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ABOUT PORTFOLIO
In terms of why I changed my major to continue studying design, I think “not setting boundaries for myself” is the best answer to this question. During the process of preparing my portfolio, I often asked myself why I wanted to study a programme related to space, how my projects were different from those of professional designers, whether my works were good, etc. Gradually, I was surrounded by my own anxieties. But slowly I realized that these problems might not be so urgent to find a way out, because my mind and body would lead the thinking to find its place. I found that I loved hands-on practice as much as I did as a child; I found that the work I designed through practice had more power to convey emotions than my words; I found that I loved communicating ideas, observing people. I wish to make society a better place through practice.
As demonstrated in my portfolio, I was concerned with social stray animals because my childhood joy came from my pets and I wished to do something to give back to its kind; I focused on emotional issues because I found myself unable to cope with the emotions of dependency in a relationship, which I know many people also have; I love the book The Handmaid's Tale, so I extended my thoughts on books on books to individual cognition of power, and expressed them through my work; I paid close attention to H&M and studied its recycling policy in my graduation thesis. I hope that this policy can be developed and sustained, as it is faced with the issue of humans getting along with nature. Therefore, I hope to mobilize the masses to participate in the fun of clothing recycling in the design space.
Perhaps among the many applications submitted, my works are not excellent, and the details are not well expressed and considered. However, with the ability to observe society deeply, more sensitive perception and unique way of expression acquired during my undergraduate study, I am able to enrich my design ideas and quickly adapt to the postgraduate design practice.
Education
China Academy of Art China
Bachelor's Degree in Art Design 09/2016–06/2020
Score: 83.74/100
Core Courses:
Introduction to Design, Art Methodology, Special Design and Theory, Museum and Design Curating, Esthetics of Design, Design Critiques, Design Psychology, Visual Information Design, Design Management, Foundations of Digital Media, etc.
Work experience
Museum China Design 03/2019-10/2019
Office Assistant
Filed up the weekly meeting report, timely input the information of goods in and out of the library and managed the recruitment of volunteers
Edited and translated the pictures and words provided by the curators applied to the exhibition hall guide and lecture manuscript, and provided the exhibition explanation for the visitors;
Independent Designer Studio 12/2018-01/2019
Operation Planning Assistant
Be responsible for daily graphic writing and typesetting of WeChat official account, maintenance of customer group relationship, and release of activity information and related fashion news.
Conducted a detailed analysis of the turnover of 20 listed garment enterprises by means of databases, corporate annual reports, Internet channels and other methods, collected 20
kinds of data, such as return on assets, and integrated the data of government policies, early investment, financing situation and so on;
Social activites
Animal Protection Association 09/2016-11/2019
Leader of the Club
Organized the municipal public welfare adoption activity of stray animals involving over 300 people in collaboration with Hangzhou Animal Protection Association, and was fully responsible for the venue arrangement and coordination, personnel division and contact with sponsors
Achieved the ultimate goal of the activity to promote a comprehensive understanding of the concept of scientific pet raising among teachers and students of China Academy of Art and residents of Zhuantang community, leading to that 500 people signed and pledge to “scientific pet raising, refuse to discard”; Signed “Stray Animal Consultation Management” and other related documents with the logistics support department.
HEALING JOURNEY
[Academic]
[Individual Work]
[Date] 2021.08 -2021.11
Since the new generation of young people are less accompanied and cared for by their parents during their childhood, the issue of intimacy that arises is gradually becoming an important topic in social psychology. Therefore, I use my own psychological problem-avoidance of attachment as the theme, hoping to provide a space for psychological healing for the same people who feel uncomfortable with intimacy.
In this project, I decided to build a building on the cliffs by the sea where people can relax and clean their bodies, and at the same time, they can enhance feelings and provide communication here. Through the intentional design of the space route, people feel the relationship between the body and the different forms of water, so as to allow the inclusiveness of water to relax and open the mind, thereby promoting the further occurrence of feelings.
BACKGROUND
Dismissing Attachment John Bowlby
Dismissing attachment is also called avoidant attachment, which is one of the types of infant attachment. It doesn’t matter if the mother is present or away. Such babies are in the minority.
Cause
· Increase in the number of divorces
· Parents work more hours
Anxiety problems in education Intervention of the Internet
Specific Performance
· Refuse to be intimate
· Pseudo-independent
· Emotional self-inhibition
· Low living needs
Research on child abuse emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Researchers divided it into physical abuse and mental abuse, and found that the self protection mechanism of childhood, namely the attachment mechanism, affects the formation of intimate relationships between adults.
Through the comparison of Chinese and Western bathing cultures, it is found that the ancient bathing process is good at using different forms of water to mobilize the different feelings of the participants.
