D is for Doris.
New York-based graphic designer / self-publisher.
Her practice goes across multiple media and disciplines, including visual identity, web design, type design, photography, etc., but most importantly, she is a book-maniac. By creating immersive experiences of reading and viewing, she underlines the physicality of books as exhibition spaces.
She is also obsessed with storytelling and fiction-making and plays with objects, places, symbols and memories. Across all her work, she endeavors to communicate layered narratives that resonate with all walks of audiences, and push the boundaries of design.
Co-founder of Dream Labor Press, a female-centered, cross-cultural self-publishing project.
Recognition
Hiiibrand Design Awards, Merit Award, 2025
Hiiibrand Design Awards, Finalist, 2025
TDC70 Awards, Communication Design Winner, 2024
Platinum Originality International Graphic Design Competition, Silver Award, 2024
Platinum Originality International Graphic Design Competition, Nominating Award, 2024
Graduate 360˚, Best 100, 2023
Award 360˚, Shortlist, 2023
KTK Design Award, Outstanding Award, 2023
KTK Design Award, Nominating Award, 2023
NewOne Awards, Merit Award, 2023
Exhibitions
Special Reading Room, “Process in Practice,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, 2025
TDC70 Exhibition, multiple cities, 2024–2025
“Medium Port” Special Presentation, RE:PLAY! Wuhan Art Book Fair, Wuhan, China, 2024
Award360° Shortlist Exhibition, Design360° Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2023
MCBA New Editions, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
Fairs
Other Islands Book Fair, 2025
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair, 2025
Brooklyn Art Book Fair, 2024
Other Islands Book Fair, 2024
Open M Art Fair, 2024
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair, 2024
Press Play by Pioneer Works, 2023
Detroit Art Book Fair, 2023
Acquisition
Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Bowes Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Education
Pratt Institute, MFA Communications Design, 2021–2023
Zhejiang University, BA Advertising, 2017–2021
Her practice goes across multiple media and disciplines, including visual identity, web design, type design, photography, etc., but most importantly, she is a book-maniac. By creating immersive experiences of reading and viewing, she underlines the physicality of books as exhibition spaces.
She is also obsessed with storytelling and fiction-making and plays with objects, places, symbols and memories. Across all her work, she endeavors to communicate layered narratives that resonate with all walks of audiences, and push the boundaries of design.
Co-founder of Dream Labor Press, a female-centered, cross-cultural self-publishing project.
Recognition
Hiiibrand Design Awards, Merit Award, 2025
Hiiibrand Design Awards, Finalist, 2025
TDC70 Awards, Communication Design Winner, 2024
Platinum Originality International Graphic Design Competition, Silver Award, 2024
Platinum Originality International Graphic Design Competition, Nominating Award, 2024
Graduate 360˚, Best 100, 2023
Award 360˚, Shortlist, 2023
KTK Design Award, Outstanding Award, 2023
KTK Design Award, Nominating Award, 2023
NewOne Awards, Merit Award, 2023
Exhibitions
Special Reading Room, “Process in Practice,” Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, 2025
TDC70 Exhibition, multiple cities, 2024–2025
“Medium Port” Special Presentation, RE:PLAY! Wuhan Art Book Fair, Wuhan, China, 2024
Award360° Shortlist Exhibition, Design360° Festival, Hangzhou, China, 2023
MCBA New Editions, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
Fairs
Other Islands Book Fair, 2025
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair, 2025
Brooklyn Art Book Fair, 2024
Other Islands Book Fair, 2024
Open M Art Fair, 2024
Multiple Formats Art Book Fair, 2024
Press Play by Pioneer Works, 2023
Detroit Art Book Fair, 2023
Acquisition
Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Bowes Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Education
Pratt Institute, MFA Communications Design, 2021–2023
Zhejiang University, BA Advertising, 2017–2021
© Doris Liu 2026