Yanqiao Jiang's IWD lettering design celebrates women supporting women

Creatives can use lettering as a visual voice to show solidarity, spark conversation, and support collective action in challenging gender inequality.

Every year, Typism partners with International Women’s Day to celebrate creativity, visibility, and community.

For 2026, the theme is Give To Gain - a reminder that when we share our time, skills, and support, we strengthen everyone. This year’s challenge invites lettering artists to explore what generosity, collaboration, and collective growth look like through letterforms.

Here, we shine a spotlight on one such creative, Yanqiao Jiang, and showcase her impressive IWD 2026 Give to Gain design.

Finding strength through support

In her International Women’s Day artwork supporting the Give To Gain campaign, graphic designer Yanqiao Jiang focuses on the idea of women strengthening one another through shared support.

Conveying diversity among women

Yanqiao built her piece around geometric forms to convey the diversity within the female community. 

Each shape reflects a different identity, experience, or contribution, and their interlocking arrangement shows how individual gestures combine to create a more unified and empowered whole.

Specializing in cross-cultural design

Yanqiao is a professional graphic designer with a Doctor of Visual Arts degree and an alumnus of the Queensland College of Art (QCA) at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. 

With a wealth of experience in branding and corporate communication projects, Yanqiao specializes in exploring cross-cultural design. Her strengths include brand design, offering relevant design support to various departments, especially in typeface design and asset delivery, and collaborating with professional companies to deliver design assets within budget. 

Yanqiao has worked for multiple organizations, from corporations with multiple brands in China to the Griffith University Creative Arts Research Institute as a designer and curator.

She has also organized events for the Creative Arts Research Institute, providing guidance and assistance in launching events.

Share your creative talent with the world

Get involved with the annual IWD Lettering Challenge by creating your own piece and share your creative spirit with the world. 

Post your creation on your social media feeds using the hashtags #IWD2026 #GiveToGain #IWDtypism for a chance to be featured.

Together, let's Give to Gain and help forge gender equality through abundant giving.