About Kay Tang

I’m an integrative designer who makes sense of complexity through research-led service design and sharp visual thinking.

I’m an integrative designer who makes sense of complexity through research-led service design and sharp visual thinking.

Education Journey

Education
Journey

Master of Service Design 2024-2025

Royal College of Art, London, UK

The RCA is NO.1 Art & Design school for 11 consecutive years (QS).

Service Design at RCA is a practice for social and organisational change, grounded in theory and real-world application, critical inquiry, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Bachelor of Data Visualisation Design in Graphic Design 2018-2022

Nanjing University of the Arts, Nanjing, China

The NUA is one of China’s leading art and design institutions.

I specialised in data visualisation design, building a strong foundation in visual communication, design research, and translating complex information into clear, human-centred narratives.

Project Experience

Research Contributor

at Royal College of Art, London

May 2025

Invited to contribute to an ongoing research project on Social Prescribing, Participated in expert interviews, bringing grounded insights from my own research.

Visual & UX Designer

at New Beginnings Clothing and Food Outreach Inc., China

Jul 2022 – Dec 2022

Applied user-centred thinking and visualisation design skills to social media content, enhancing the accessibility and clarity of service information for diverse community audiences.

Data Visualisation & UX/UI Designer (see more details)

at Nanjing University of the Arts, China

Jan 2021 – Dec 2022

Led the design of Nanjing’s first literary-themed data visualisation platform, and interactive exhibition exploring the literary history of Nanjing.

Visual Designer

at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) & Nanjing University of the Arts, China

April 2022

Co-designed visual posters interpreting USTC’s 2021 Nature/Science 10 papers; exhibited in a national-level art-science collaboration between China’s top STEM and arts universities.

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