Yunqi is a graphic designer, a researcher and an intercultural book-making practitioner in alternative bookstores and art book fairs. She is also a Tutor of the Typography Short Course at the Royal College of Art. Her work primarily involves multi-media textual installations based on the concepts of artists' books and fanzines, with a passion for exploring the unconventional visual narratives and the communication function of books.
She is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Communication, Royal College of Art. She holds a BA from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (Milan, 2020), a BFA from East China Normal University (Shanghai, 2020), and an MA from the Royal College of Art (London, 2022).
Her awards include the Professional Best of Show Award of PRINT Award, Winner Award of New York TDC (Type Directors Club), Merit Award of New York ADC (Art Directors Club), Wood Pencil Award of D&AD, two nominated works and two excellent works of the Tokyo TDC, and an annual experiment publishing award in Award 360°. Her works have been published, collected and exhibited in magazines, annual books, museums and galleries from China, Japan, France, Germany, Belgium, the USA and the UK.
便宜球，本名彭韵琪，是一名平面设计与艺术出版工作者。她于2022年从英国皇家艺术学院取得硕士学位，2023年开始在英国皇家艺术学院修读传播学博士，现为英国皇家艺术学院的短期课程讲师。她的工作主要涉及基于艺术书与粉丝志概念的多媒介文本装置，热衷于探寻模因式的多变图形符号以及艺术书籍的非传统视觉叙事。
作品获美国PRINT Award 专业组全场大奖及书籍组第一名、New York TDC大奖、D&AD木铅笔、New York ADC提名、Tokyo TDC 提名、Award360°年度实验出版等奖项，刊登于《BranD》《亚太设计年鉴》《Design360°》，并于上海、香港、东京、伦敦、巴黎、柏林、根特、新加坡等多个城市的画廊及艺术活动中展出。
