Joel Yong | Designer & Director

The Church of the Light (光の教会) - Tadao Ando in Osaka, Japan (1989)

LUX - Rosalía (2025)

The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (2005)

Man of the Year - Lorde, directed by Grant Singer (2025)

Miss Sohee FW22 (2022)

El Nido Sanctuary - Justin Guiab in Palawan, Philippines (2024)

Things in Nature Merely Grow - Yiyun Li (2025)

Series: Walnut Coffee Tables - George Nakashima (1940–1990)

La La Land - cinematography by Linus Sandgren (2016)

Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche (1886)

Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight in the Fog - Claude Monet (1903)

All About Love - Bell Hooks (1999)

1Tadao Ando
2Rosalía
3Joan Didion
4Lorde, Grant Singer
5Miss Sohee
6Justin Guiab
7Yiyun Li
8George Nakashima
9Linus Sandgren
10Friedrich Nietzsche
11Claude Monet
12Bell Hooks

I believe in dialogue between disparate mediums and the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

Below are artifacts I've found inspiring or resonant recently, in no particular order:

1. The Church of the Light (光の教会) - Tadao Ando in Osaka, Japan (1989)
2. LUX - Rosalía (2025)
3. The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (2005)
4. Man of the Year - Lorde, directed by Grant Singer (2025)
5. Miss Sohee FW22 (2022)
6. El Nido Sanctuary - Justin Guiab in Palawan, Philippines (2024)
7. Things in Nature Merely Grow - Yiyun Li (2025)
8. Series: Walnut Coffee Tables - George Nakashima (1940–1990)
9. La La Land - cinematography by Linus Sandgren (2016)
10. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche (1886)
11. Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight in the Fog - Claude Monet (1903)
12. All About Love - Bell Hooks (1999)

design engineer

inputs + inspirations

before i forget...

I believe in dialogue between disparate mediums and the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.

Below are artifacts I've found inspiring or resonant recently, in no particular order:

1. The Church of the Light (光の教会) - Tadao Ando in Osaka, Japan (1989)
2. LUX - Rosalía (2025)
3. The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion (2005)
4. Man of the Year - Lorde, directed by Grant Singer (2025)
5. Miss Sohee FW22 (2022)
6. El Nido Sanctuary - Justin Guiab in Palawan, Philippines (2024)
7. Things in Nature Merely Grow - Yiyun Li (2025)
8. Series: Walnut Coffee Tables - George Nakashima (1940–1990)
9. La La Land - cinematography by Linus Sandgren (2016)
10. Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Nietzsche (1886)
11. Waterloo Bridge, Sunlight in the Fog - Claude Monet (1903)
12. All About Love - Bell Hooks (1999)

design engineer

inputs + inspirations

before i forget...