yushanjiang

PROFILE

jyushan17@gmail.com
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Yushan Jiang is a Los Angeles–based artist and interactive designer exploring the messy edges where game design, product design (both digital and physical) and fine arts collide into unexpected storytelling.

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SELECTED WORK

1. 3woH_Welcome

a game built in Unity 3D with a DIY customized controllor

“explore a living, emotional world through your messy relationship with space and memory.”

3woH_Welcome is a chaos-embracing game that rejects the perfection of polished room sims. Instead of cleaning, players wander through a messy digital space, shaking and disturbing objects using a DIY gyro controller. Every movement creates intentional disorder, celebrating the emotional satisfaction and freedom found in imperfection.

2. Edge Of Reason: You Are A Half-Rendered Memory

a game built in Unity 3D, submission for 2025 Viverse Spark Hack

game link: https://create.viverse.com/zXZstb8

I was once whole,
before the static began to breathe.
Now I flicker
a ghost caught between
code and conscience.

The sky hums in binary,
the ground forgets its shape.
Every step rewrites
what I once remembered
a loop of longing,
rendered, unrendered,
again.

Somewhere,
in the glitch between thoughts,
I almost recall
who I used to be.

3. Extensions of Thought and Electricity

a. Of Word and Image, Song and Silence no.3
b. Of Word and Image, Song and Silence no.2
c. To Shine, Together
d. Where do we come from? Where are we going?
e. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
f. The Hand That Sings

Exhibited at the RISD ISB Gallery as part of THE ISLANDERS, April 14–18, 2025.

Extensions of Thought and Electricity is a collection of six interactive electric sculptures that investigate the relationship between the human mind and technological expression. Through custom circuitry, handmade interfaces, and kinetic motion, each piece gives form to an internal psychological state: communication through silence, the weight of memory, the search for identity, collective resonance, the fragility of the body, and the desire to be seen or heard.

Rather than treating electronics as purely functional, the series uses wires, sensors, motors, and sound as emotional materials. These artworks reveal how technology can amplify thought, extend the body, and expose the hidden tensions between vulnerability and control.

4. Read Pro

collabration project:

Tina Jiang | USC IYA IDBT
Yushan Jiang | USC IYA IDBT
Ruofei Zhu | USC Annenberg PR
Jacky Guo | USC IYA IDBT

website: https://boxxelf.github.io/Read-Pro/

A comprehensive browser extension designed for ADHD and dyslexia support.

With seven core features including clean noise removal, typography optimization, phonology and morphology cues, sentence highlighting, and focus zoom, it helps you read with better focus, clarity, and understanding.

5. Nicoboo

collabration project:

Tina Jiang | USC IYA IDBT
Yushan Jiang | USC IYA IDBT
Jacky Guo | USC IYA IDBT
Yiying Zhu | USC IYA IDBT

My Role: Admin, Developer

Nicoboo IOS App Version 1.1 released on App Store, download here:

Nicoboo is a smoke-free app that supports users through quitting with gentle motivation and expressive, uplifting visuals.

Quitting is your decision, and it isn’t easy. The first days and weeks can be challenging. But with the right support system, one that helps you track your progress, recognize your wins, and stay emotionally grounded, you are far more likely to succeed. That’s where Nicoboo comes in.

Our core features include:
Health Progress
Motivation Tools
Progress Numbers
Lighter Feature
Cravings Help
Achievements
Widgets

6. Puzzle Chair

Physical Prodect Design

Emily Harvey
EARTHLY WORKS, 1988

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7. Cube Club: Wasteland

Wie Venedig Sehen
Lothar Baumgarten, 1984

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8. You-are-a-half-rendered-memory

Exhibition invite postcard
Alfred Jensen, 1991
Pace Gallery

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