Shenhui Meng is a designer and curator with a doctoral degree in design. He graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Berlin University of the Arts, and Macau University of Science and Technology. His practice spans brand identity, visual communication, packaging, product, and spatial design, with projects in corporate branding, cultural and creative industries, major public events, and exhibition curation. His clients and collaborators include Huawei, Shenzhen Capital Group, China Resources, First Capital Securities, Gree, Huafa Group, Shenzhen Urban Planning and Design Institute, Tencent, Shanxi Cultural Tourism, Jinlongyu, the Zeng Fanzhi Art Foundation, New York-based fashion label Snow Xue Gao, Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Xuanling Jewelry, and Shisanyu, among others.
Since 2024, Meng has led and contributed to the visual design of several major national events. He served as lead designer for the visual identity of the welcome banquet and cultural performances at the 2024 Forum on China–Africa Cooperation Summit and the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit. In 2026, he designed the main visual for the welcome banquet hosted by President Xi Jinping for U.S. President Donald Trump, as well as the stage visuals for a concert celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. His work for these events has been praised by Chinese national leaders and heads of state from more than 40 countries, and he has received commendation from China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Meng is Executive Vice Chairman of the 12th Council of the Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA), Vice President of the Guangdong Alumni Association of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, a member of the Color Education Committee of the China Fashion & Color Association, and a member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the China National Democratic Construction Association. He is an Adjunct Professor at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and Shenzhen University, and a Distinguished Research Fellow at Shenzhen Polytechnic University. He is also the founder and art director of CM Chengmei Design. He has been recognized as a Shenzhen High-Level Talent in the digital economy and named to the Forbes China 30 Under 30 list and the Forbes China Young Overseas Returnees Elite list.
His work has received the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, the New York Type Directors Club (TDC) Award, a Pentawards Gold Award, and a MUSE Design Awards Gold Award, as well as honors from A’ Design Award, the New York Product Design Awards, the International Design Awards (IDA), and the London Design Awards. His work has been selected for the Second National Graphic Design Exhibition organized by the China Artists Association, the National Book Design Art Exhibition, the Shanghai·Asia Graphic Design Biennial, the Shenzhen 40th Anniversary Design Exhibition, the International Poster Triennial in Toyama, the Trnava International Poster Triennial, the Leipzig International Poster Exhibition, and Graphic Matters in the Netherlands, among others. It has been exhibited in Germany, the Netherlands, South Korea, and Japan, and is held in the collection of the German National Library.
In exhibition curation and design research, Meng has served as executive curator of Thirty Years of Design: Chinese Graphic Design Through the Lens of Shenzhen, curator of China in Gifts: A Cultural and Creative Exhibition, and executive curator of Zi Shengtai. He was also co-curator of the Design Integration Pavilion at Design Box, part of the China Construction Expo in Guangzhou. He has contributed to the planning and coordination of projects including the Shenzhen 40th Anniversary Design Exhibition and the 2020 Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area International Design Exhibition. His writing and research have appeared in Shenzhen Culture and History, Shandong Arts, Yangtze River Arts Review, and Journal of Art and Design Studies, covering topics such as Shenzhen graphic design, urban culture, and brand development.
