Sabrina was born in Reunion lsland but grew up in France. She studied Applied Artsin Paris and has since lived in Paris, London, Ho Chi Minh City and now Shanghai forthe last 9 years.Throughout her career she's been deeply involved in art, interior design, productdesign and fashion as a Creative Director. &nbsp;Her work blends traditional techniqueswith unsuspecting materials that can form intriguing combinations that reframe howwe might consider materiality and traditional versus contemporary aesthetics.

Sabrina Jauffret

A collection of objects that explore the relationship between martial combinations, colour as a process and light as a material.【COLORFUL CONVERSATIONS】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/bad74c3eedbb4c829e6f9769ad745b89_20c796258e.jpeg" alt="bad74c3eedbb4c829e6f9769ad745b89.jpeg">This collections is inspired by the sheer density of the bamboo forests in Yuhang and how the dense bamboo trunks chop up the sunshine and light into tiny fragments, letting in small pieces of light creating a very distinct atmosphere.This column, crafted from elastic threads and bamboo wrapped around a wooden structure, functions both as a soothing ambient light source and an elegant sculptural column. Drawing its inspiration from the intricate designs of Miao rural minorities, the column defuses warm ambient light.&nbsp;She was intrigued by weaving the qualities of the modern elastic threads and the natural strands of bamboo. Both are incredibly flexible and can be adapted to various structures and shapes but each represent a very different origin. I wanted to experiment and how they might work together.【OVERGROWN COFFEE TABLE】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/53643bfc92c10f9ff76ed73297051d94_4f9408eb33.jpeg" alt="53643bfc92c10f9ff76ed73297051d94.jpeg">This piece draws inspiration from the magnificent techniques of 3D bamboo weaving and aims to harmonize mixed materials through a unified color scheme. The light holder, coffee table, and bamboo threads integrate to provide diverse functions, creating an unexpected harmony between hard metal materials&nbsp; and the natural flexibility of bamboo textures.Color and light unify this object and the metal table, light holder and bamboo weave use gaps in the weave and the perforation to ensure light and positive and negative space pull all the different pieces together.【DUST TO DAWN】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/a2115522724624f5922ad3496bef736f_795f7e4f47.jpeg" alt="a2115522724624f5922ad3496bef736f.jpeg">This series of ceramics utilizes a process that involves integrating upcycled bricks, which have been ground down to a powder, and blending them with clay. The bricks used in this process are sourced from waste materials from a local red-brick factory.The combination of red brick powder and clay in the baking process has resulted in intriguing variations in color and texture, presenting numerous new possibilities.【WINTER BAMBOO】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/2baef121a8c14ae5a521264298f7e22d_6946afcd25.jpeg" alt="2baef121a8c14ae5a521264298f7e22d.jpeg">This collection of ceramics takes inspiration from the freshly cut bamboo surrounding the village. Green Bamboo has a subtle yet rich spectrum of colours that go from cool greys to misty greens. The ceramic objects mimic nature and slot into different bamboo offcuts. The notts and breaks in the bamboo are replicated in the forms and structure of the cups and plates.&nbsp;Beyond the shapes the more extensive exploration in this collection was the &nbsp;experiments in colour through the baking and glazing process. Using burned bamboo ash and mixing it into the coloration process surfaced &nbsp;some intriguing colors after glazing.

COLORFUL CONVERSATIONS&OVERGROWN COFFEE TABLE&DUST TO DAWN&WINTER BAMBOO

Alix Arto is a multidisciplinary designer currently based between Marseille (FR) and Vevey (CH), she set up her own studio in the 2021 after working in London for several years. Today, in addition to business collaborations, she develops through residency and material practices, emphasizes sustainability and innovation in her creations, and challenges the limitations of materials and production processes.During this residency,&nbsp;Alix&nbsp;believe that the process should be the purpose. Sharing experiences, learning new techniques, listening and co-creating have been a few steps of that process. She made a conscious decision not to focus on making a specific object, but to deepen her knowledge and experiment with different craft techniques.&nbsp;

