Ruidi Yang is a multidisciplinary designer and artist working across theatre, performance, and interior design. With a background in scenic design, interior design, and performance studies, her practice investigates the relationship between space, narrative, and spectatorship, with particular interest in how spatial design shapes the ways audiences observe, experience, and engage with a story.

Approaching space as a medium for perception, interaction, and imagination, Ruidi works across physical and conceptual environments to explore how design can create conditions for unique perspectives, learning, and participation. Her work draws on contemporary theory and experimental methods, often blurring the boundaries between theatrical and everyday spatial experience.

Ruidi received her BFA in Interior Design with highest honors from Pratt Institute and is currently pursuing an MFA in Scenic Design at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Her work has received recognition from the MUSE Design Awards and French Design Awards, including Gold awards for her scenic design of La clemenza di Tito. Her undergraduate thesis, Performative Pavilion, was featured in Dezeen School Shows 2024 and explored how performative perspectives could be embedded within public space through a conceptual redevelopment of Pier 76 in Hudson River Park.