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An installation of symbolic books and ethereal projections that commemorates the silent sacrifices of individuals caught in the sweeping tide of industrial progress.


Type: Publication Design
Language: English & Chinese
Format: 148 × 210 mm · 872 pp.
Editor & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing: Jianyin Digital 
Year: 2022
11/10/2022


[ Quercueprobe ]

Addressing the profound urban disconnection from nature, this project seeks accessible ways to foster well-being and reconnect city dwellers with the natural world.


Type: Interactive Installation
Role: 3D Modeling · Code Adaptation
Code Base: Adapted from open-source project on GitHub (MIT License)
Tools: Arduino, TouchDesigner
Production 3D: JuyanTong InfoTech
Year: 2022
04/12/2022


[ Wordless Tablet ]

Through a collection of paper artefacts, the project reveals the silent, overwhelming weight of bureaucratic systems on individual existence and lived experience.


Type: Publication Design
Language: English
Format: 420 × 594 mm · 142 pp.
Editor & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Printing: Mingyang Digital Printing
Production: Mingxiang Landscape
Year: 2023
06/01/2023


[ Exercise Book ]

Breaking free from the limits of photographic training, this work uses abstraction and digital tools to rediscover creative freedom and rethink visual experience.


Type: Publication Design
Language: English
Format: 140 × 140 mm · 646 pp.
Editor & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing: Jingwei Printing
Year: 2023
09/01/2023


[ Rivers Unbounded ]

This photographic series documents the ecological detachment and social alienation caused by taming a river, urging a renewed balance between urbanism and nature.


Type: Publication Design & Photography
Language: English
Format: 215 × 103 mm · 124 pp.
Photographer & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing: Jianyin Digital
Year: 2023
11/04/2023


[ North-NorthWest... ]

This developing series captures the visual dialogue between spectacular natural scenery and the encroaching presence of human construction in a remote frontier.


Type: Photography
Photographer: Tianhao Xia
Year: 2023
02/09/2023


[ Heartfelt Diaries ] Ed. 2

Through progressively disruptive visuals, this work confronts viewers with a critical question: Is our emotional bond with AI companions being commercially engineered?


Type: Publication Design
Language: English
Format: 89 × 185 mm · 94 pp.
Editor & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing:  Toneking Print
Year: 2026 (Ed2)


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03/01/2025


[ Save Soanes Centre ]

Invited by a community in crisis, this project translates a local campaign's urgent message into powerful and accessible graphic design for advocacy.


Type: Publication Design
Language: English
Format: 210 × 297 mm
Photographer: Tianhao Xia
Editor & Designer: Hao Zhang, Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing: Riso Print, LCC
Year: 2025

15/03/2025


[ the Pig ]

This research-led project explores how systems turn cultural icons into economic data, using visual narratives to show how power simplifies our perception.

Type: Publication Design
Language: English
Format: 109 × 146 mm · 496 pp.
Editor & Designer: Tianhao Xia
Production / Printing:  Digital & Litho Print, LCC
Year: 2025

10/11/2025





[ about ]

This website is an independent platform for research-driven explorations in graphic media, visual narratives, and critical design practice.

It presents a curated selection of projects spanning visual research, editorial experimentation, photographic essays, and speculative writing, regularly engaging with themes of ecological aesthetics, perception, and philosophical inquiry.

The site also functions as a public archive, evolving as new work emerges and earlier ideas are revisited.
[ usage ]

This site is intended for non-commercial, educational, and personal reference only. Please do not reproduce or distribute materials without permission. 

External links are provided for context; no responsibility is assumed for third-party content. Collaborative inquiries are welcome — see the contact page for details.

[ sections ]

Research-led Projects — long-form visual essays that unpack ecological aesthetics, power relations, and speculative futures. 

Design Practice — editorial, typographic, and interaction works that test the boundary between form and critical inquiry. 

Field Observations — on-site photography, material studies, and process notes collected during hikes, residencies, and studio experiments.

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