Prof. Erin Cho, Dean of SFT (1st from left) together with all awardees and Li & Fung representatives
The PhD student Sisi Tang (1st from left) garners second prize with her art installation design "Landscape".
The BA student Lee Yee-man (middle) secures third prize with her fashion design "The Law of the Spiral".
The PhD student Yi Bingqing (1st from right) is shortlisted as one of "China’s Top 10".
The BA student Lee Yee-man, and two PhD students, Sisi Tang and Yi Bingqing, outshone their competitors at the 2024 Fung Innovative Art & Design Award on 7 November 2024, which took place at the China International Import Expo (CIIE). More than 600 entries were received for this year’s competition. Bingqing was shortlisted as one of "China’s Top 10", while Sisi garnered second prize with her art installation design "Landscape", and Yee-man secured third prize with her fashion design "The Law of the Spiral".
Sisi’s design work uses recycled materials and contrasts with withering elements, ice, and fire to imply the rebirth of nature. Her design is made of waste yarn, recycled plastic, and withered wood, with the aim to inspire a new understanding of the value of waste, enhance awareness of sustainable development, and showcase the unique aesthetic value of waste.
Lee Yee-man skilfully used sharp tailoring techniques to reshape the infinite possibilities of form, while selecting sustainable fabrics and comprehensively innovating natural polymers in a geometric form. The original edge design of the work is particularly eye-catching and has become a visual focus, profoundly and vividly interpreting the fusion of desolate wasteland and punk style.
As the guest of honour at the finals, Mr Stephen Fung, China President of Fung Group, had nothing but praise and kind words for the awarded works, "These excellent shortlisted works reflect the in-depth exploration of the integration of cultural heritage and innovative technology by the younger generation of designers, so that we get a glimpse of the pulse and direction of the future fashion industry from them."
