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Yahan Xing

Interior designer and Master of Design graduate (2025) at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, with a BFA in Interior Design from Parsons.

Oct 6, 2026

Sabid AliMODERATOR
12:02
Mm-hmm.
12:02
So when I was designing a workshop, instead of like providing them materials and, you know, fabrics and tools, instead I was asking them to bring something that they owned so that I could learn someone's history or like, say mat- a certain material that they resonate with.
12:24
And so, um- I just realized that each garment or, like, different materials could trigger different memories from, uh, everybody.
12:36
Particular in one workshop that I hosted, there's that one participant that brought a tutu, like a ballet tutu.

11 MINS LATER

Sabid AliMODERATOR
23:39
Mm-hmm
23:39
... for me, that I have to do it every single day, and to think about, you know, designs and, like, human experiences.
23:46
It's something that...
23:47
Materiality is something that shape and support our experiences.

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