Alix Arto

【WOOL OF SEAT】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/347c249b5bb04c334eab3f4cfea2a5c6_0329c6ca8c.gif" alt="347c249b5bb04c334eab3f4cfea2a5c6.gif">The idea behind this project is to explore the application of rolled felted wool in the creation of an armchair.&nbsp;In a lot of seating, classical upholstery is made of foam. She wanted to avoid using this material and showcase wool: its qualities, differences and production process.&nbsp;Like many wool in the world, the local wool the craftman is using has quite a rough feeling. Seen as less valuable by some people, it is a resourceful material.&nbsp;They investigated how to mainly use this local material but enhance comfort in specific areas by subtly combining it with other type of wool or details. To nod the sheep's mountain environment, climbing-type rope was included during the rolling process to create interactive points, anticipating future functionalities.&nbsp;&nbsp;【IN YOUR HANDS】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/0b52777bb7c88bc831d4bacfd94c3206_fb14e77f29.gif" alt="0b52777bb7c88bc831d4bacfd94c3206.gif">The project explores the connection between shape and the interaction of ceramic materials with human hands, resulting in a collection of unique containers. Collaborating with ceramists from Yixing, the focus was on experimenting with Zisha clay and exploring its fantastic qualities (resistance to water, interaction with the taste of the liquid, texture and colour).In Jingdezhen, she had the chance to spend a few days at WL ceramics. Cylinders were throwed by craftman and she was then able to modify them. She experimented with shapes and glazing with unconventional materials like pottery clay and pomegranate skin. Additionally, she conducted experiments on repurposing ceramic scraps from local landfills.&nbsp;&nbsp;【LIGHT ON BAMBOO】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/3dbfc715b43c0e2476946edbf2b9108f_4245d5cbfb.gif" alt="3dbfc715b43c0e2476946edbf2b9108f.gif">The lamp highlight the very essence of bamboo and its versatility as a material.&nbsp;The ceramic base, created by a skilled artisan, is glazed with ashes from bamboo gathered in Qingshan village. The lampshade is crafted using traditional bamboo weaving techniques.&nbsp;The interaction between the ceramic base, bamboo weaved shade, and light results in a captivating and playful dialogue.&nbsp;&nbsp;

WOOL OF SEAT&IN YOUR HANDS&LIGHT ON BAMBOO

Joaquin Sansone was born in 1987 in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires and currently resides in Spain. He studied industrial design at the University of Buenos Aires, specializing in architecture, design, and urban planning. Throughout his career as a project manager in various companies, he explored different materials and technologies, ultimately designing products based on the properties of these materials. He emphasizes the utilization of material characteristics in product design and has introduced the concept of "Material Spinoff",&nbsp;where products are entirely created using the properties of these materials, integrating structure and function.During the residency, Joaquin's goal was to learn about Chinese culture, to focus on the present moment and craftsmanship, to understand the processes so that he could apply them to new products, and to try to combine the essence of each process with his design philosophy. Being exposed to these crafts allowed him to learn about the workspace, the city and the culture, and by visiting the cities where each material and craft is featured, he seeks to design products with a new perspective, keeping the essence of each material and craft, trying to understand the process, listening and watching the artisans share their experiences.

