Le Yang is an industrial designer working across products, furniture, and spatial objects. Her practice spans material exploration, prototyping, and fabrication, with experience in wood, plastics, and flexible materials, as well as laser cutting and 3D printing.
Through an iterative, hands-on approach, she constructs systems and objects that foreground structure, joinery, and movement as active agents in shaping use. Her recent work focuses on furniture and daily-use objects, introducing controlled flexibility and playful interactions that invite open-ended use, negotiation, and continuous discovery, while engaging with critical design as a way to question and reframe everyday behaviors.
Trained across China, Japan, and the United States, her work reflects a cross-cultural approach to construction, material logic, and everyday design.
CCC, 2025,Walnut,Plywood, 4 x 4in.
CCC is a series of coasters exhibited at ICFF New York 2025. The work draws from traditional Chinese window patterns, translating their symbolic meanings such as wealth and health into everyday objects.
Ring, 2025, silver, variable dimensions, photo by Le Yang
Ring is a wearable piece developed from an accidental discovery. Inspired by traditional Chinese window patterns, it integrates ornamental geometry with a subtle massaging function. The project was exhibited at ICFF New York 2025.
Let Wood Speak, 2026, laser-engraved MDF, lighting object
Let Wood Speak is a lighting object that explores the hidden narratives of wood. In everyday life, most wood products are heavily processed and finished, losing their original character. Each piece of wood, however, carries its own history—growth rings, traces of insects, and natural imperfections. This work abstracts these often-erased elements into new patterns, translated through laser engraving on MDF. By transforming them into lampshades and screens, the project allows light and shadow to interact with these patterns, enabling the material to tell its own story. The work will be exhibited at Berlin Design Week 2026.