Winner: Designer of the year 2024. Hangzhou-based designer Min Chen.

Min Chen’s production ranges from object design to creative direction. Finding the best bonding point of tradition and modernization, east and west has always been what Chen is good at. Chen believes that Chinese design is becoming a language that is used by the world instead of staying superficially as some style.

Recent projects include neooold gallery and a bench which is made of bamboo.

“A prominent advocate of Chinese design on the global stage, Chen not only continuously produces work that challenges the traditional definition of Chinese design, but also actively supports young Chinese design talents with innovative ideas through his curation of Neooold exhibition," said the judges.