About Me
AI-generated me from parallel universes that is 100% synthetic.
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Nix Liu Xin is a director, working with time-based media no matter it's film, motion, AR/VR or performance; a designer, creating spaces and objects with various formal manipulations; a maker, implementing idea into phygital installations engaging both physical and digital worlds.
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Nix Liu Xin is a mixed-reality director and designer. He works on various mediums such as filmmaking, motion visual arts, spatial design, XR experiences, and volumetric photography (3D scan). His practice centers around the connections of digital and physical realities, merging architecture, form, movement, visual effects, color, and sound.
As the founder and creative director of Play.Work, Nix has collaborated with Mercedes-Benz, Burberry, Bosie, Chris Lee (Li Yuchun), London Fashion Week, Microsoft, Miss Grit, NYLON, Polestar Cars, SCI-Arc Robot Lab, Victor Ma (Ma Boqian), Wallpaper, WhatWorld Club, etc., to create bespoke films and music videos fusing CGI virtual and live-action real worlds.
Nix is currently a Master in Design Studies (Media/Technology) candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He holds an M.Arch 2 degree from SCI-Arc; and a B.A. in Architecture with an Honors degree from the University of Liverpool where his graduation project was awarded the Sheppard Robson Jicwood Prize.
Nix was endowed with numerous awards. To name a few: he won the first prize of the prestigious CGarchitect 3D Awards 2020 and was nominated in 2019; he was selected as one of 12 artists to hold solo exhibitions at Lianzhou Foto Festival in 2019. Recently, Nix co-curated the international New Digital Design Forum, and invited world-renowned artists, designers, and professors to bridge the communication of Post-Digital culture between west and east. Nix has been invited to give guest lectures and speakings at UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, Tongji University, Gensler SF, etc. Additionally, his works have been exhibited at World Trade Center in New York City, Los Angeles, Liverpool, Beijing, Suzhou, Shanghai, and so on.
Recent Work
Mercedes-Benz, Re-TROS - At Mosp Here (Music Video)
NOWNESS Experiments Phygital Supermarket
The Era of bosie
Contact & Links
📧 E-Mail liuxin@mit.edu / nix@liuxin.com
🌐 Website liuxin.com
📷 Instagram @nixliuxin
🎥 IMDB imdb.me/liuxin
▶️ Vimeo vimeo.com/liuxin
👔 LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/nixliuxin
Fun Fact
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I ride Freestyle BMX since 2009, until upon learning architecture.
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I am a roller coaster lover, a Diamond Elite VIP Member of Six Flags (even though I don't like their new business model after pandemic), having ride most of the top roller coasters.