Joaquin Sansone

Design has different starting points, and the design path for this residency programme was to learn about the process, try to understand the materials, and then design products that are characterised by the materials, looking for cultural representations in each object.&nbsp;<figure class="media"><oembed url="https://vimeo.com/982923433"></oembed></figure>【MEETING IN THE RITUAL】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/meeting_in_the_ritual_b77534066b.png" alt="meeting in the ritual.png">The material Zisha is strongly associated with the tea ceremony. The tea ceremony, a Chinese culture, is centred around the characteristic item of the teapot. He learnt that Zisha, a special material with a unique composition, can only be obtained from the hills of Yixing.He wanted to use the rituals of tea and coffee as a starting point and use this material to link Eastern and Western cultures. He carried out some experiments with the material, looking for different results and creating different patterns by mixing clay with coffee powder and mixing different colours of clay.&nbsp;During the firing process of this material, a structure is created in it that allows the liquid contents to ‘breathe’ and retain the taste better than other ceramics, which Joaquin transforms into a range of products for filtering, pouring and drinking coffee, using the imprints, textures and characteristic colours of the material to create simple forms that depart from nature. Simple forms. The vessel used to pour the brewed drink has two grips to produce a gesture of devotion, expressed as courtesy in the tea ceremony.【INTERSECTION】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/intersection_982e83db00.png" alt="intersection.png">In order to enrich the exploration of ceramic materials, Joaquin has conducted different tests on white ceramics using coffee as a basic element. The form of this product is based on the exploration of simplifying its use, mainly in the form of cutting and subtracting cylindrical shapes. In terms of colour, red, as a symbol of joy and prosperity, is widely seen in celebrations and meetings, fitting in with the concept of the teapot's use as a place where people come together to share the same moment on these occasions.【SUPPORTED SUPPORT】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/supported_support_d1a1e2bdb0.png" alt="supported support.png">By learning to weave yellow straw and observing the different shapes of patterns and structures they contain, Joaquin began to think about the fusion that exists in the fibres, including how they are blended to generate patterns and create unique surfaces. He wanted to bring this fusion to form and function and create a product that combined technology with natural straw fibres.He used the movement of the Chinese dragon as a concept to generate forms to represent its symbolism. Created a braid using fibre optics and natural fibres mixed together in a single weave that acts as both a structure and a lighting element. This luminaire has a diverse range of uses; it is designed to be hung from the ceiling, on a wall, or supported on a flat surface, such as a table.【DAILY FREEDOM】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/daily_freedom_001c9142a9.png" alt="daily freedom.png">During his residency, Joaquin became fascinated with one product in particular: a small stool for daily work and rest. This stool offers freedom of use. Inspired by this concept, he decided to redesign the stool, highlighting its connection to nature and its traditional roots. He used traditional construction elements such as mortise and tenon joinery to reinforce its essence. The stool consists of two panels, supported in the centre, and a curved bottom that allows the stool to move. Inside, there is a flat surface that serves both as a structure and as a support or storage area, providing variety of use and allowing for the movement of other objects.

MEETING IN THE RITUAL&INTERSECTION&SUPPORTED SUPPORT&DAILY FREEDOM

Yan Jiang is a Chinese designer who has been working and living in Switzerland for a long time. She has a background in industrial design and product design. After completing her studies at South China University of Technology and Tongji University successively, she completed mas luxe, design for luxury and craftsmanship at ecal in Milan and Switzerland. After graduation, she served in luxury brands in the Swiss watch and jewelry industry for seven or eight years, and then founded her own studio and contemporary jewelry brand in 2019.This time during her residency, she conducted research on craftsmanship such as Miao silverware, exquisite porcelain, and glass art. She used “production tools (tools)” as the connection point for the derivative works to run through the three groups of design works, presenting the process of handicrafts behind the products and showing the production process as the design result. At the same time, she also attempted to broaden the technical boundaries and usage scenarios of some traditional craftsmanship, as well as the modern application experiments of traditional materials, with the intention of reconstructing and presenting traditional elements in a new language.&nbsp;

Yan Jiang

Design works are usually only presented in the form of final results, but Yan wants to present the important design processes, &nbsp;methods, and tools to people through traditional presentation methods.In the final work, the design tools are integrated into the work, and the combination of relevant materials allows everyone to see and "take part" in the traditional handicraft production process.&nbsp;【FILAMENT】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/filament_193df93dd7.jpg" alt="filament.jpg">Drawing silver wire is fundamental to the filigree inlay and metalworking techniques in Miao silver craftsmanship. Typically, a silver rod measuring about 5-6 cm in length and approximately 5 mm in thickness can be drawn into a silver wire approximately 0.26 mm thick and over twenty meters long through multiple drawing and annealing processes. Yan presents this production process as an installation piece, with different thicknesses and interlaced layers. The relevant tool - the wire drawing board is retained as part of the work. At the same time, a lot of classic Miao jewelry elements are used on the top of each wire.The work retains the wire drawing board as one of the pictures, presenting the design process in the form of design results. At the same time, the work is named "wire drawing", and the verb is used to summarize the interesting process of the work as if the designer's wire drawing action is presented in front of you.【CURVATURE】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/_16aae18ee3.jpg" alt="曲率.jpg">Based on the traditional use of small curvatures and filigree in Miao silver jewelry, this work explores the application and presentation of large curvatures in filigree. The piece consists of three egg-shaped forms of varying sizes, each featuring filigree with different curvatures. These layers are progressively stacked, utilizing the curvature of the filigree itself to inlay silver beads of various diameters. This approach showcases the traditional element of filigree through the interplay of the curves and the embedded beads.【LIGHT IN THE RUINS】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/3_5ed4a3017e.jpg" alt="3.jpg">Linglong porcelain is a traditional type of ceramics from Jingdezhen. It usually features rice grain-shaped perforations carved into the vessel, which are then filled with a translucent glaze and fired at high temperatures to create tableware. This series of works takes Linglong porcelain as a starting point for research, attempting to explore the technical boundaries of Linglong glaze. The designer uses one of the common tools in ceramic making - a scouring pad - as the medium for design language. By utilizing the inherent texture of the scouring pad to distribute the Linglong holes, the designer created a series of sculptures that can be used as lamps.【BUBBLE WRAPS VASES】<img src="https://cms.ronglibrary.com/uploads/4_4c1ab4405b.jpg" alt="4.jpg">Bubble wrap, typically used as packaging material, is generally only used for packing. Objects are wrapped, transported, and then unwrapped, with the bubble wrap subsequently discarded. Yan reused discarded bubble wrap from the ceramic studio to rewrap local classic ceramics. By employing glassblowing techniques, the designer reinterpreted the packaging process, combining the packaging material with the object itself to create new objects. This work explores the boundaries between objects and design, concepts and creation.

