Application of Crafts in Modern Design

Hu Yanli, the National Chief Editor of NetEase Home and NetEase Design, the expert & consultant of C FOUNDATION, Deputy Secretary-General of China Interior Decoration Association Art Professional Committee. She has accumulated thick industrial experience and broad networking in the home field. Personally, Hu boasts several years of media operation experience in this aspect. Her characteristics are frank and straightforward, staying calm and objective in face of emergencies. She is a media staff with “attitude” in China’s home industry. Her communication style is characterized by “opinion highlight”. Hu is good at integrating and grafting a wide range of resources and cross-platform and cross-field linkage and broadcasting cooperation. With strong expertise, she demonstrates objective insights and recognitions on the development of China’s home industry. Hu was given the title of “2014 'Dayan Award' Ten Outstanding Females in China’s Home Industry” on the 2nd China Home Industry Development Annual Meeting ("Oscar" Awards Ceremony in the home industry).She also received the "2016 China Decoration Design Industry Ten Outstanding Youth Award" on the 1st Dragon Design Foundation Award. And received the “China Design Industry Ten Outstanding Youth Nomination Award”on the 13th Dragon Design Foundation Award in 2017.

The Merigot Sanzay textile workshop designs and creates pieces for interiors, aiming to build pleasant, comfortable environments where one feels at ease. Behind Mérigot Sanzay is Diane Collongues, a master craftswoman and textile enthusiast. In 2021, Diane created her textile workshop, where all the skills she loves would be represented. Using textiles as a vector of her sensibility, she explores various formats to best express what is hidden, what remains buried.  She likes to create comforting interiors. Her universe is inspired by melancholic feelings, consoled by material and color. Textiles are an emotional medium ; they are reassuring and enveloping.

Huang Wanbing is an artist who reinterprets China's rich cultural traditions through a contemporary lens. As a distinguished alumna of Central Saint Martins, her aesthetic vision perfectly blends the essence of local artistic heritage with modern sensibility. Her pioneering art explores the interplay between material substances and intangible culture, using innovative techniques to break through the boundaries of creative expression. As a finalist for the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize, Wanbing 's outstanding artistic contributions have received global acclaim for their ability to evoke emotions and resonate with audiences. She infuses her work with profound wisdom that is sensitive to both local culture and universal human experiences, causing cross-cultural resonance. While mastering new methods, Wanbing remains committed to respecting the stories and meanings within traditional art forms.

Intangible Cultural Heritage inheritor, collaborating artist for projects such as the “BVLGARI Serpenti 75 Years of Infinite Tales""LOUIS VUITTON Hangzhou Hard Case Exhibition", and Budweiser's Fifteen-City Dragon Year Project, and participant in the 6th China International Import Expo [China Pavilion] in 2023.His works have been exhibited at renowned exhibitions all over the world, including the Venice Biennale, Tokyo Gallery solo Exhibition, Singapore Contemporary Gallery Exhibition, Budapest Art Fair. And, his works have been gifted as national presents and were collected by well-known museums.

Graduated from Dulwich College and University College London (UCL) the Bartlett's Architecture program. With years of overseas study and professional accumulation, Simon Sun's designs integrate rich and diverse cultural connotations, skillfully combining comfort and functionality. Through exploration of the origins of civilization, he conveys and promotes a lifestyle that is natural, free, and enjoyable, striving to trace deeper cultural values, present a variety of artistic home products that are closer to one's own feelings, and can continue to stimulate creativity.