Interview with Jingcheng Wu

I created a lab in a villa in Shenzhen, China. Now is nearly 8 people, we make are jewelry totally in this lab, including design, goldsmith, stone-setting, casting, modeling and etc. It’s very rare with such a small space and few people could do such things all by ourself, but that’s how we do, and I myself do a lot types of work. Such as, design, casting, setting, engraving, modeling.

I have to quote someone told me this word, that he says, design is what customer pays you to make your dream come true. I partly agree with that, I see design is an opportunity to make things that you’re not satisfied of what you see, into something you like.

i like challenging works, I always try to make every design of mine a challenge, cannot resist but thinking of trying some new stuff whenever theirs a new design.

most of the time is always the newest design is my favorite, for now is my newest design, brooch, it reflects of what i feel of this world and the people right now, and sun if for hope, I sure think all tough times will pass by, and sun will rise up the next day. Also I used a very old technic to realize the texture of leaf on gold too.

I do all designs for my own company.

right now I’m interested in Zirconia and titanium, and technology would be watch making machines and tools.

when I'm alone. not talking. My thoughts just and imaginations comes in from everywhere, maybe is what I'm seen right now, or maybe some other things from somewhere else, or just illusions.

first of all, I would think does it interract with my feelings, doesn’t have to be beautiful, but most reflect of what I’m feeling. and secondly is what kind of technics do I need to use to make it come to life.

many emotions, sometimes anger, or mysterious, or interest into something and see if it can combine with something else.

well, mostly are two, excitement if it matches my design, or disappointed if it didn’t , and that means we have to do it again.

a successful design to my industry I think must be unique, that’s the bottom, cannot be something similar, and even better if it can touch peoples feeling. but that in many cases is hard.

is it unique? is it properly done?

I think a designer should think of environmental friendly, and keep that in mind, do not design something that’s very soon gonna going to trash, or if so, should not harm our earth no more. For the society, i would think if it can make society better of course is best, but if not, it will not make our society worse.

I do see design is changing with technology is changing. I can imagine that the new generation, everybody is better or worse, a designer himself. just look at the 3D printing machines, and all the designing softwares is making designing more and more easy for non-professionals, and i think that’s exciting.

I started my company in Dec 2019, Unfortunately, soon the COVID rushed into our life, and since then I haven’t had opportunity to attend to any exhibition, but I’m looking forward to the next coming year. Maybe I will exhibit in Hongkong or Las Vegas, if there’s still travel restrictions, I might just wait another year and try exhibition in Netherland.

sometime is from nature, and sometimes is just a impression of my mind mixing up things I have seen in the past and made into a whole new other thing.

i think my designs are a bit combination, it does have some orientation feelings inside, but also some modernism. as i took my education from the west but lived in an oriental culture. one special thing though, is i never use expense stones and trying to be environmental friendly.

I live in Shenzhen, China now. I do feel influenzas of a city to design. It comes in various ways. Shenzhen is a young city with many tech companies and factories. the pros are u have no trouble to find some high tech suppliers to satisfy your imagination, and seen all skyscrapers every day, makes your design is also tuned to that way too. the cons of course is the same, I studied in Milan, and seen all the artificial everyday gives me a mind-blowing creativity of arts and handcrafts. which you will find that customers here won’t prefer so much.

i only work for my own company.

I think is to check there past designs and the reality, see how much difference there are. of course the less the better. but sometimes you can ask the designer for reason and why, and see how they answer the question and then decide.

i first get my inspirations by my own need, or by customer, and then visionaries in my mind, after I make a sketch, and then think of the measurements and technics to use. And then draw a technic drawing.

my iMac, MUJI bed sofa, a japanese brand cheese scrubber, MUJI pencil and sketchbook, DYSON vaccum.

wakeup, go to gym, work, lunch, work, dinner, sleep.

if you see many things unsatisfying , you gotta better idea to change it, you’re a designer material.

positives are being paid to make your dream come true. negatives are, making a dream come true means u r never satisfied with the present.

hardwork always pay off.

imagination. imagination needs training, and it’s very important to train your brain to be innovative.

I use a pencil, a notebook, ruler and an eraser.

I regulate my time into many sections, first, I go to the gym in the morning and start work at 10 with a cup of coffee, and taking lunch ,no brake until 9 or 10 o’clock evening. 1 day off every week.

it depends not only on design but also on customer actually, normally a month, the longest took me three months.

what do you think?

designers, young couples, artists, founders or ceo’s of a company.

i enjoy all my work. for those i don’t enjoy, I just turn them off.

in future i will do more designs around endangered spices, recycled materials. tryout new things I haven’t done in my designs before.

I’ll keep that a secret right now.

they can contact me with my email. buy@Hupo.net

I think these questions are very comprehensive already.