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China Design Competition: Yu Wang
Meet Yu Wang, 21-year-old student currently attending Guangling College at Yangzhou University and participant in the 2021 China Student Design Competition.
Chengrui Xu is a 23-year-old student from Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, and is currently studying at Donghua University.
What has inspired your work?
The regenerative ability of plants gives people another way of thinking about sustainability, and also coincides with people’s illusion of ‘immortality’. The durability of leather can extend the life cycle of the product, whilst the softness and malleability of the leather is like plant leaves, giving infinite possibilities in product modelling.
The design, which consists of a layered appearance, is based on the shape of a traditional Chinese bonsai, and functions as an installation based on Chinese art conceptions.
Meet Yu Wang, 21-year-old student currently attending Guangling College at Yangzhou University and participant in the 2021 China Student Design Competition.
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Chih-Chia Lee is a fourth year Fashion Design student at Shih Chien University in Taiwan. She has been studying fashion design for a total of seven years. Inspired by the Amis, the aboriginal ethnic group of Taiwan, the bags silhouette is based on the