{"id":1085,"date":"2023-11-12T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:59:16","slug":"meet-xuan-xu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rickollie.com\/es\/2023\/11\/12\/meet-xuan-xu\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Xuan Xu: The Future of Experiential Design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Experiential Designer – Dreamer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 12, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect leading into my Zoom interview with\u00a0Xuan<\/strong>, as it would be my first via the platform and honestly, I was quite nervous. I like keypads, cameras don’t like me. I write, I don’t talk. And you might not believe it, but I’m a very shy in person. When it mattered most, it was Xuan who made it easy for her story to be told.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Meet: Xuan Xu’<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credentials:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Born of German and Chinese descent, Xuan (pronounced Swan) was raised in the former. She holds a master’s degree in brand management & creative communication, a bachelor’s degree in marketing communication and public relations consultancy at University Pforzheim, Germany. And as if that isn’t impressive enough, add in a certificate in fashion design from Instituto Marangoni Milan, Italy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meeting Xuan:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0When I first came across Xuan’s profile back in August, I thought for sure she was a model. I had been researching fashion design and shows for a trip I was planning for this very week. She had shown up in my feed and before following, her stories with photos (below) from\u00a0Paris<\/strong>\u00a0(L),\u00a0Milan<\/strong>\u00a0(UR) and eventually\u00a0New York<\/strong>\u00a0(LR) came up. And if you know me in the slightest, you know I like colors, and she is most definitely colorful. I had to follow her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0One of the first questions I had asked Xuan was if she had done any modeling professionally and she replied, “I’ve always loved posing in front of the camera. But I have never done modeling professionally. I’m five-foot one, so I’m very tiny. I never thought, especially as a child, I’d ever qualify as a model.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     However, she was quick to add, “This is changing now, not really modeling in the agency, but just doing whatever I do on my own platform.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     A platform, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy. I’ll include links at the end of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experiential Design:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     “<\/strong>All the things I’m doing right now started with the costume,” Xuan began. “My entry into ‘Experiential Design.’<\/strong> (using design to tell a story or to communicate information) “Everything I do is original. I do a lot of research, especially when I do a concept,” Xuan, goes on, after I ask about how much research is involved in her projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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