

Create Engaging “Scrollytelling” Experiences With React & GSAP

Julián Benegas & Matías Pérez
Julián Benegas & Matías Pérez
ARG
Awww Conf

Lu Yu
Lu Yu
DEU
Awww Conf

Taking Brands Further

Chris Wilcock
Chris Wilcock
UK
Awww Conf

Rendering the Invisible - Set ColorMask To False

Edan Kwan
Edan Kwan
UK
Awww Conf

Leaning into the Unknown

Jon Way
Jon Way
USA
Awww Conf

THE CURSOR OF AI

Niccolò Miranda
Niccolò Miranda
NL
Awww Conf

Yutong Xue & Yunan Xue
Yutong Xue & Yunan Xue
UK
Awww Conf

Alicia Shao
Alicia Shao
DNK
Awww Conf

Go next level with little big details and motion

Thomas Aufresne
Thomas Aufresne
NL

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