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Northy is a designer and artist currently based in New York. 

Operating across mediums, Northy designs objects, communication, and experience. Informed by a deep passion and understanding in the fields of art direction, technology, and cultural study, her work is highly conceptual and speculative. She has served a broad spectrum of clients, including Nike, Apple, littleBits, Tiffany & Co., etc.

In her art practice, Northy co-founded the collective writing platform NERVEMILK, garnering a significant following in the Chinese-speaking world. She has also established the product company Emergency Use Only, offering a collection of tools and supplies that serve to soothe the frivolous urges of adult life. She has recently published a poetry anthology called WIFI-POET, documenting poems formed by lines of WIFI network names, collectively written and edited by a group of strangers.

Northy holds an MFA degree in Industrial Design from Rhode Island School of Design.

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