CV

ejing@ejingzhang.com

 

Professional Experience

Mar. 2015- Aug. 2023 Ejing Zhang Design Studio, London

Founder and director of the namesake contemporary jewellery brand

 

Dec. 2013-Jul. 2014 Mercedes-Benz Italia, Advanced Design Studio, Como

Colour and Trim Design for show car F015- Luxury in Motion and first MB yacht

 

Mar. 2013 Givenchy Embroidery Department, Paris

Freelanced as an illustrator for print designs for ready-to-wear collection A/W 2013

 

Dec. 2011 Liberty, London

Freelanced for Liberty Fabric colour forecasting for collection A/W 2013

 

Oct. 2010- Mar. 2011 Alexander McQueen, London

Drawing and graphic design for Pre and Main AW11 Collection, worked on engineered print projects from research till the finished artwork according to brief.

 

Education

2011-2013, Royal College of Art, London -MA in Mixed Media Textiles

2007-2010, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London - BA Textile Design

 

Selected Exhibitions

2019, Made showcase, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK

2015, Visions from a New Generation,  165 years of Lane Crawford, Shanghai

2015, Nautical Craft Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham

2014, Meet My Project Exhibition, Milan

2014, Heal’s Flagship Store, Discover Modern Craft Exhibition, London

2013, Group exhibition of 20 Lions at Christie’s, South Kensington London

 

Awards, Press and Commissions

2017, PREMIUM Young Designer Award, Berlin

2016, Guest Speaker in Yixi, China

2014, Cover Story of The Bund Magazine Nov. Issue, China

2014, ‘Best Graduate Talent’ Hand Picked by Wallpaper* Magazine

2013, Trophy Design for WGSN Global Fashion Award in V&A Museum, London

2013, Guest speaker in ONE-OFF event, Design Museum London

2012, The Dyers’ Prize from the Worshipful Company of Dyers

2012, Best Conceptual Exterior, Interior Motive Design Awards