HOW DOES WATER CONNECT PEOPLE AND SOCIETY?
Therefore, this project will use water as the design theme, and explore how to mobilize emotions to have dual sensations in vision and touch. Therefore, at the beginning of the design, a multi-group controlled experiment on water was carried out. And apply the results obtained in the design process.
The site is located on a coastline reef in Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, China, with a height of about 23.5m. The building is embedded in a rock wall, and the bottom of the building can see the seabed.
Central Park
Citizen's recuperation and leisure area Civic Activity Center, gathering public facilities such as libraries, art galleries, theaters, etc. Sunrise Watching Reef Beach
Bird Habitat Wetland Reserve
Wild poultry wetland reserve, which also has the functions of tourism, bird watching and bird museum
Visitors will enter the entire building from the observation deck along the stairs. On the stairs, you can feel the light scattered by the sun, and you can also peek into the fun of the building through the glass.
The first step of the healing journey is to feel the temperature of the wind, the tranquility of the water, and the comfort brought by the sun. You will complete the preparatory work before cleaning here.
You can touch the stone from the ancient age, and you can breathe the warmth and humidity brought by water vapor.
The floor-height design of the pocket space allows users to feel the transparency of the sky, which contrasts with the enclosedness of the room. Different pocket spaces have different capacity and functions, allowing people to experience the fun of different spatial scales.
Here you can freely explore the form of body and water, feel the body is enveloped in water and ink, or the brisk flowing on the surface of the skin.
We can talk to each other and listen to each other's thoughts. It doesn't matter if you don't want to share, do you want to continue to experience the mystery brought by the seabed, or go outside to smell the smell of the sea breeze?
When you are here, you will be accepted by the world under the sea, and the feelings of people will be closer. If you are alone, you can calm down and think.
This space is divided by pocket spaces of different sizes, and people can achieve different bathing experiences by choosing different pocket spaces.
The entire space on the negative third floor is open and bright. The undulating terrain design allows people to stretch their bodies freely, and the panoramic glass windows allow the sight to be connected to the ocean.
The fifth floor is an underground space deep into the sea floor. People can chat on the steps and see the world under the sea through the unobstructed glass. The spherical lamp replaces the spotlight on the ceiling, giving people a kind of warm care and a visual experience of companionship in the dark.
The cantilevered terrace outside the restaurant allows people after bathing indoors to breathe fresh outdoor air, and the steps go deep into the water, and people can further explore the relationship between water and inner experience in the ocean.
MADE BY YOURSELF
[Academic]
[Individual Work]
[Date] 2020.09 -2020.12
H&M is a well-known fast fashion brand. However, few consumers really understand its recycling policy. In recent years, the brand has tried to create a new brand image to expand the development of sustainable industrial chain. In order to change the public’s inherent impression of H&M as a FMCG brand, I designed a narrative factory store where people can experience the process of recycling and reuse to present the brand story.
This project was inspired by the laboratory built by H&M’s Hong Kong department. With five major functional steps of recycling, sorting, dismantling, reorganization and output as the five basic space units, consumers can follow the recycling process to experience the fun of DIY.
BACKGROUND
H&M has been advocating the development of sustainable industrial chain since 2013, involving crop planting, transportation, store operations, and clothing recycling. According to relevant data, H&M’s recycling policy has achieved great results in the past ten years. However, found that many people do not know H&M’s recycling policy in real life. Moreover, there is a lack of relevant advertisements in offline stores.
Since the environmental protection image of the H&M brand has not been truly recognized by consumers, the old clothes recycling activities it has carried out for several years still have not been effective. In response to this, I attempt to establish a set of explanatory models on social cognition, corporate propaganda, and consumer experience.
MOODBOARD
The site is located in Shimao Tianjie Commercial Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. This store was once the largest H&M flagship store in Beijing. With the transformation of the commercial area’s positioning from high-end people to ordinary families as well as the massive increase of fast fashion brands in the past ten years, H&M stores no longer have significant
The commercial area is composed of a giant screen running through the east and west sides, below which is a wide central garden.
Inspired by the fabric recycling process of H&M’s Hong Kong laboratory, I abstract the process and combine it with the site selection space to obtain five functional spaces, namely recycling, decomposition, design, printing and dyeing, and finished products.
The purpose is to allow consumers to experience and participate in factory internal recycling during the shopping process.
The
It shows the clothing conveyor belt exit of the DIY Design workshop, where threads of fabric regenerated from recycled clothing are transferred from the laboratory to the worktable, where these materials are designed and sewed into new clothes.
The customers can observe working condition of the machine inside. The clothes displaying on this level of floor are all recycled clothes and semi-finished products made from them. By selecting the fabric type, customers can design the rest of the product in DIY design workshop.
