Thanks to @YiyingLu, I can finally come clean about my terrible whale riding addiction: http://bit.ly/cbaajJ#conanpalewhale#conanreturns
— Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien) November 8, 2010
Amazing Fail Whale artist @YiyingLu did a special piece of artwork just for us! May we present the #conanpalewhale – http://bit.ly/deGifO — Team Coco (@TeamCoco) November 8, 2010
ever wonder who created the fail whale? now you know = http://bit.ly/mA7w3 — ashton kutcher (@aplusk) October 22, 2009
Twitter fact: Ms. @YiyingLu CREATED the fail whale. /via @AlohaArleen @LanceUlanoff
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) July 19, 2010
http://twitpic.com/2hhiv – Look what I got in the post today!! Trying it on mid pj changeover. Love the fail whale! ahhh….xxx — Imogen Heap (@imogenheap) March 27, 2009
How exciting for my beloved friend @yiyinglu to be recognized for her awesomeness and talent in Forbes…. https://t.co/6vHTeY4gSk
— Marla Schulman (@DvinMsM) March 31, 2016
My @Forbes interview w/ @gregory abt how @YiyingLu @MCHammer @SHAQ @pepsi & @knightfdn launched the @shortyawards : http://t.co/c8oIA35u2z
— Emma Johnson (@JohnsonEmma) March 10, 2015
wow @YiyingLu just checked out your website http://t.co/1p38VuBOs2 – you’re amazing!
— Andrea Barrica (@abarrica) August 6, 2015
Thanks to the amazing @yiyinglu our CAMP pooch got a badass makeover! pic.twitter.com/UBzG4btKhR
— China Australia (@china_australia) March 16, 2015
#goap goodness just met @YiyingLu of @500Startups the amazing artist who created “lifting a dreamer” aka #failwhale https://t.co/NAoMZ8kd4V
— Ozan Sönmez (@mrozansonmez) December 5, 2015
Gigantic thanks to our amazing illustrator @YiyingLu & all our badass sponsors who said YES! http://t.co/MmxjyUE3oN pic.twitter.com/OeOPYS4KJ8
— Yes and Yes Yes (@YxYY) July 12, 2013
QR code should always look this beautifulhuff.to/K6WO17 — HuffPost Arts (@HuffPostArts) June 7, 2012
QR codes get gussied up in ‘Beautiful Traps,’ become art (video) – engt.co/K9n0l6 — Engadget (@engadget) June 4, 2012
QR codes get the art treatment with @YiyingLu‘s stunning designs/branding innovations. hunt.to/155149 via @YiyingLu #art — Trend Hunter (@trendhunter) June 5, 2012
Elegantly integrating QR codes with these flesh-eating flowers Yiying Lu creates fashion masterpieces su.pr/1PCA0N #QRcode — Microsoft Tag (@microsofttag) June 5, 2012
Fail Whale artist @YiyingLu hides QR code traps in illustrations, on-msn.com/NHqeQP — msnNOW (@msnNOW) June 6, 2012
@RomanBCC @offthemeathook @YiYinglu is one of my FAV tweople ever! Creative, positive, beautiful, fun & talented!
