Hello,
I am Candice Yao.
I am a spatial experience designer passionate about branding, hospitality, residential, exhibition, and retail design, specializing in turning themes and stories into immersive environments with light, materials, and form language.
INUK Hospitality Design
Hotel INUK is an Arctic hotel that responds to the land’s extreme climate and Inuit cultural legacy, using light, material, and seasonal cycles to immerse visitors in the North’s raw beauty and timeless wisdom.
Northern Whispers Hospitality Design
Northern Whispers is an Arctic cultural and hospitality destination in Pond Inlet that embodies Inuit beliefs in life’s cyclical nature through circular forms, natural materials, and experiences that guide guests from darkness to light and enclosure to openness.
Medieval Dining Experience
Medieval is a theme restaurant that provides an in-person social space, in partnership with the local Renaissance fair event, with the goal of allowing people to bond and relax.
Cruise Ship Waterpark Design
Welcome to Project Splash, an exciting educational sponsored project by Royal Caribbean. This project aims to transform the deck of a cruise ship into a captivating thrill island. Our goal is to create an innovative and immersive water-related experience that offers unparalleled entertainment for our guests.
Haworth Office Space Design
This Haworth-sponsored studio reimagines the post-pandemic workplace, transforming the office into a community with collaboration hubs, flexible layouts, and restorative spaces that foster comfort, creativity, and connection.
Constitution: Illuminated
The purpose of this exhibition is to challenge people’s preconceived ideas about the Constitution: that it is outdated and boring. To make this document more interesting to young people, there is an interactive, visual experience. We want young visitors, and social media, to drive more people to this exhibition - and to popularize the details of our country’s Constitution.
Shinola Hospitality Design
Hotel Shinola celebrates the vitality of the brand and the allure of industrial nostalgia. The hotel's design is inspired by the brand's dynamic energy and mechanical movement.
