Elina Lin
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Elina Lin

 

 

Designer & Photographer

San Francisco

 
 
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Learning to be,
always becoming

A mental health advocate and founding designer of a meditation platform Simple Habit, Elina’s work is rooted in self-empowerment, healing, and mindfulness. Her purpose is to create accessible tools and facilitate stories of positive change as a way to elevate, inspire, and connect humanity.

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Collaborations

 
 
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Specialties

 
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UX/UI DESIGN

Strategy ▪︎ User Research ▪︎ Ideation ▪︎ Prototyping ▪︎ Specs ▪︎ Contact for detailed portfolio

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
— Aristotle
 
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Recent works

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Design for mindfulness
Design for mindfulness

Simple Habit ▪︎ Award-winning ▪︎ Consumer ▪︎ Cross-platform

Graphic design
Graphic design

Polaroid ▪︎ For fun

Design for data
Design for data

Amplitude ▪︎ Enterprise ▪︎ Analytics

Graphic design
Graphic design

South Beach, Miami ▪︎ For fun

Design for community
Design for community

Consumer ▪︎ Startups

Photoshoot 🎵
Photoshoot 🎵

Air Apparent

Concert coverage 🎵
Concert coverage 🎵

G-Eazy

 
 

Cultivate your creative flow

Get insights on managing day-to-day creativity, no matter your day job (Stay tuned)

 
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Latest inspirations


"Design, at it's core, is optimistic. It's the call to change 'what is' into 'what ought to be'“


Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

 

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Personal adventures

Last year, I traveled with my mom to visit her hometown, Shanghai. A city of beautiful contrasts, with half demolished European buildings next to record-breaking skyscrapers, Shanghai is historically known for its impressive and rapid adaptation to modern international businesses and cultures since the 1800s. ⁣ ⁣ My mom grew up during the cultural revolution, in an old English mansion that was crammed to fit dozens of families to an unhealthy capacity. When I visited in 1998, I saw the remaining rubbles through a small tear of a covered fence. In its place today, is a Body & Soul Yoga club on the corner of a hip shopping walkway boasting with hotpot, Mexican food, and ice cream crepes. ⁣ ⁣ I remember my first time in Shanghai, I had the odd sense of belonging to a culture and group of people I never knew, as I heard strangers speak my first language Shanghainese. Today, the dialect is fading quickly, as generations of youth have adapted to modern standards. With every subsequent occasion we visited, my mom was less and less able to point evidence to her childhood, as the alterations of her home transitioned from physical changes of buildings, to more dramatic shifts in culture and language.⁣ ⁣ @seth_globepainter ’s “Like Child’s Play” exhibit at @moca_Shanghai brings to attention the traditional China that is disappearing, adding murals to the half-crumbling buildings that stand in Shanghai today as the last traces of what once was. In every piece, color and light is gifted to the “lost generation” of children who grew up during a turbulent and poverty-ridden era, condemned to a life without proper education, fed more propaganda than food. In his artwork, Globetrotter immerses us with the joy and wonder that was echoed through hopscotch and hide-and-seek games amongst alleyways of homes that no longer exist. ⁣ ⁣ This was like a magical portal that helped release my mom’s childhood spirit, and we both got to meet her here ❤️⁣✨ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #moca #shanghai #china #art #mural #culturalrevolution #childhood #children #bittersweet #history #colors #memories #hopscotch #city #gentrification #storytime
Hello, I met Andy.⁣ ⁣ “Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?” - Andy Warhol (1928-1987)⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #andywarhol #modernart #sfmoma #moma #selfportrait #selfie #selca #art #mao #marilynmonroe
There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes “What the hell is water?” - David Foster Wallace⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #shotoniphone #thisiswater #hongkong #nightscape #blackandwhite #streetphotography #literaturequotes #shotoniphonex #blackandwhitephotography #consciousness
Pay attention—⁣ these things come without warning⁣ did you hear about the catastrophic asteroid disaster?⁣ well as of late ⁣ i’ve been dancing awkwardly with these tectonic plates⁣ prepped a pool party for the next tsunami⁣ look for the eight hundred thousand flamingo floaters,⁣ different colors⁣ ⁣ Pay attention —⁣ to the lightning without clouds ⁣ to the rain on desert sand⁣ to the unexpectedness, as expected⁣ ⁣ Pay attention —⁣ when getting too comfortable ⁣ your life, it’s drawn on a small time table⁣ ⁣ Pay attention —⁣ to your breath, did you set your intention?⁣ savor each moment⁣ as we will all meet death⁣ ⁣ Pay attention —⁣ to the aching of your mind⁣ to the beating of your soul⁣ to how you pay up your time⁣ ⁣ 🌙 ⁣ Acrylics 18x24 #poetry #musings #abstractart #paint #acrylics #darkmood #chaos #gesturalpaintings #mentalhealth #mindfulness #yoga #namaste #abstract #art #acrylicart #gallery #sanfrancisco #twilight #artistsoninstagram #mindfulnessart #anxiety #anxietyrelief #anxietyquote #anxietyhelp
看一看👀⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #shotoniphone #hongkong #streetphotography #nightphotography #streetfood #nightlife #neonlights #cityscape
Anxiety left on canvas⁣ Inner peace beside madness⁣ ⁣ Soul⁣ Love⁣ Kindness⁣ Say hello self, meet Acceptance⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #anxiety #abstractart #madness #abstract #painting #mindfulness #selfacceptance #poetry