Wu Jo-I, who attends Shin Chien University in Taipei, said her work begins with the perception of a scene. She then turns observed moments into geometric and structural forms. She won the Taiwan overall title for her accessory design, Pressure Lines Between Head and Shoulders.
She views leather not as mere decoration, but as a medium that connects with the body and records sensation and time. Each design becomes a question and experiment about “how wearing can be felt.”
Observing the long-standing cultural context in which the human head and shoulders serve as primary load-bearing points, Pressure Lines Between Head and Shoulders aims to reinterpret this natural behaviour and translate it into a structural language for modern bag systems. By expanding the contact area between the head and shoulders, the design not only continues this historical method of carrying weight but also incorporates ergonomic principles of pressure distribution.
She said: “For me, every design is a question and an experiment about how wearing can be felt. I like to start from the human body, exploring the interactions between objects and posture, allowing a bag to become a form of “intervention” rather than merely a practical tool.”
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