Zhongyu Zhang , Product Designer, Master of Design Products, Royal College of Art, UK,

currently lives and works in Shanghai. Her works have been exhibited at the London Design Festival, Milan Design Week, Paris Design Week, Design Shanghai, among others. Her practice mainly revolves around the cultural tracking and typological processing of phenomenal materials, combined with contemporary urban cultural life, and presented through product design as a research method.

MMR STUDIO is a product design studio oriented by living materials research, founded in Shanghai in 2021 by designer Zhongyu Zhang. In addition to providing product customization services, MMR (MATERIALS, MODALITY, ROUTINE) hopes to integrate textures and emotions that flow in ordinary times into materials by exploring the cultural traces in the process of urban transformation. MMR regards product design as building an urban park that stores private and public memories, and uses craft language to continue the wind, tree movement, rivers, and all poetic life related to the imagination of a better life.

Material：Purple clay 

Size： L59.8*W59.8*H88.3cm； L20.5*W19.6*H27cm；L55.2*W55.2*H46cm

The "Edge" series is a reimagining of gypsum lines and purple clay, re-examining the design inertia inherent in materials and reflecting on the craft and socio-cultural influences behind "objects."

For a long time, modern interior spaces have adorned the edges of ceilings and walls with gypsum lines, transforming classical columnar decorative styles into paradigmatic trends. These lines have been considered redundant in the evolution towards minimalism and everyday aesthetics. The Edge series seeks to rediscover the potential of this convention.

Purple clay material offers even more possibilities to this proposition. Renowned for its breathable, durable, and malleable properties, purple clay is often used in crafting teapots. Through casting, MMR STUDIO seamlessly integrates this material with the form of gypsum lines, developing a series of finished products ranging from edge to space, including lamps, shelves, and coffee tables. These constitute the main exhibits of the "Purple Clay - Becoming Home System" exhibition.