— Arleen Boyd (@AlohaArleen) July 14, 2010
SO much fun working with designer of Twitter’s Fail Whale @yiyinglu and profiling her on our blog! blog.visual.ly/visually-marke… via @visually
— Aleksandra Todorova (@Aleks_Todorova) January 25, 2013
Know what’s better than an #infographic? An infographic GIF! 2012 in review – by yiying lu designboom.com/art/2012-in-re…
— Sonny Johns (@SonnyJohns) December 27, 2012
QR code should always look this beautifulhuff.to/K6WO17 — SVA Continuing Ed (@SVAContinuingEd) June 12, 2012
Beautiful Traps, Carnivorous QR Code Art & Stop Motion by Yiying Lu dlvr.it/1gNHmP
— Laughing Squid (@LaughingSquid) June 4, 2012
#QR codes would be a lot more popular if @YiyingLu was given free-reign with them ow.ly/bzUQS — Mail Media Centre (@MailMediaCentre) June 15, 2012
Yiying Lu, the original illustrator of #Twitter‘s #failwhale, is interviewed over on @mashable: http://crmag.co.uk/dsByVL
— Creative Review (@CreativeReview) August 2, 2010
QR Code based Art and Fashionyiyinglu.com/mo via: @YiyingLu
— Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) August 7, 2011
“Fail Whale” and SXSWi bag designer Yiying Lu designs a QR code that’s not hideously ugly – engt.co/KYbsnH
— Omar L. Gallaga (@omarg) June 4, 2012
I absolutely #LOVE the artistic evolution of the bland QR code. #progression mashable.com/2012/06/05/qr-… thanks for the heads up @mashable
— Peter Day (@pday875) June 5, 2012
Yiying Lu’s stunning stop motion video of QR codes and carnivorous plants huff.to/LfDKg9
— HuffPost Arts (@HuffPostArts) June 4, 2012
The only reason to ever use a QR code. RT @DBYBRN: Beautiful QR traps by Yiying Lu bit.ly/MyxnQd — Herman Yung (@Doobybrain) June 11, 2012
QR codes never looked so tasteful! goo.gl/TUY08 fb.me/1EZc6IN7U — Heritage Advertising (@HeritageAgency) June 11, 2012
Beautiful QR Code Art: While there’s a lot of barcode art out there, artist Yiying Lu takes it to another level … bit.ly/NsP9uW — Barcode Mel (@BarcodingBlog) June 15, 2012
‘Tis great MT @mqkansil: Awesome wall art by @YiyingLu and @walls360 going up for #deepoceans bit.ly/NurKcF — Australian Museum (@austmus) June 16, 2012
Great interview with WALLS 360 Creative Director + Global Evangelist: Yiying Lu http://om.ly/BRrpD (Disclosure: I advise the company)
— Guy Kawasaki (@GuyKawasaki) April 13, 2011
Amazing QR Code Art & Stop Motion Goodness by Yiying Lu: I know young people are supposed to be hip and tech-sav… bit.ly/LjDLNG — BUST Magazine (@bust_magazine) June 8, 2012
Really cool digital art project by the illustrator of Twitter, @YiyingLu (who we met at #SxSWi!) ow.ly/bqPMR — BallywhoSocial (@BallywhoSocial) June 7, 2012
#Advertising Yiying Lu: Beautiful Traps: Artist and blogger at Walls360.com Yiyung Lu created incredible… bit.ly/KKZm4q — Yiva (@yivanetwork) June 7, 2012
The paintbrush is mightier than the app. @YiyingLu has done what no one else could: Make me want to use QR codes bit.ly/M9iqaA — Greg Galant (@gregory) June 3, 2012
Creative! RT @trendhunter QR codes get the art treatment with @YiyingLu‘s stunning designs/branding innovations. hunt.to/155149 — JK (@JasKhosa) June 5, 2012
Digital Barcode Art Illustrations – Yiying Lu Creates Beautiful Hand-Drawn QR Codes #Marketing:bit.ly/LiRdCh — Trend Hunter Market (@th_market) June 5, 2012
