Selina kehuan Wu
Contact
︎ swu13@risd.edu
︎ selinakhwu@gmail.com
Socials
︎ chaos and bonus work
︎ Are.na abode
︎ professional persona
︎ guestbook
Resume and earlier works available upon request.
Let’s talk freelance, grab a (digital) coffee, or just be friends.
Selina is a graphic designer born and raised in Nanjing, China. Currently dwelling in Providence to pursue her 2-year MFA (2025) in Graphic Design at Rhode Island School of Design. She received her BFA in Communication Design from Washington University in St. Louis in 2022. Previously at FCB Chicago.
She takes pride in her one-of-a-kind Chinese name, Kehuan (可幻). It means being capable of imagination, which she tries to manifest in every work with her attention to research and craft. She aspires to tell stories to elicit the deep emotions that define the human experience.
She takes pride in her one-of-a-kind Chinese name, Kehuan (可幻). It means being capable of imagination, which she tries to manifest in every work with her attention to research and craft. She aspires to tell stories to elicit the deep emotions that define the human experience.
Selina loves to spontaneously hop on random buses to get lost, chase sunsets along the water's edge on foot, or immerse herself in existential crisis. As a child, her dream superpower was the ability to fly, but as she ventured from home, she now dreams of teleportation.
Recognition
Press
Teaching
Recognition
2023
Type Directors Club, TDC69
Winner in Typography
Young Ones ADC (The One Club for Creativity), 2023
Merit in Publication Design
Merit in Capstone
Shortlist in Type Design
Graphis New Talent 2023
Silver Award in Books
Honorable Mention in Type Design
Communication Arts Typography 23
Winner
Communication Arts Student Showcase
Winner, March/April 2023 Issue
Creative Hotlist Editor’s Pick
Radio Mercury Award
Winner in Branded Podcast (with FCB Chicago)
Core77 Design Awards
Student Notable in Visual Communication
2022
Graphic Design USA 59th
Winner
Young Ones Portfolio (The One Club for Creativity), 2022
Winner in Graphic Design
Graduate360° (Award360°)
Winner (Top 100)
New One Awards 2022
Winner of New Talent
Shortlist in Editorial Design
Shortlist in Editorial Design
Applied Arts Award 2022
Winner in Young Blood (Graphic Design)
Creative Quarterly
100 Best Annual, 2022, Top 25 (Graphic Design)
CQ70 Winner
Press
One Club for Creativity
Graphic Design USA: December 2022
Communication Arts Typography Annual 13
Teaching
Introduction to Typography
RISD, Graphic Design, Winter 2025
Guest Critic
Boston University, Graphic Design, Fall 2024
︎Recent song on repeat ︎︎︎ Quotitian — EVNTYD︎ Recent read/screen ︎︎︎ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind — Gondry (2004)
︎ Recent typeface personality ︎︎︎ Bradford — Lineto