FILAMENT&CURVATURE&LIGHT IN THE RUINS&BUBBLE WRAPS VASES

Anaide Davoudlarian

Material：chrysophoron, 925 silver, pearl Size：950*460*450mm&nbsp;The original aspiration of the design is “Recycling bring out best of nature”. Wheat is one of the three major grain crops in the world. As we get ear from the wheat every year there were quite a lot of “useless” straw left in the nature. We use the recycled wheat straw as our raw material, fill them in the aligned mold and get desired shape with steel plate moulding, a straw chair comes into shape after these processing. What’s particularly interesting is the special treatment to the cross sections of the chair. For one side of the chair, the cross section was cut neatly and carefully polished, showing rootstock in the profile. For the other side of the chair, the growth texture was reserved to demonstrate great vitality of the wheat.&nbsp;As a young design firm in China, Roarc Renew would like to contribute the recycling of nature with interesting and pragmatic designs that not only environment friendly, but also have its unique logic and implications.

"Róng" means deconstructing the traditional craft and applying them in contemporary design. Based on material and craft research of weaving, knitting, crochet, embroidery and knotting in traditional Chinese handicrafts, 27 designers and artists from 10 different fields have created 24 pieces of work to appy traditional weaving crafts in contemporary design.

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Sofie Holm Larsen

          

Liu Weixue Head designer in charge of the Yuhang paper umbrella, responsible for research and application of traditional culture in contemporary art.&nbsp;Tang Wei Designer, responsible for research and application of traditional culture in contemporary art.

Liu Weixue & Tang Wei

Oiled paper umbrella and old house inspired us to make a paper umbrella home .It is happy&nbsp; to transform the home of paper umbrella with family , friends&nbsp; and veteran artists&nbsp; .

Pape Umbrella Home

Ceramic designer, independent ceramist&nbsp; In 2011, a graduated undergraduate of ceramic major from the China Academy of Fine Arts;&nbsp; In 2016, a graduated postgraduate of ceramic major from the China Academy of Fine Arts;&nbsp; In 2015, on-site creation at Pottery Forest in Shiga Prefecture, Japan;&nbsp; In 2016, on-site creation at Clayworks Pottery Center in Baltimore, US.

Zhang Yiyang 

Ding Zhigang master told us a story.In fact, lots of people bought the flute not for play at the early age. &nbsp;It is the same as the truth longquan sword and encyclopedias at home is for elegant.It is a very unique phenomenon about living Chinese home cultural.Based on this,I want to let bamboo flute become a decoration with function at home. This kind of bamboo lamp retained the appearance of the bamboo flute basically through simple support which likes a sculpture on display, In order to retain an breath of decorations,at the same time it is also convenient to extract and put at any time. In addition, all bamboo lamp can be end to end because of the master’s skilled craftsmanship ,and them can transform the combination of light through the component &nbsp;in the future.Material : Bitter bamboo，copper，sponge tents，led lamp panel，polymer battery

《Zhong Tai》 Variable LED Leuchtstabe

“One tea one Incense” is made of bamboo and copper , builting a high quality accessories of tea and&nbsp;incense for people in travel with elegant structure .

