I am a Chinese Womenswear Fashion Designer. My collection is defined by its artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease.
01Could you please tell us about your experience as a designer, artist, architect or creator?
I am a Chinese Womenswear Fashion Designer. My collection is defined by its artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease. Inspiration drawn from contemporary art, subculture is combined with an emphasis on tailoring and the manipulation of fabrics. Balanced between tradition and modernity, harmony and contradiction, I creates thought-provoking silhouettes through breaking the garment stereotype.
02How did you become a designer?
Under the influence of my parents, who engage in trading children clothing, I have grown up with an unyielding interest in clothing color and fabric. I often painted the sketches of costumes in my imagination and sewed clothes for baby dolls. I steadfastly insist that clothes are alive in the hands of the owner's personality and designer’s ideas. After graduating from high school, I believed in my enduring passion in fashion design and strong spatial imagination. Therefore, I decided to give up the study of science and decided to get into costume design profession.
03What are your priorities, technique and style when designing?
Initially focused on making a garment installation, I waved the colorful elastic bands on the netting fabric, and transformed the 3D waving fabric into 2D digital printing. Moving on, I used digital printing images to develop new shapes and different fabric manipulation like the layering organza, the pearling edge georgette.
04Which emotions do you feel when designing?
excited but stressful at sometimes
05What is your growth path? What are your future plans? What is your dream design project?
I received her Bachelor degree in Womenwear from London Collage of Fashion in 2015. Using rich and geometrical patterns, the art of folding, creating volume through construction, my undergraduate collection has been featured in leading publications such as Vogue. For the intricately crafted, multi-layered garments and explorations into digital printing, digital embroidery and weaving techniques, my collections has been selected for ‘The Chinese Festival’ Exhibition in London V&A Museum 2013, ‘1ndependent15’ Design Show in London 2015 and ‘The Costume Colloquium V-Restraint and Excess in Dress’ Exhibition in Florence 2016, ‘Midwest Fashion Week 2017’and ‘FashionX Runway Austin 2017’. In the past accolades have included ‘Raffles Design Institution First Year Scholarship’ (2010), ‘The top 15 Designer for Tomorrow Award’ (2015).In future, I plan to set up personal design brand.
06What are your advices to designers who are at the beginning of their career?
have a clear market vision and understand their customer
07What is your day to day look like?
I would like to sleep and wake up early everyday, and focus on work after a simple breakfast.
08How do you keep up with latest design trends? To what extent do design trends matter?
In spare time, I like go through the magazine and galleries, to catch up the new trends.
09How do you know if a product or project is well designed? How do you define good design?
fresh idea，and functional for the life
10How do you decide if your design is ready?
When the design has been finished and reach more than 90 percent to my imagination
11What is your biggest design work?
The latest 'Traces' Collection, which took me one year to finished everything from researching.
12Who is your favourite designer?
Vivienne Westwood's fashion. Her distinctive style of work, the control over the entire design and selection of good ideas greatly impressed me. It also taught me how to judge the beauty of a design through the mix of a clear concept and different clothing items combination.
13Would you tell us a bit about your lifestyle and culture?
I am born in China, the eastern culture has affected my design a lot, like the Chinese embroidery, costume and fabric. The traditional cultures of China has inspired my design and techniques, since I study fashion design at UK and US, which extend my vision.
14Would you tell us more about your work culture and business philosophy?
Normally I worked by myself, but I collaborate with many people from other field like photographers, makeup artists and models.
15What are your philanthropic contributions to society as a designer, artist and architect?
give a new idea to the public
16What positive experiences you had when you attend the A' Design Award?
A’ Design Award gives me a great platform to evaluate my designs, and meet many talented designers around the world
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I am a Chinese Womenswear Fashion Designer. My collection is defined by its artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease.Balanced between tradition and…
01Could you please tell us a bit about your design background and education?
I am a Chinese Womenswear Fashion Designer. My collection is defined by its artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease.Balanced between tradition and modernity, harmony and contradiction, I creates thought-provoking silhouettes through breaking the garment stereotype. I received her Bachelor degree in Womenwear from London Collage of Fashion in 2015. Using rich and geometrical patterns, the art of folding, creating volume through construction, My undergraduate collection has been featured in leading publications such as Vogue. For the intricately crafted, multi-layered garments and explorations into digital printing, digital embroidery and weaving techniques, my collections has been selected for ‘The Chinese Festival’ Exhibition in London V&A Museum 2013, ‘1ndependent15’ Design Show in London 2015 and ‘The Costume Colloquium V-Restraint and Excess in Dress’ Exhibition in Florence 2016, ‘Midwest Fashion Week 2017’and ‘FashionX Runway Austin 2017’. In the past accolades have included ‘Raffles Design Institution First Year Scholarship’ (2010), ‘The top 15 Designer for Tomorrow Award’ (2015).
02What motivates you to design in general, why did you become a designer?
