VERA YUAN

Vera Yuan is a Partner at karlssonwilker, where she leads client relations, business development, and long-term partnerships for the New York–based design studio.

Having worked with karlssonwilker for many years, Vera plays a key role in shaping how the studio collaborates with cultural institutions, nonprofit organizations, and international clients. She oversees client engagement from initial conversations through ongoing relationships, ensuring clarity, trust, and continuity across complex, long-term projects.

Vera works closely with the studio’s partners to align strategic goals, scope, and process, supporting projects that span brand identity, exhibition design, wayfinding, environmental graphics, and cultural programming. Her role is central to maintaining the studio’s close-knit working model and its emphasis on meaningful, sustained collaborations rather than transactional engagements.

Based in New York City, Vera Yuan is a Partner at karlssonwilker and the primary point of contact for clients and institutional collaborators.