One Tea one Incense（For Travel）

Zhang Fei

The crutch The design of crutch, we adopt a back to nature attitude, use the most simple and minimalist forms to complete a lightweight, simple, elderly care crutches design.Fish Pen Trying to combine the smooth and nature line of fish with natural texture of wood, I hope bring user a free casual writing experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The crutch & Fish Pen

Photography, graphic design &amp; installation &nbsp;

Mina Piscevic

Two is silk screen print on enamel plate (20 pieces series). The work is intended both as an applied art piece for everyday use or as a fine art object. It synthetizes my prior experience with silk screen printing with the experience from the visit and work in the Bolu Enamel factory.Enamel drawings &nbsp;are sketches for the “Scaled” installation. In the creation of these sketches I have experienced the entire work process on the Bolu Enamel factory and learned of the enamel coloring technique from the factory workers. The whole process has been filmed and represents an interesting document to the whole effort.Scaled is an installation playing with the notion of scale in an art work. The sketches made in the “Enaml drawings” are scaled to fit the waste space of the gallery hall and thus the specific ambient and experience of art work is created. One feels almost inside the artwork, almost a part of it. The process of assembling the pieces is filmed and represents not only a document on the making of the work but also an interesting prospective on the whole issue.&nbsp;Bamboo weaving fashion accessories it is a series of accessories including: Basket Bag, Ball Bag, Papier Tube and a Picnic Basket. All items are simple geometrical shapes made out of bamboo treads in traditional weaving and natural finish and simple red lace. This bring forward the simple elegance of the traditional domestic crafts.Bamboo Lamp is a very simple design inspired solely on the beauty of the material itself. The technical aspects of the design are also very simple and recall the elegant simplicity of the traditional household craft.

Two & Enamel drawings & Scaled & Bamboo weaving fashion accessories & Bamboo Lamp

Annide Gregory Studio

Capsule is a modular lamp that combine different materials from factory and craftsmen we visited during the month at design library. Our wish was to try to create a simple object at an affordable price. The first day we arrived at design Library we realized that their neighbor was a bulb factory, so we decide then to create lamp. Then from a visit to another we add techniques and components in order to make as much tries as we can. The result of this month in Hangzhou is a serie of tries and experimentations made in order to find the right components to create a small scaled production of lamps that could eventually grows to a bigger scaled production in the future.

Capsule

Luigi Boselli & Jingyi Lu

This table decoration set is mainly made with enamel coating on iron base, got inspired by western/Chinese dinning habits, is designed for fusion kitchen, for satisfy people just like us, who lives without border.

her COFFEE his TEA & his RICE her PASTA

Jean-Philippe Bonzon is a Swiss designer. He actually lives and works between Switzerland and Shanghai. He studied in Switzerland, where he obtained his degree in Product and Industrial Design at “éc a l” the École Cantonal d'Art de Lausanne (University of Art and design in Lausanne) in 2007. One year later, he won the prestigious Swiss Design Award Prize. After some work experience in New York, he moved to Shanghai in 2009. His design range includes homeware, accessories, furniture, lighting, packaging and interior design.

Jean-Philippe Bonzon

Enamel Working with an enamel factory, I decide to focus my research on the weldings and more specifically on the handles. After some experiment, I decide to mix this industry with some art and craft work. I find the contrast between these know-how interesting, so I mix them in one simple object. The final products are trays made in enamel and the feet are made with natural elements, like bamboo and wood. I use the bamboo flute workshop to create some supports.Oil-paper Umbrella I always dream to have a giant paper lamp, so I went to the paper umbrella workshop with this idea in mind. This is the result, a foldable lamp of 2100mm wide and 880mm high.

Dreaming Factory in Hangzhou

Markéta Kratochvílová

This&nbsp;serie&nbsp;colect&nbsp;stories&nbsp;across&nbsp;the&nbsp;time&nbsp;and&nbsp; places&nbsp;where&nbsp;China&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;main&nbsp;topic.&nbsp;

Travelers diary

Jian Ming Huang

Destroy the sign and objecthood of traditional peper umberlla, redefine it as abstract surface to generate fluid and dynamic space.

PAPER UMBRELLA REINVENTION

Tadeáš Podracky

I&nbsp;did&nbsp;several&nbsp;different&nbsp;vase&nbsp;shapes&nbsp;made&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;one&nbsp;bamboo&nbsp; tree.&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;focused&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;build&nbsp;vase&nbsp;shape&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp; natural&nbsp;way&nbsp;and&nbsp;express&nbsp;feeling&nbsp;what&nbsp;I&nbsp;have&nbsp;from&nbsp;bamboo&nbsp; forest.&nbsp;The&nbsp;inspiration&nbsp;came&nbsp;from&nbsp;bamboo&nbsp;flute,&nbsp;where&nbsp;I&nbsp;liked&nbsp; the&nbsp;treatment&nbsp;of&nbsp;surface&nbsp;which&nbsp;I&nbsp;tried&nbsp;to&nbsp;reuse&nbsp;on&nbsp;vases.