Under the influence of my parents, who engage in trading children clothing, I have grown up with an unyielding interest in clothing color and fabric. I often painted the sketches of costumes in my imagination and sewed clothes for baby dolls. I steadfastly insist that clothes are alive in the hands of the owner's personality and designer’s ideas. After graduating from high school, I believed in my enduring passion in fashion design and strong spatial imagination. Therefore, I decided to give up the study of science and decided to get into costume design profession.
03Did you choose to become a designer, or you were forced to become one?
I love fashion design and become a designer followed with my heart
04What do you design, what type of designs do you wish to design more of?
Womenswear fashion
05What should young designers do to become a design legend like you?
concentration, hard working
06What distinguishes between a good designer and a great designer?
detail focusing
07What makes a good design a really good design, how do you evaluate good design?
unique and have a clear customer
08What is the value of good design? Why should everyone invest in good design?
a good design opens a new lifestyle
09What would you design and who would you design for if you had the time?
My family
10What is the dream project you haven't yet had time to realize?
Couture collections combined with modern techniques
11What is your secret recipe of success in design, what is your secret ingredient?
keep updating and improving my design, like materials and researching
12Who are some other design masters and legends you get inspired from?
Susan Hefuna, her artworks of sketches and constructions has inspired the texture in my fashion collection
13What are your favorite designs by other designers, why do you like them?
Vivienne Westwood. Her distinctive style of work, the control over the entire design and selection of good ideas greatly impressed me. It also taught me how to judge the beauty of a design through the mix of a clear concept and different clothing items combination.
14What is your greatest design, which aspects of that design makes you think it is great?
The latest collection 'Traces', I challenged different fabric manipulation like the layering organza, the pearling edge georgette. Finding inspiration from my personal art performance.
15How could people improve themselves to be better designers, what did you do?
learning and accepting new ideas from others
16If you hadn't become a designer, what would you have done?
doctor maybe
17How do you define design, what is design for you?
A bridge to explore the world
18Who helped you to reach these heights, who was your biggest supporter?
my father and mother.
19What helped you to become a great designer?
mistakes，I made mistakes all the time, and improved myself after.
20What were the obstacles you faced before becoming a design master?
courage to start the project again
21How do you think designers should present their work?
know who they design for
22What's your next design project, what should we expect from you in future?
I plan to take a break first, and might start some designs for childrenswear.
23What's your ultimate goal as a designer?
set up personal brand and a strong design team.
24What people expect from an esteemed designer such as yourself?
give them something fresh
25How does design help create a better society?
Good design make daily life convenient，and make normal staffs unique
26Which design projects gave you the most satisfaction, why?
The 'Traces' collection, I made everything all by myself, from researching to finishing. The first garment piece took me 3 month to finish.
27What would you like to see changed in design industry in the coming years?
more opportunities for emerging designers and brands
28Where do you think the design field is headed next?
more focus on customer instead of brand itself
29How long does it take you to finalize a design project?
depends on projects
30When you have a new design project, where do you start?
depends on projects
31What is your life motto as a designer?
Do what I love , with my efforts
32What is the role of technology when you design?
the tool push my design further
33What is the role of the color, materials and ambient in design?
elements that essential
34What do you wish people to ask about your design?
What they think of from my design?
35When you see a new great design or product what comes into your mind?
Remember it first
36Who is your ideal design partner? Do you believe in co-design?
have strong human relationship and like learning new things.
37Which people you interacted had the most influence on your design?
My undergraduate professor
38Which books you read had the most effect on your design?
Pattern Magic
39How did you develop your skills as a master designer?
practice personal skills and learn new skills
40Irrelative of time and space, who you would want to meet, talk and discuss with?
singer Chenyu Hua
41How do you feel about all the awards and recognition you had, is it hard to be famous?
be famous is not hard, feel accomplishment is hard
42What is your favorite color, place, food, season, thing and brand?
yellow, my hometown qingdao, chinese soup, summer, ski, Acne Studio, JW. Anderson
43Please tell us a little memoir, a funny thing you had experienced as a designer?
The first design I made is a violin made by milk paper box and threads, when I am 8.
44What makes your day great as a designer, how do you motivate yourself?
when I finished something in my mind
45When you were a little child, was it obvious that you would become a great designer?
I never think I will do design, before high school. I thought I will be a doctor like my grandmother.
46What do you think about future; what do you see will happen in thousand years from now?
Design become more digital
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Under the influence of my parents, who engage in trading children clothing, I have grown up with an unyielding interest in clothing color and fabric.
01Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?
Under the influence of my parents, who engage in trading children clothing, I have grown up with an unyielding interest in clothing color and fabric. I often painted the sketches of costumes in my imagination and sewed clothes for baby dolls. I steadfastly insist that clothes are alive in the hands of the owner's personality and designer’s ideas. After graduating from high school, I believed in my enduring passion in fashion design and strong spatial imagination. Therefore, I decided to give up the study of science and decided to get into costume design profession.
02Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?
