Where is Wu Yong from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts from?

Wu Yong was born in Wuhan, Hubei in 1965. In 1984, he was admitted to the Department of Decoration of the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts, majoring in book binding, and graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts (now the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University).

In May 2022, the illustrations of the People's Education Press mathematics textbook caused controversy and became a hot topic. Some netizens said that the eyes of the characters in the illustrations were strange and had no sense of beauty. Pictures posted online show that the controversial illustrations come from the People's Education Press primary school mathematics textbook, covering grades one to six, which was approved in 2012 or 2013. The layout design and illustrations come from Wu Yong Design Studio in Beijing. In this way, Beijing Wu Yong Design Studio became a hot search, and its founder Wu Yong became the focus of everyone's attention.

Wu Yong is a designer and the founder of Wu Yong Design Studio in Beijing. He used to be the director, professor and master's tutor of visual communication at Changjiang College of Art and Design, Shantou University. Wu Yong's nationality is shown to be Chinese, but where he is from has not been disclosed.