Ziming Wang
Fluid Complexity: Reimagining Artefacts in Pluralistic Society
The primary aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between socio-political contexts and design methodologies and to contribute to the development of design solutions for contemporary challenges. Specifically, this study seeks to understand how we can facilitate design within complex socio-political conditions to enable both ad-hoc and long-term solutions from the underlying stakeholders for complicated global issues.
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Biography
Ziming Wang is a research-based designer.
He coalesces a variety of media to establish communication between himself and the audiences. Part of his works could be defined as a designed experience. Texts, images, audio, objects, and other media were used to immerse the audiences in scenarios he created. His works are intentionally designed to feel absurd, hilarious, and sometimes creepy, in order to dispel the strangeness of discussing our possible futures.
His works were exhibited in multiple exhibitions, including the NYCxDesign during New York Design Week 2021 and were featured in SAIC’s annual journal.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering and a master’s degree in art and design. He is now a PhD student at the Royal College of Art.
Degrees
Master of Design, Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, US, 2022
Bachelor of Engineering, Process Equipments & Control Engineering, Ningxia University, China, 2019
Awards
1st SAE International Collegiate Design Series Aero Design East - Micro, TX, US, 2019
4th SAE International Collegiate Design Series Aero Design West - Regular, CA, US, 2018
1st BMFA Aeronautical Payload Challenge - Weight, Lincs, UK, 2017
2nd BMFA Aeronautical Payload Challenge - Quantity, Lincs, UK, 2017
3rd Prize National Technology Innovation Award, CADC, China, 2017
2nd Prize "Challenge Cup" Competition of Science and Technology, China, 2017
Exhibitions
The Worlds We Build: Designed Objects Reflections, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, US, 2022
Collateral Measures: Privacy and Security in the Digital Age, MADD Center, Chicago, US, 2022
Critical Artifacts: Living Spectacles, MacLean Center, Chicago, US, 2022
AlterFutures: A Climate Fiction, NRDC, Chicago, US, 2021
NYCxDESIGN: WantedDesign, Javits Convention Center, New York City, US, 2021