PhD in Design
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh · degree awarded June 2026
Curriculum Vitae
Rosie Wu
Practice-based design researcher investigating human authorship in AI-mediated, cross-cultural narrative systems.
rosie.arosycat@gmail.comEducation
MA Illustration
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
MA Printmaking
Nanjing University of the Arts, China
Academic Teaching
Course Organiser · Children’s Picture Book
School of Design, University of Edinburgh · curriculum, lectures, workshops, assignments, assessment and marking support
Tutor · AI & Storytelling
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Tutor · Text Remix
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Tutor · Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Tutor · Ethics of Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Tutor / Teaching Assistant · Design Studio: Illustration (PG)
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Tutor · CodeBase
Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh
Teaching Assistant · Poetry in Animation (UG)
Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Research & Practice
The Infinite Picturebook
Edinburgh Futures Institute-funded project exploring AI-human collaboration, image variation, human curation and rhythm-led sequencing
Pilgrimage to the West
AI-human co-creation project with Childhood Publishing & Agency, Nanjing
Still-night Longings / Silent Picturebook
Doctoral practice exploring silence, visual rhythm, poetic temporality and reader activation
Magic Cloth Picturebook
Tactile rhythm, water-writing cloth, disappearance, embodiment and reader activation
Reimagining Pure Language through the Picturebook Form
Doctoral research across intersemiotic transposition, visual narrative, poetic temporality and human authorship
Publications & Manuscripts
Reimagining Poetry-to-Picturebook Adaptation in the Generative Era
Journal article manuscript on rhythm-led intersemiotic transposition
Poetry Collection of Robert Louis Stevenson
Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House, Jiangsu
Winter Story
Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House
Bottle House
Weekly Journal Early Education, Jiangsu Education Press · ISSN 1005-6017
Starman and Mountain
Final-listed project, Hachette Book Group
1,2,3 Snap!
Childhood Publishing & Agency · ISBN 9787530595190
My Shadow
Poetry illustration, Journal Early Education, Jiangsu Education Press
Kiss Bunny
Weekly Journal Early Education, Jiangsu Education Press · ISSN 1005-6017
Printmaker as Storyteller
Co-editor, children’s picturebook set, China Welfare Institute Publishing House
The Hole?
Tianjin People’s Fine Arts Publishing House
The Complete Works of Shen Congwen
Commissioned illustrator; exhibited in China and Belgium
Professional Experience
Co-editor · Pictorial for Babies
Juvenile & Children’s Publishing House · ISSN 1004-0072
Editor · Copyright Trading · Author
China Welfare Institute Publishing House, Shanghai
Graphic Designer · Printmaker
Independent practice across visual communication, illustration, printmaking and book arts
Awards & Exhibitions
Teaching Award
University of Edinburgh
The Vision
National Illustration Exhibition, Shenzhen
Illustration in the Media
National Printmaking Illustration Exhibition, Wuhan
5th National Printmaking Exhibition
Guan Lan Museum of Chinese Prints, Shenzhen
Solo Exhibition
Rhino Art Space, Nanjing
Solo Exhibition
Gallery T, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Unusual Messages
Fang Yuan Gallery, Beijing · collaboration with Royal Academy of Arts in Ghent
Star Dust and Rainbow
Duo exhibition, Good Art Gallery, Nanjing · with Martin R. Baeyens
Excellent Work
16th National Mini Prints & Ex-libris Exhibition, China
2X2 Made In China
Gallery Epreuve d’Artiste, Antwerp, Belgium
Honorable Mention
7th Contratalla International Bookplate Biennial, Spain
Philosophy in Printmaking
Collaboration with Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
Bronze Award
13th National Mini Prints & Ex-libris Exhibition, Beijing
Skills
Digital storytelling · Creative AI
LLM-supported text experiments, AI-assisted writing and image workflows, prompt design, web presentation and mobile-first sequencing
Studio and interdisciplinary learning
Curriculum design, workshops, critique, tutorials, assessment, project documentation and reflective practice
Chinese · English
Chinese native speaker; English for UK higher education teaching, research and professional communication
References available on request.