Ping Chen

My design practice is rooted in lived experience and human relationships, particularly the emotional and bodily imprints left by those closest to me. These personal experiences are further shaped by cross-cultural narratives and historical references, which inform my understanding of gender and identity not as fixed or binary, but as fluid, layered, and deeply performative. I merge design traditions to question gender norms, drawing on embodied cognition as both method and expression. Gestures of intimacy and everyday rituals guide my form-making, allowing softness to enter structure and reimagining clothing as a space for tenderness, transformation, and becoming.