about

Mal Yu is a Chinese-Canadian industrial designer and artist based in Amsterdam and Toronto.

Her practice focuses on craft and industrial materials and processes to explore relationships between humans, objects, and domestic space through functional works.



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exhibitions 

Piet Hein Eek
Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, NL
2026

(work in progress)
GLUE Amsterdam

Amsterdam, NL
2026

#8 Writing Tool
Milan Design Week

Milan, IT
2026

Objects on Light
Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Amsterdam, NL
2026

#8 Writing Tool
Shanghai Design Week

Shanghai, CN
2026

Kick, Stand!
DesignTO

Toronto, ON
2026

Nice to Meet You
Gagné Contemporary

Toronto. ON
2026

Prototype
Interior Design Show

Toronto, ON
2026

Tagliascotch
Sopa Design Studio

Milan, IT
2025

Kruisstraat Design District
Dutch Design Week

Eindhoven, NL
2025

Lacework
Collision Gallery

Toronto, ON
2025

Surface Impressions
Umbra x DesignTO

Toronto, ON
2025

Prototype
Interior Design Show

Toronto, ON
2025
collaborations

(work in progress)
MAKE Eindhoven

Eindhoven, NL
2026
awards

Shift Hook
Jurors Choice Award

DesignTO
2026

Rocket Competition
Finalist

ACIDO
2025

Industry Project
1st Prize

Beta Calco
2024

Award of Excellence
Industrial Design

Sheridan College
2024

Award of Excellence
Industrial Design

Sheridan College
2023

Award of Excellence
Industrial Design

Sheridan College
2022



grants

Shift Hook
Exhibition Assistance

Ontario Arts Council
2026

Kick, Stand!
Exhibition Assistance

Ontario Arts Council
2026
press

Writing tools, Vol 8
AboutArchivio

Showdesk/Edizioni
2026

2026 DesignTO Awards
DesignTO
2026

Tagliascotch, Vol 7 AboutArchivio
Showdesk/Edizioni
2025

7 Asian Designers at DesignTO
Pale Blue Magazine
2025

Artist + Designer Spotlight
DesignTO
2025

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