Digital Barcode Art Illustrations – Yiying Lu Creates Beautiful Hand-Drawn QR Codes #Tech:bit.ly/LiRdCh — Trend Hunter Tech (@th_tech) June 5, 2012
Digital Barcode Art Illustrations – Yiying Lu Creates Beautiful Hand-Drawn QR Codes #Modern:bit.ly/LiRdCh — Trend Hunter Modern (@th_modern) June 5, 2012
QR codes – the ugliest things imaginable. Except when they are done by @yiyinglu yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=cre… — Ed Owen (@owen_ed) June 12, 2012
This is awesome #QRcode art – if only they all looked so good! ow.ly/boUxj — QR Code Generator (@QRQuickCode) June 6, 2012
RT@mashable Painted QR Code Shows Beauty Behind the Trend by Artist @YiyingLu on.mash.to/KMtjjb @creativesydney @soya_ @MCA_Australia — SpiritofYouthAwards (@SOYA_) June 6, 2012
So cool! Tech meets art! RT @HuffPostArts: QR code should always look this beautifulhuff.to/K6WO17 #edtech #art #QRcode — Andrea McCoy (@AndreaMHS) June 7, 2012
Yiying Lu, artista incorpora códigos QR en preciosas ilustraciones bit.ly/Lv59qT — ArteSpain.com (@SpainArte) June 5, 2012
An ingenious way of using QR codes ow.ly/bs3Qh — Storyboards Online (@StoryboardsIAS) June 11, 2012
#QR codes get the art treatment with @YiyingLu‘s stunning designs/branding innovations. hunt.to/155149 via @YiyingLu #art — Schari Paul (@SchariPaul) June 5, 2012
【ツイッターくじら】（Twitter Fail Whale）で有名なアーティスト イーイン・ルー（Yiying Lu）がおしゃれな手描きQRシリーズを発表。美しい出来栄え！ bit.ly/KTJgnl — Atsushi Fukuda (@fukudadesuga) June 7, 2012
I hate QR codes with a passion but Yiying Lu found a way to make it aesthetically pleasing.ow.ly/brW4v via @stealingsand #fb — Yung Tsai (@yungtsai) June 8, 2012
Brilliant work. @yiyinglu ftw! bit.ly/K4oP4B — Arvind V (@arvindv) June 3, 2012
Art + #QR Codes = Sheer awesomeness ow.ly/bsmKP — QR Living (@QRLiving) June 8, 2012
Yiying Lu’s ‘beautiful traps’ show stunning QR code arthuff.to/K6WO17 — HuffPost Arts (@HuffPostArts) June 4, 2012
The (Real) Art of QR Codes: creativity-online.com/news/yiying-lu… — MichaelDavid Geppelt (@davidgeppelt) June 8, 2012
#FF @YiyingLu for her wonderful art projects — Boris Lzy (@BorisLusczynski) June 8, 2012
QR codes are not everyone’s cup of tea, but could be if @yiyinglu has her way ow.ly/by2dj — Mail Media Centre (@MailMediaCentre) June 13, 2012
This might be the most captivating use of QR codes I’ve seen. Which makes the name, ‘Beautiful Traps’ strangely apt: goo.gl/cIHx0 — Luke Sholer (@LukeSholer) June 7, 2012
Clever & beautiful watercolours by artist Yiying Lu. Maybe augmented reality or a QR Code by the side would be better? goo.gl/qmwpw — Graeme Golden (@GraemeGolden) June 6, 2012
Beautiful Traps QR Code Art & Stop Motion: Yiying Lu yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=cre… via @yiyinglu @walls360 — Wakefield (@Wakefield) June 4, 2012
Yiying Lu’s ‘Beautiful Traps’ Shows Stunning #QR Code Art.. ow.ly/bBseH — digitall (@digitall_cds) June 15, 2012
HERE is a creative use for QR codes: laughingsquid.com/beautiful-trap… #Watercolor #Design #QRcode — BMunich (@PinkyTurtles) June 4, 2012
.@YiyingLu (famous for creating Twitter’s Fail Whale) creates a painting with QR codes! on.mash.to/KadXqx #design #tech — GIRLS WHO ROCK (@girlswhorockny) June 6, 2012
