Interview with Qiu Liwei

My design studio named Southwest Jiao Tong University product design R&D center. It belongs to the Southwest Jiao Tong University Department.The R&D center has many design patents and it also provides design services for various companies such as SHU DU buses company. Southwest Jiao Tong University research aims to find many new energy systems and try to use it to design many new high technology products.
Professor Huang Tao, our team's tutor, is a member of the German Industrial Design Association and of the American Association of Industrial Design. He got numerous awards such as the Red Dot Design Award( red-dot Supreme Award) , the IF Concept Design Award in Germany , the IDEA Industrial Design Award and lite-on Award to name a few.

To change the society and make people have a better life.

Design works of original ecology

Design works that can solve social problems and eco-environmental problems, and design works that can make contribution to human society.

Improve the environment and help the vulnerable groups

My favorite materials are bamboo and reclaimed wood.

When I found problems and solve them.

Focus more on how to make design works into practice, and the feedback from society.

Calmness, reason and keep mind sober

Very glad to this.

To solve existing problems and offer the users better help.

Whether a design brings secondary problems or not.

To make contribution to human society, solve usual problems and change the way of people's life

The future of design are eco and sustainable way.

My last solo show was hold in Germany in 2000, I don't have a plan to hold another show right now.

Keep on finding surrounding problems, try to find out the solution, and always keep the inspiration of design.

My design style is keeping on thinking about problems, treat problems as the fundamental of design, and this can makes my design keeps a right direction.

I'm living in Chengdu, China, Chinese cultural heritage has influence on my design. The advantages of design in China is that there are a lot of entry points for design, this is because of the long cultural history of China, large population and excessively fast development of urbanization, the situation makes people have more ideas about design. On the other hand, the disadvantage is that the combination of design and market is not matured.

The way we cooperate with enterprises are saling or renting intellectual property, and offering design service.

We need better teamwork and communication of thoughts, and keep on improving our design works through the process of discussion.

To find new ideas from life, and continually explore and improve it, then consider every details and fix flaws, finally make the design to be a complete and effective work.

Automobile design, furniture design, graphic design, interior design.

Observing the life, and make notes when new ideas are found.

Design needs thinking, better ways should be found in life to improve design.

On the positive side, design can change the way of people's life, and offers a better direction. On the negative side, the development of design still has some disadvantages to some extent, it may has impact on culture while changing the life style.

Design is to change people's life.

Strong ability of thinking.

Computer, sketching board, pencils, and get inspiration from design magazines and daily life.

To do the most difficult thing when I can concentrate my mind and energy most.

This is depended on the complexity of design objective, so we don't have a steady period.

The contradiction between putting a product into practice production and the shortage of industrial technique.

When I just graduated, I found that society and school are much different. The tough times of struggling at that time gave me much experience of practice.

Manufacturing enterprise and design company

We identify and develop products by ourselves.

We focus on the study of ecological and environmental problems, and solve them.

Teamwork for most time.

We are designing new-energy mini bus which will be appropriate for Chinese features and situation.

Not any more.