ELYSIUM,
Paradise is not a place, it is the act of becoming.

Client
Lunar Gala
Year
2025
Role
Co-head of Web, Creative Technologist
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Lunar Gala (LG) is Pittsburgh's largest annual fashion show. Its website features the model lines, members, and ticketing all in line with this year's visual identity: Elysium.

I creatively directed and facilitated cross-functional collaboration in a team of 4 designers and 5 devs. Lead concept design, interaction, and UI | UX for Pittsburgh's largest fashion show's website.

I designed and developed the site's home page GLSL particles to create a library of different particle behaviors to fit with this year's identity, and the UI motion.
  • Timeline
    6 months
  • Role
    Co-head, Creative Technologist
  • Tools
    Three.js
  • Tools
    GLSL
  • Tools
    Touchdesigner
  • Tools
    After Effects
  • Tools
    UX | UI
  • Tools
    Figma
  • Contributors
    Suyeon Cha
  • Contributors
    Suanna Zhong
  • Contributors
    Margaret He
  • Contributors
    Xiao Yuan
  • Contributors
    Serena Cai
  • Contributors
    Kaitlyn Ng
  • Contributors
    Lucy Wang

HOME: GLSL Particle system

How can particle motion encapsulate each act?

Act I: Emergence

The dawn of your journey, brimming with hope, passion, and light. Untouched by the world's challenges, yet poised to embrace it all.

Act II: Blossom

In the early steps of your journey, you flourish and grow. You conquer the new horizons, and you can see yourself blooming into the person you have always wanted to be.

Act IV: Embrace

You have walked far, encountering all the pitfalls and flaws of the world, therefore exposing the flaws of you. You have come to realize there is never an end to your journey, but you have come to embrace it.

assets

Site launch promo reel

Site preloader — Touchdesigner

Conceptual archive preloader

Navigation iterations

PROCESS

Particle system v5 Home iterations 1 Home iterations 4 Home iterations 5 Act change animation sequence Particle system v3