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The Difference Between Inspiration and Costume
Why XU begins with understanding a reference before deciding what should survive its translation
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More than objects. A deeper conversation with the past, present and what's to come.
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The XU Journal explores the objects, materials, design and ideas that shape our world, and the deeper histories that inspire what we create.
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What If Chinese Objects Had Never Stopped Evolving?
What XU is really asking is what Chinese design languages might become when we treat them as something still capable...
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Everything Is Intentional
Why meaning has to be part of the design before it becomes part of the story
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Why Full Grain Leather
Why I wanted the natural surface to remain part of the object
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Why the Hardware Is Warm
The metal was chosen to reference a history, not reproduce one.
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Why These Three Colours Came First
How Cinnabar, Jade, and Earth became the first material world of XU
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Why Earth
Why the Quietest Colour in the First Ruyi Collection Is Not Simply Brown
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As You Wish: Why I Chose the Ruyi First
I spent a large part of my life becoming very good at making the sensible choice. Before asking whether I wanted some...
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Who Taught Us What Taste Looks Like?
For most of my life, I knew what a beautiful handbag was supposed to look like long before I ever stopped to ask who ...
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