Culturally Rooted · Freshly Expressed
I design window displays, cultural installations, and residential interiors that bring culture, atmosphere, and storytelling into space.
View My WorkSelected works in installations, retail displays, and residential interiors.
What I Do
Specializing in installation design, retail window displays, and residential interior design.
Concept and spatial design for cultural installations, exhibitions, and event environments.
Creative window display design for retail spaces, brand launches, and seasonal promotions.
Interior design for residential spaces, including remodeling and spatial planning.
Selected Projects
An immersive Chinese New Year installation transforming a shopping mall corridor through lanterns, color, and spatial rhythm.
Design Lead & Project Chair · Hosted by Emerald Parents Association
A festive cultural display designed for a community celebration, bringing traditional symbolism into a contemporary spatial presentation.
Design Lead & Project Chair · Hosted by Emerald Parents Association
A cultural exhibition window installation combining traditional imagery with contemporary spatial composition to create a striking visual centerpiece.
Hosted by Emerald Parents Association
A series of retail window displays and an indoor vignette created for a kitchen appliance store grand opening, integrating calligraphy and spatial composition to attract attention.
Calligraphy & painting by Ruby Huang
A residential remodel centered around a custom fireplace feature, balancing warmth, material texture, and everyday functionality.
A compact bathroom redesign focused on material clarity, spatial efficiency, and calm atmosphere.
Design Exploration
A bold powder room concept channeling Old Hollywood glamour through high-contrast materials, dramatic lighting, and rich surface detail — designed to make a statement in the smallest of spaces.
Design Exploration
A living room designed around a collector’s sensibility — layering pattern, texture, and curated objects to create a space that feels personal, lived-in, and visually alive.
Design Exploration
A bedroom concept rooted in the warmth of the Mediterranean — terracotta tones, natural textiles, and softly filtered light working together to create a retreat that feels unhurried and deeply restful.
Design Exploration
An entryway designed as a moment of pause — a composed threshold that gently withholds, offering just a glimpse before revealing the indoor-outdoor living room beyond. The peekaboo effect gives the space room to breathe, and the arrival its full weight.
Design Exploration
A bathroom concept grounded in stillness — clean material choices, considered proportions, and a restrained palette that together create a space of quiet clarity and everyday calm.
About
Before stepping into interior design, I spent years working in dance, choreography, and theater as a performer, director, and producer. That experience shaped the way I approach space today — through composition, movement, and storytelling.
Today, my work spans window displays, cultural installations, and residential interiors. I design spaces that bring together visual storytelling, cultural expression, and thoughtful spatial design.
Based in the Seattle area, I collaborate with artists, fabricators, and community organizations to transform ideas into spaces that invite curiosity, connection, and meaning.
If you have a project in mind, I’d love to hear about it.
Get In TouchGet In Touch
Ying Zhou
yingdance@live.com
(425) 445-1045
Sammamish, WA
Mon–Fri 9am – 5pm