Phoebe Hsu
Phoebe Hsu


A blank space is a space left to be filled. It’s also a space to be experimented in. My favorite kind of white space as a child was the one with a part-of-speech below it—the ones found in Mad Libs. Using words, they were filled on-the-spot with classmates, without knowing what was coming after. It’s the same with my pursuit of design. I love the tactility of typography in a physical book. But, the idea of how typography exists in motion and on a 3D-surface intrigues me. I find myself in the space between design and technology, working with others to solve problems, navigating a territory of knowns and unknowns, and seeing how one medium might influence the other.
Experience
Microsoft
February 2024 – PRESENT
designer
[Visual design team]
brandnewschool
november 2022 – FEBRURARY 2024
designer
manual
january 2022 – may 2022
design intern
artcenter college of design
september 2018 – december 2021
teaching assistant
made in space
februrary 2021 – august 2021
design intern
Recognition
SEGD
GLOBAL Design AWARDS 2023
merit award
this book is a time machine
communication arts
design annual 2022
chinatown san francisco
type director's club 68
certificate of
typographic excellence
this book is a time machine
young ones portfolio
portfolio winner
overall portfolio
young ones ADC 
BRONZE AWARD
CHINATOWN SAN FRANCISCO
young ones adc
MERIT AWARD
✦ ace hardware
✦ superposition
✦ the medium is not the message
type director's club 67
certificate of
typographic excellence
the medium is not the message
Graphis new talent annual 2021
✦ ace hardware
✦ superposition
✦ the medium is not the message