I am a Chinese Womenswear Fashion Designer. My collection is defined by its artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease.Balanced between tradition and modernity, harmony and contradiction, I creates thought-provoking silhouettes through breaking the garment stereotype. I received her Bachelor degree in Womenwear from London Collage of Fashion in 2015. Using rich and geometrical patterns, the art of folding, creating volume through construction, My undergraduate collection has been featured in leading publications such as Vogue. For the intricately crafted, multi-layered garments and explorations into digital printing, digital embroidery and weaving techniques, my collections has been selected for ‘The Chinese Festival’ Exhibition in London V&A Museum 2013, ‘1ndependent15’ Design Show in London 2015 and ‘The Costume Colloquium V-Restraint and Excess in Dress’ Exhibition in Florence 2016, ‘Midwest Fashion Week 2017’and ‘FashionX Runway Austin 2017’. In the past accolades have included ‘Raffles Design Institution First Year Scholarship’ (2010), ‘The top 15 Designer for Tomorrow Award’ (2015).
03What is "design" for you?
dig fresh idea from the normal life
04What kinds of works do you like designing most?
garment pieces, flyers
05What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?
Vivienne Westwood's fashion. Her distinctive style of work, the control over the entire design and selection of good ideas greatly impressed me. It also taught me how to judge the beauty of a design through the mix of a clear concept and different clothing items combination.
06What was the first thing you designed for a company?
My womenswear collection of AW17 for the Austin Fashion Week
07What is your favorite material / platform / technology?
I like playing with different fabric and fine art materials. I have use acrylic to transform the paper pattern into acrylic pattern for part of material in my fashion collection, which is interesting.
08When do you feel the most creative?
go to the gallery
09Which aspects of a design do you focus more during designing?
the shape and construction, and the interesting way to play around texture
10What kind of emotions do you feel when your designs are realized?
Sense of accomplishment but stressful, since the designs still can be improved and better.
11What makes a design successful?
fresh， functional
12When judging a design as good or bad, which aspects do you consider first?
is this design fit for its customer?
13From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?
lead a trend, make the life convenient
14How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?
the emerging of design will get faster, and connect with digital world
15When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?
SAIC Design Show，chicagoI plan to attend an exhibition at China in 2018.
16Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?
Inspiration drawn from contemporary art, subculture is combined with an emphasis on tailoring and the manipulation of fabrics. Balanced between tradition and modernity, harmony and contradiction, I am interesting to create thought-provoking silhouettes through breaking the garment stereotype.
17How would you describe your design style? What made you explore more this style and what are the main characteristics of your style? What's your approach to design?
An artistic fusion of craftsmanship, modern femininity, and youth culture influences with a sense of refined ease.
18Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?
I am born in China, the eastern culture has affected my design a lot, like the Chinese embroidery, costume and fabric. The traditional cultures of China has inspired my design and techniques, since I study fashion design at UK and US, which extend my vision.
19How do you work with companies?
I am doing design and development for fashion companies. At free time, I am working as a fashion design teacher to help student on portfolio and techniques.
20What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?
have a clear vision to the customer designed for
21Can you talk a little about your design process?
depends on each collection. Some collections I start with researching, but some collections I start with draping or sketching. Then transform 2D ideas into 3D
22Can you describe a day in your life?
a normal day but you can make it special
23Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?
always reaching new things, not only in your field.
24From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?
nice title, but stressful behind
25What is your "golden rule" in design?
self reflection
26What skills are most important for a designer?
researching and development
27Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?
Photoshop, sketchbook
28Designing can sometimes be a really time consuming task, how do you manage your time?
pick up the spare time
29How long does it take to design an object from beginning to end?
really depends, can be one day or three month
30What is the most frequently asked question to you, as a designer?
What do you do as a designer?
31What was your most important job experience?
working at J.Mendel company at NYC
32Who are some of your clients?
Actress Sharon ZhangSinger Elaine WangDJ Princess Julia
33What type of design work do you enjoy the most and why?
I like dong design development, to make 2D into 3D
34What are your future plans? What is next for you?
learning marketing skills and set up personal design brand
35Do you work as a team, or do you develop your designs yourself?
I develop my design myself
36Do you have any works-in-progress being designed that you would like to talk about?
The ideology of my latest is that when you erase the traces, you destroy beauty. Luck and Misfortune comes in turn. The things you experienced, no matter good or bad, they are part of your body.The starting point came from experimenting with Waving Textile and Bias Fabric Manipulation. Initially focused on making a garment installation, I waved the colorful elastic bands on the netting fabric, and transformed the 3D waving fabric into 2D digital printing. Moving on, I used digital printing images to develop new shapes and different fabric manipulation like the layering organza, the pearling edge georgette.
A' Design Award គឺជាពានរង្វាន់រចនាល្អអន្តរជាតិដែលវាយតម្លៃដោយគណៈកម្មការ។ ចូលរួមក្នុង A' Design Award ដើម្បីទទួលបានឱកាសក្នុងការទទួលស្គាល់ដោយគុណសម្បត្តិ ទទួលបានកិត្តិនាម កិត្តិយស និងការផ្សព្វផ្សាយសម្រាប់ការងាររបស់អ្នក។ ដាក់ស្នាដៃរបស់អ្នកសម្រាប់ A' Design Award ហើយប្រកួតប្រជែងដើម្បីឈ្នះ A' Design Prize ដ៏គោរពរាប់អាន។