超赞“I hate QR codes with a passion but Yiying Lu found a way to make it aesthetically pleasing.ow.ly/brW4v via @stealingsand #fb” — Tsung W.✪ (@ioNull) June 12, 2012
Very cool! RT @failwhale: you might like @yiyinglu‘s new #QRcode Art project:bit.ly/L5vATn — Tappinn(@Tappinn) June 3, 2012
Un QCode così non l’avete mai vistoow.ly/bwMYF @YiyingLu #sapevatelo — Disegni Diversi (@DisegniDiversi) June 13, 2012
Cómo hacer códigos QR al estilo Yiying Lu vimeo.com/43246515# — Brand Quo (@brandquo_mkt) June 15, 2012
So AWESOME! Creating Digital Art: Beautiful Traps QR Code Art Project by Yiying Lu blog.walls360.com/creating-digit… via @walls360 — ContentTechniques (@ContentTechLV) June 5, 2012
La creadora de la ballena en Twitter, @Yiying Lu, hace obras de arte con códigos QR. #SocialMedia #Design ow.ly/bqJz3 — RIA (@RIAmexico) June 7, 2012
The fail whale artist’s latest masterpiece: QR codes & carnivorous plants (via @HuffPostArts) huff.to/LfDKg9 — FrancieGrace (@FrancieGrace) June 5, 2012
@YiyingLu Thank you for your wonderful QR code art. I love the style. — floyd celluloyd (@floyd_celluloyd) June 5, 201
Schöne QR Code Kunst von Yiying Lu ow.ly/bmTCg #qr #qrcodes #art — floyd celluloyd (@floyd_celluloyd) June 5, 2012
Best use of QR codes huff.to/Lhr86x and carnivorous plants. — MalcolmGrearDesigner (@MGDesigners) June 4, 2012
@YiyingLu post about your amazing work bit.ly/JYhcRW — QRdressCode (@QRBoy) June 4, 2012
QR codes need refining? Look at @YiyingLu‘s work ow.ly/bwyHj fail whale designer and @walls360 director — Mail Media Centre (@MailMediaCentre) June 12, 2012
Hi @YiyingLu – I LOVE your Carnivorous Plant QR codes! Truly amazing work!!! — Sarracenia Dude (@SarraceniaDude) June 6, 2012
“beautiful traps”: QR codes incorporated into lovely paintings of women wearing carnivorous plant hats. creativity-online.com/news/yiying-lu… — The Hyperfactory (@thehyperfactory) June 7, 2012
awesome article combining art & tech Yiying Lu’s ‘Beautiful Traps’ Shows Stunning QR Code Art (VIDEO) huff.to/K6Xsf2 via @HuffPostArts — Artsicle (@Artsicle) June 5, 2012
#QRCode Art by @YiyingLu shows us the beauty in #marketing. True Creativity [VIDEO] vimeo.com/yiyinglu/httpv… — Critical Mention (@criticalmention) June 5, 2012
Painted #QRcode takes the vehicle a step farther in to consumer engagement vimeo.com/yiyinglu/httpv… — Mark Skroch (@mskroch) June 5, 2012
QR Codes + #Art = Great #Marketing: vimeo.com/yiyinglu/httpv… — Octavio Cisneros (@OctavioCisneros) June 5, 2012
innovative QR art by @YiyingLu yiyinglu.com/bt — Prerna Gupta (@prernagupta) June 3, 2012
Impressive Yiying Lu’s ‘Beautiful Traps’ Shows Stunning QR Code Art (VIDEO) huff.to/K6Xsf2 via @HuffPostArts — Baterbys Art Gallery (@baterbys) June 4, 2012
A beautiful way to integrate a #qrcode vimeo.com/yiyinglu/httpv… — Christina R (@InsomniacFox) June 5, 2012
This work is great: Beautiful Traps QR Code Art Project by Yiying Luhttp://vimeo.com/yiyinglu/httpvimeocombeautifultraps — Mauro Cavalletti (@mauro_sf) June 7, 2012
Gorgeous!! –> Beautiful Traps QR Code Art & Stop Motion from @yiyinglubuff.ly/M9iqaA — Melanie Kansil (@mqkansil) June 5, 2012
