Interview with Jiang Wu
Dr. Jiang Wu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Designer Interview
15 February 2022
The initial impression that the concept of design left on me, is during my early childhood when I watched the British children’s TV programme of ‘Art Attack’ regularly. Watching the host producing their works of art step by step, I perceived design as a fascinating process to make crafts then. Later in high school, I attended the national and international VEX Robotics Competition, and the experience of robot design guided my interest into industrial design.
I come from a small town in China. Undertaking the bachelor degree programme of BEng Hons Product Design and Manufacture, I have nurtured my design sense and engineering capabilities, accumulating the knowledge of how to transform creative ideas and thoughts into actual products.
Personally, design is a transition process of absorbing inspiration from daily life and translating them to self-expressing.
Mostly products, but I am also interested in graphic design.
My favorite design is an ambient light project, in which I try to simulate the movement of water-drop, using mechanical methods to express nature makes the product shows a contradictory aesthetic.
I designed an earphone for a audio equipment company.
Metal and ceramic, represent completely different feelings of materials. Behance is my favorite platform for designers. Bio-technology is my favorite at present.
During the travel and midnight.
The research and insights part mean the most to me, for those always lead directly to my final design.
Surprised and delightful for sure.
Rigorous logic, precise insights and creativity.
Whether it come out from persuasive research and whether it is useful.
Be honest with yourself, be useful and harmless to society, be friendly to the environment.
Design is the integration of all kinds of fields including business, technology and society.
At goldsmiths, university of london.
From my life, by looking through exhibition, and constantly interaction with other.
Flexible, from my own personality. I would not say that I have a certain style, my process during work are similar, however the results rarely show similarity.
Now in London, I lived in south part of China for 20 years, the cultural habits indeed affect my design.
Working as trainees, completing their tasks as assistant and designer.
Better paying more attention to research part, by looking through their work and observing their style.
Research, find insights, brainstorm, getting inspiration, design.
Poster, bed, perfume bottle, knitted carpet, car model.
I am currently a post-graduate student at goldsmiths, my day usually begin with busy morning and afternoon, then relax at night.
I am one of the young designers, thus my suggestion should be never stop thinking.
It can be delightful when creating things, however painful when your mind is ran out.
Be honest.
Always do the important part in most effitient time.
Insights.
Why do you choose to be a designer?
Once at a small company designing audio equipment, for it is a small studio, I've leant a lot under loads of work.
Brands, University department, factories.
Creative design work
I plan to start my own brand, in order to achieve that I shall keep learning the skills from all kinds of fields.
Depends on the work.
I am currently carrying out a project related to bio-material named 'ten weeks with fat', by observing and experimenting, we believe we can find a way to use fat as a new material.
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