Bamboo vases

Sonja Schaub

The Bam and Boo lights are inspired by the material bamboo and the craft of traditional Chinese paper umbrella making.What I love most about the material bamboo is that it grows so fast, that we can practically never run out of it. Some kind of bamboo can grow a cm per hour. You can nearly watch the bamboo growing. With the shapes of the two lamps I´m visualizing this growth in my way by showing a movement. For me the real beauty of this material is in its fast growth, its strength, elegance and humbleness.Another inspiration was the traditional paper umbrella craft in Yuhang, which is threatened to die out as there is no bigger request anymore today for paper umbrellas. They mainly serve as souvenirs today.So another aim was to design something these craftsmen could build instead with the capacities and tools they have. So my lights are constructed in a similar way as the umbrellas, held together by a string and stabilized by bamboo paper.I really like the humbleness and simplicity of this construction.And again are the shapes of the two lights in this sense also a reinterpretation of the opening and closing of an umbrella, one of the aspects I love most about umbrellas in general for its playfulness.

The Bam and Boo lights

Vered Zaykovsky

      

Svenja Specht & Célia eSTEVES

     

Josefina Muñoz

Anna Sofia Pozzato

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Artist from Spain. Her work takes fabric as main materials and the form of spiral.

Mercedes Vicente

The author is interested in spiral form, which is built from inside to outside. She wants to imitate the sort of growth in nature. According to the material’s qualities and properties, the bamboo skin can make the shape and the material has a clear and translucent features.

Hermit

Studied Leather Goods and Costume Design at School of Applied Arts. Since 2013, she has lunched women’s shoe line MAGDALENA KLAŠNJA and MAGDALENA K.

Magdalena Klašnja

This collection includes five kinds of shoes: Bamboo Heel, Magpie Shoes, Thousand Layer Slipper, Straw Shoes, and Thousand Layer Sandal (whose heel can be took apart). Designer tried to apply traditional crafts and materials, like embroidery, thousand-layer sole, and straw shoe knitting, into fashion footwear design.

Shoes

Winner of 2010 ELLE DECOR International Design Awards. Since 2009, she has been working independently and within different design collectives on various projects ranging from industrial, interior, event and sustainable design.

Nuša Jelenec

Bamboo weaving and porcelain tables Winner of 2010 ELLE DECOR International Design Awards. Since 2009, she has been working independently and within different design collectives on various projects ranging from industrial, interior, event and sustanable design.Metal weaving and glass vase It is an experiment of blowing glass into a metal mesh. The shapes were inspired by the Chinese traditional glass instrument “gaben”

Bamboo weaving and porcelain tables & Metal weaving and glass vase

Teaching assistant in the Master Media Design department at HEAD-Geneva. Co-founder of Degital Alchemy design studio. She is passionate about creating a strong symbiosis between design, science, and technology. Inspired by fundamental and applied physics, she designs hybrid devices that reveal beauty and poetry where one does not expect it.

Laura Couto Rosado

Room Dividers – Folk Future These room dividers are at the crossroads of craftsmanship, folk culture and digital technologies. The motifs of the embroidery are inspired by the Chinese tradition of tiger cloth.Cosmic Lacquer Display The lacquers show landscapes of nebulas and of the Mars captured by telescopes and probes in orbit.

Room Dividers - Folk Future & Cosmic Lacquer Display

Danish Architect and Designer (MAA, MDd). Design Awards winner “Designer of The Year” 2018. Founder of Design Studio Lars Vejen. He specialises in creative development, interdisciplinary collaborations, and design of high quality products.