#Tech Painted QR Code Shows the Beauty Behind the Trend [VIDEO]: Yiying Lu — the Australian-based artist fam… bit.ly/M9wGAQ — Sergio Ruíz SEO (@sergioaruizh) June 5, 2012
This video is great – Creating Digital Art: Beautiful Traps QR Code Art Project by Yiying Lu vimeo.com/43246515 — joe brown (@designdough) June 6, 2012
Kan QR koder vara konst?Stop motion video av konstverk med inbakade QR koderyiyinglu.com/?portfolio=cre… — LBi Sweden (@LBiSweden) June 6, 2012
another awesome @YiyingLu project – clap clap clap! — Jen Lyle (@anffej) June 6, 2012
Painted QR Code Shows the Beauty Behind the Trend [VIDEO]: Yiying Lu — the artist who created the Twitter whale… bit.ly/NHsyr3 — GenerateQRcode (@GenerateQRcode) June 6, 2012
RT @HuffPostArts: QR code should always look this beautifulow.ly/1NlTyg — SJQuiltMuseum (@SJQuiltMuseum) June 7, 2012
Doing it right. “@YiyingLu: Beautiful Traps QR Code Illustration & Stop Motion Animation yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=cre…#ART #TECH” — AdBuzz (@Ad_Buzz) June 3, 2012
Codigos QR también presentes en el Arte!! 😉 dld.bz/b4r3K — Tecno Link (@tecnolink) June 11, 2012
QR codes do NOT have to be boring goo.gl/W2Nsa — Gareth Thomas (@bulstrom) June 5, 2012
Today’s company spotlight interviews designer Yiying Lu, who shares her tips on using social media to open doors!… fb.me/11EjVD4Ra — Creativeinnovation (@c_innovation) May 28, 2012
#DiceTip Conversation Bubbles wall art flic.kr/p/c2Z763 produced by @Walls360 -Excellent job creating our vision! #RIS12 @YiyingLu — Dice.com (@EmployersonDice) May 21, 2012
@YiyingLu @Walls360 your/our @tracky stickers got included in @garyvee‘s latest thank you gift box! bit.ly/K14ZJe #win — David Gosse (@davidgosse) May 10, 2012
@suesthegrl@FITC Yes! I love it – it perfectly communicates the idea that making mistakes is OK. Thanks @YiyingLu for the great work 🙂 — Denise Jacobs (@denisejacobs) April 26, 2012
@denisejacobs Agreed! Gr8 illustration for the thought. I had the privilege of hanging out w/ @yiyinglu at #SxSWi this year. Very talented! — Sue Holland (@suesthegrl) April 26, 2012
@YiyingLu It was truly an honor & great pleasure to meet such a wonderful spirit! Thx for the signed #DiceConnect poster at #SXSW! @Walls360 — Laura Gaulke (@allauremkt) March 20, 2012
Super happy it made it from Texas to @invoke in one piece. Thanks @yiyinglu! #sxsw — Corey Dilley (@CoreyDilley) March 19, 2012
I love that she quotes @DanielPink Sneak Peek: SXSW Interactive Big Bag by Yiying Lu | sxsw.com sxsw.com/node/10122 — Terry Coniglio (@LYFTterry) February 6, 2012
#SXSW #interactive I met the editor for Life mag, but I’m more excited about meeting the designer of #failwhale @YiyingLu is so fun & cute! — claire (@claire5pointO) March 11, 2012
Meet my design crush: tangrams. “@YiyingLu: @Bill_Shapiro here comes the tangrams!yfrog.com/kje62hjpj”
— Bill Shapiro (@Bill_Shapiro) March 11, 2012
Just heard @YiyingLu talk about how the Twitter Fail Whale came to be… pretty cool #SXSWi
— Autumn McReynolds (@AutumnMcRey) March 12, 2012
Got a Fail Whale print signed by @yiyinglu. So cool!twitpic.com/8vgrip — Carla Saavedra(@SamsungCarla) March 12, 2012
Registration complete, love this year’s bag design by @yiyinglu! #sxsw twitter.com/catpoetry/stat… — Cat Posey (@catpoetry) March 9, 2012
