About the Guests

Rui Zhou graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University in 2016 and pursued her master’s degree at Parsons School of Design. Rui founded the brand, RUIbuilt, in New York in 2019. In 2021, Rui was a finalist for the LVMH Prize and won the Karl Lagerfeld Prize. RUIbuilt breaks the category divisions of traditional fashion and creates a new diversified design concept that encourages each wearer to establish a unique and intimate relationship with their clothes to explore the duality of all things in a more philosophical way, focusing on existence itself.

Qu Qiufan is a music producer / sound designer, who graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2016. The inspiration of his productions is mainly based on the plain, simple and elegant styles, subtly expressed through the chaotic and fragmented contemporary context. His recent works were more inclined on making reference to underground music and the design of sound in visual space.

#fff is a semi-open food design studio that develops around "food". It is a flying chef resident space and a space for displaying and selling food-related publications and works. #fff is composed of a group of people who love food. #fff plan to continuously explore issues through cooperation with different individuals and organizations. Food could be a creative matter that is not only for eating but also as a medium for communication and cultural exploration.