Lars Vejen-Jensen

Stack The concept is to create an asymmetric designed plate—a merge of both flat and deep—and to make the stacked plates look “random/messy” as you would imagine a stack of dirty dishes in the kitchen.Center Copper is a long time used and valued material molded in various techniques and for basically unlimited type of products.Ring The concept is to make a basic lamp structure in a simple ring shape from bamboo and in this insert different shade materials to make the lamp with potential to change in both material, structure and size, depending on where to use and for which purpose.Blend This design explores how various colors interacts when combined in different structures. The author wish to see the effect and tactility of a textile products when combined of two layers in a two-way “random” structure. &nbsp;

Stack & Center & Ring & Blend

Founded the accessories label ZO-EE in 2011, and created a diverse range of innovative, knot-inspired jewelry collections.

Zoe Siu

This capsule bamboo furniture collection includes one lamp, one coffee table and one chandelier. Lamp shade taking the same technique of connecting bamboo and paper pasting in traditional kite-making. The style combines knot form as designer usually use.

Rotation rattan coffee table & Tangled bamboo chandelier & Dancing bamboo lamp

DEO Design Lead. 20 years working in the intersection of brand, art, architecture, urban design, interior design, and design strategy.&nbsp;

Maggie Peng

In the design of the picnic basket, we appropriate the form and the use of bamboo weaving to create a new everyday object that brings bowls and plates of food for family gatherings.

The picnic basket

Used to work in Shanghai Institute of Arts and Crafts, taught in Donghua University and Yunan University.Started his own series art works in 2004, with the theme of “Heart Sutra”. His work includes “Heart Sutra of Grapes”, “Heart Sutra of Silkworm”, “Heart Sutra of Sheep’s Drooping”.Founded Shuanglang Farmers’ Painting Club in 2011, where he teaches the locals how to paint. He also holds exhibitions for the club in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu......

Shen Jianhua

Tongtian Buddha made of metal wire weaving mesh structure, with fine thread and big holes. The material and technique match well to each other, helps to express the transparent and insightful of Buddha.

Metal Wire Weaving Buddha

Mirei Monticelli is a Milan-based Filipina designer. Working from her roots has exposed her to the world of traditional manufacturing and production of furniture, where everything is made by hand. This environment exposed her to the beautiful world of artisan crafts, but then gave her the yearning to explore state-of-the-art techniques that come from the western world – which led her to study at Politecnico di Milano with a Masters degree in Design and Engineering in 2017. In 2019, she founded Studiomirei. On the same year, her Nebula lamp was awarded during Milan Design Week’s Salone Satellite at Rho Fiera Milano.

Mirei Monticelli

Glow This is a table lamp made out of two parts. The main component is a sculptural copper piece that reflects the glow of the light that emanates from a bamboo base.Fragments This lamp evokes memories of fragments of dragon wings collected after it has passed its lifetime. It is made by metal wire woven together and baked in different colors of enamel to vitrify and preserve the memory of the fragment.

Glow & Fragments

Hikoko Ito

「乐」installation 、「余」table、「幸」paper divider

M.A. in Industrial Design Faculty of Architecture, School of Design Zagreb

Hana Ciliga

challenge the material into a playful object&nbsp;

Donut & Peanut

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Founded by PINWU Design Studio in 2015, Róng Design Library is the first library in China focusing on traditional handcrafts and materials and a non-profit organization.
The core mission is to preserve the knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts and related materials. Furthermore, it offers a platform to deconstruct crafts, analyze materials and creating contemporary designs.

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"Róng-Resident Chef Plan" is a branch of the "Róng-Resident Designer Plan". With the concept kitchen of Róng Design Library as the spatial carrier, food designers are invited to create food by combining the traditional handicraft materials of the library. The collision of food and traditional handicrafts is finally presented through a food release and design sharing session to showcase the creative achievements.&nbsp;

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Róng-Resident Chef Plan

When Róng Design Library was established, it launched an annual "Róng-Resident Designer Plan" with the aim of inviting designers from different countries and regions to come to mainland China for a period of time and have their ideas collide with traditional Chinese handicraftsmen and materials from different fields. Through on-site investigation, design creation, sample making, and production, the designers complete a piece (or a set) of work.Since 2015, more than 50 designers from Belgium, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Japan, Germany, Italy, Thailand, the United States, Portugal, Spain, Hong Kong, and Taiwan of China from various countries and regions have participated in the Resident Designer Plan.In 2024, five designers supported by the Swiss Cultural Foundation Shanghai Office will come to the Róng Design Library for a residency, starting a "molecular-level collision between cultures." They are: Yan Jiang、Emma Casella、Silvio Rebholz、Nicole Frei and Louisa Carmona.