This morning, the designer behind the brand new 🫓 ‘flatbread emoji’ (arepas), Lumen Bigott and I connected over Twitter, after hearing each other’s emoji design story from “The Power of Food Emoji” by Emily Thomas on BBC Food Chain, which was released yesterday.

10 years today, Conan O’Brien premiered his new show CONAN on TBS, and debuted this art piece “Conan O’Brien Pale Whale” I created for the new Team Coco website & its Twitter page. There was a miraculous backstory of why this project means a lot to me: In January 2010…

Today is 24 September, the World Gorilla Day 🦍🎉. It is a day to take action in the conservation efforts to protect gorillas in the wild. I want to celebrate this special day by sharing one art piece I created a few years ago: Robin Williams & Gorilla Koko.

A Tale of two cities: In memory of Mr. James Fang — Chair of the San Francisco-Shanghai Sister City Committee Yesterday morning, I was saddened and shocked to learn that Jame Fang, Chair of the San Francisco-Shanghai Sister City Committee, passed away on Friday. I still vividly remember when we met at the US-China Relationship Summit in San Francisco last year, where James was the host of the event. His…

Today is August 4, the annual International Clouded Leopard Day! The purpose of this day is to raise awareness of clouded leopards and their status in the wild. Many people have never heard of a clouded leopard and have no idea of the threats facing them.

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” — Amelia Earhart Back in the days when I was studying at the University of Technology Sydney as a …

We all experience obstacles and challenges in our lives. And we are always trying to find solutions to get unstuck. What’s fascinating is that I realized the answer to make the “hard” situation “easy”, is already within the translation of them in their Chinese Characters! Challenges and obstacles are the…

A Chinese New Year + Valentine’s Day Epiphany with the Dumpling 🥟 Emoji 新年快乐, 情人节快乐！Happy Chinese New Year & Happy Valentine’s Day! What do these two holidays have to do with each other this year? The answer is below. Dumplings (jiǎozi 饺子 in Mandarin) are traditionally a must-eat food during the Chinese New Year. Families wrap them up and eat them as the…