[ʃˈiːd͡ʒɪŋ] [ʃˈyː ]
Born in Changsha, currently live and work between Berlin and Hangzhou.
My practice and research focus on grains and fermentation, which I use to explore reconnections with the land, and to trace microbial expansion as a metaphor for human migration.
info@xijingxu.com
+49 163 1418 228
instagram: @xijing_x
Education
2017-2018 Universität der Künste Berlin MA Product Design
2012-2016 China Academy of Art BA Industrial Design
2017-2018 Universität der Künste Berlin MA Product Design
2012-2016 China Academy of Art BA Industrial Design
Work
2025-now Studio TÍHÚ - founder & designer - food design
2024-2025 Studio Julian Charriere - architect & design - exhibition planning
2024-2025 mixedmedia - design & planing - art production & exhibition planning
2019-2023 infarm - industrial design - R&D of vertical farming units
2016-now tofoodesign - founder - food design
2015-2017 Chitofu - event design and organisation
2025-now Studio TÍHÚ - founder & designer - food design
2024-2025 Studio Julian Charriere - architect & design - exhibition planning
2024-2025 mixedmedia - design & planing - art production & exhibition planning
2019-2023 infarm - industrial design - R&D of vertical farming units
2016-now tofoodesign - founder - food design
2015-2017 Chitofu - event design and organisation
Exhibition & Show
2025
Talk at DongTing, Hangzhou Contemporary Art Week
Food performance with Bündnis Feuer und Flamme for Event Ein Tag im Grünen at Kulturforum Berlin
WWW presented at THE MENU, Ramp Beijing
2024
WWW presented at Singapore Design Week 2024
Co-curated Exhibition EAT: Transformative Seeds, Singapore Design Week 2024
2023
Wanderer presented at Fermentation Festival by Foodthink China, Beijing
2022
Fortune Desserts presented at The 7th abC Art Book Fair, Beijing
2021
Wanderer presented at Cherishing Food, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen
2019
Wanderer presented at Seek Novelty, Zhijiang International Youth Arts Festival, Hangzhou
Wanderer presented at Taoxichuan Art Center , Jingdezhen
Wanderer presented at Salone Satellite, Milan Design Week
Wanderer presented at IMM Cologne 2019, Cologne
2018
Wanderer presented at cantouchthis* UdK Master Graduation Show, designtransfer, Berlin
Tofu Drink presented at Youth Design Day in Japan
Tofu Drink presented at Fuorisalone, Milan Design Week
Selected Project Features (Press)
2019.03 IDEAT China
2019.02 Designboom
2018.05 The Artling
2017《千里之行》
2016.6 AD China
2016.6 Vice China
2016.6 凤凰艺术
Selected Writing
2023-2025 Article Contributions, Foodthink China
养菌阁纪事：我在柏林做发酵
垂直农业：还没来得及拯救地球，咋就纷纷破产了？
漫游者的旅程
2022 Content contribution, Food Design Voices 2022
2019 Article Contributions, the DIFD – Dutch Institute of Food & Design
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