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The Re-Craft Project will be exhibited at Dutch Design Week 2024, showcasing works that blend art, design, and craftsmanship. By featuring various artists and their creations, Re-Craft aims to highlight the importance of craft and culture in design while giving the next generation of designers a platform to shine.
The project will present a cohesive theme, allowing each participating designer to stand out and tell their own story while also reflecting on Re-Craft’s current theme: the role of design philosophy in the transformative art of craft. The goal is to foster a deeper connection between design, art, craft, and the public while also bringing attention to emerging designers within the industry.
Bo Zhang, Stretch Colour
Independent designer, artist, and co-curator Zhang is based in New York City, where he tries to break conventions and traditional concepts, blur the boundaries between art and design, and inspire people’s imaginations of contemporary art and design. Stretch Colour is a collection of vases in three different sizes, each designed to capture the effect of colour being stretched in space visually. The vases’ curved shapes and gradient colour transitions emphasise how the colour changes and intensifies as it appears to be pulled across the surface. This creates a three-dimensional illusion of the colour being physically stretched, making the vases feel dynamic and in motion despite their still form.
Luyao Chen, SuperGlue
Born in Beijing, China, Chen works as a jewellery designer in the United States of America. There, she explores the intrinsic “soul” of materials by emphasising their unique properties and personalities. Superglue is typically seen as a convenient, easy-to-use tool meant to stay hidden, simply serving its purpose without drawing attention. However, in this context, superglue becomes the focus, demanding to be noticed rather than concealed.
Yiru Wang, Elysium Echoes
Yiru, a London-based material artist, merges her design background with innovative techniques, exploring unconventional materials and integrating traditional craftsmanship with modern technologies like 3D printing. Her interdisciplinary work spans sculpture, wearable art, and sustainability dialogue. Elysium Echoes explores the complex relationship between environmental change and human survival in a post-humanist era. It examines how the balance between technological progress and ecological sustainability influences humanity’s evolving bond with the environment.
Tina (Hua Hsuan) Tsung, Radiant Embrace Lamp
Tsung is an award-winning designer with a background in both life sciences and product design. Her sustainable creations, recognised worldwide by Red Dot and iF Design Awards, focus on improving user experiences while fostering a deeper appreciation for the environment. Inspired by 1950s-60s Taiwanese iron windows and glass arts, a versatile lamp celebrating human connections, the Radiant Embrace Lamp blends 3D printing with artisanal metalwork and recyclable materials for an aesthetic-rich, sustainable design.
Junrong (Arving) Wu, Emptiness
Junrong (Arving) Wu is a New York-based visual designer who specialises in graphic design, motion graphics, and art direction. Wu creates multi-sensory experiences through compelling storytelling and versatile design approaches. Emptiness blurs the line between tangible and intangible environments by combining pale white and deep blue human-made materials with the reflection on the water. The piece generates a realm where motion exists in tranquillity, evoking a sensation of stillness and fostering a meditative experience.
Rui Huang, Structure as Skin
Rui Huang is a licensed architect and designer specialising in parametric design and innovative solutions. Huang merges architectural precision with artistic expression, exploring the intersection of structure, creativity, and spatial dynamics. Structure as Skin reimagines the future of architectural design by blending structure and facade into a flexible, modular system. Made from sustainable materials, it provides adaptability and eco-efficiency and elevates the modern travel experience.
Xunxing Liang, LensPack
Xunxing Liang is a New York-based packaging and graphic designer known for his innovative, functional packaging solutions that blend brand storytelling, problem-solving, and sustainability. This packaging design for lenses and cameras uses cost-effective cardboard and a foldable two-piece structure. The design reduces assembly costs while enhancing the unboxing experience and allows for customisable sizes and space for accessories, like cleaning pens or camera straps.
Li Ding, Vision Root Coupe
Li Ding is an automotive designer with experience at Rivian, Volvo, ICONA, and GAC. Specialising in exterior design, Li explores sustainable transportation and merges technology with art in innovative car projects. The Vision Root Coupe blends retro simplicity with modern electric sports coupe innovation, showing that new designs can embrace the past while making a bold impact through simplicity.
Yongzun Wu, Smart Classroom
Yongzun Wu, a Samsung UX designer, is responsible for the UI design of four system-level apps. Wu’s works have received the Red Dot Award, MUSE Creative Award, French Design Award, and many others. Wu developed a product that combines software and hardware, addressing real pain points in the smart education sector and clearly defining usage scenarios and key features to meet students’ needs.
Jiayu Zhu, Multivariable Landscape
Jiayu Zhu is an architectural designer and artist with a STEAM background. Her work focuses on graphics and abstract forms generated in science books and on construction sites. Her project, Multivariable Landscape, features home decor designs inspired by differential geometry and traditional Chinese landscapes.