Big Thank You to @YiyingLu for my signed sxsw sticker! Now I need to score a “Fail Whale” one for my new apt! 🙂 twitpic.com/8vh1li — Damaris Toma (@DamarisToma) March 12, 2012
So cool, just met @YiyingLu @sxsw Another great talented Aussie!! #walls360 # twitter.com/B4Brett/status…
— Brett Barber (@B4Brett) March 12, 2012
I’m going to stop calling it @YiyingLu ‘s “Fail Whale” and rename it the more friendly “Wind Beneath My Fins” bit.ly/wIzB3a
— John Martzall (@JMartzall) March 13, 2012
My #SxSW pride & joy; A print of the #Twitter #FailWhale signed by its talented creator, @Walls360‘s @YiYingLu. twitpic.com/8w8u0r — Sue Holland (@suesthegrl) March 14, 2012
Absolutely love it! “@YiyingLu: Sneak Peek: SXSW Interactive Big Bag by Yiying Lu | sxsw.com sxsw.com/node/10122” — Kelly Krause (@kelljokrause) February 7, 2012
なんか可愛いデザイン。笑。SXSW2012 Interactive Big Bag ! fb.me/1lnmBjwTp — Yokohama Bears (@rm0416) February 7, 2012
Twitter Fail Whale creator Yiying Lu designed this year’s #SXSW Interactive bag – bit.ly/z3TOrv WANT.
— Omar L. Gallaga (@omarg) February 6, 2012
Double WANT! RT: @omarg: Twitter Fail Whale creator Yiying Lu designed this year’s #SXSW Interactive bag – bit.ly/z3TOrv WANT.
— Logan Youree (@loganWTF) February 6, 2012
Can’t wait! ♡ “@kelljokrause: Absolutely love it! “Sneak Peek: SXSW Interactive Big Bag by @YiyingLu sxsw.com/node/10122”” #sxswi — Jennifer Glasgow (@awstn_jglo) February 7, 2012
One of my South By Southwest highlights: Meeting this girl who drew the Twitter Fail Whale!!! ow.ly/9KC1f #cult #hero #sxsw #sxswi — Kris Krüg (@kk) March 19, 2012
5 Minutes on The Verge: Yiying Lu @yiyinglu on the fail whale, her design process, and first memory of the internet bit.ly/zeV5A1 — The Verge (@verge) February 1, 2012
Today’s been so crazy I didn’t even share this. A fascinating interview with the designer of Twitter’s fail whale. theverge.com/2012/2/1/27518… — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) February 2, 2012
I love the original 🙂 RT @TweetSmarter: Artist explains how “fail whale” graphic came about: bit.ly/x7xhuT — itswendylou (@itswendylou) February 2, 2012
goo.gl/UUoSJ verge这个采访很有意思，原来twitter宕机时的“大白鲸”是个上海女生创作的，她的twitter 是 @yiyinglu — Baiken (@Baiken_WE) February 2, 2012
RT @ScottBeale: @YiyingLu earlier this year at her @ShortyAwards art show at @GalleryBarNYC owl.li/82yYI
— Laughing Squid (@LaughingSquid) December 17, 2011
Fun Fact: The New Gambit logo was designed by @yiyinglu, creator of the Twitter failwhale. bit.ly/w0nDgf
— Paul Carr (@paulcarr) November 1, 2011
In part one of my interview with @yiyinglu she explains the history of Fail Whale, from elephant to @conanobrien bit.ly/z2cLMZ
— Paul Carr (@paulcarr) January 22, 2012
Be me on @PandoDaily: Fail Whale Creator, Yiying Lu: It Was Almost A Fail Elephant wp.me/p25u9C-mC
— Paul Carr (@paulcarr) January 22, 2012
Some great new work by @YiyingLu : Beautiful Traps QR Code Illustration & Stop Motion Animation yiyinglu.com/?portfolio=cre…
— Hilary Talbot (@Hil121) June 2, 2012
Thanks to past #ShortyAwards winner @YiyingLu for the Shorty @walls360 wall art@ TheTimesCenter instagr.am/p/IpaWkXBY1J/
— Greg Galant (@gregory) March 26, 2012
