Wenyu Wu 吴文煜

Looking for	Student / Graduatue	Nationality	Date of birth
Internship	Student	Chinese	23/01/1997

Biography

I’m studying Transportation Design at Umeå Institute of Design right now. Emotional connection to human is always highlighted, as well as the relationship between function and aesthetics. I believe design is not only about making it beautiful or giving solutions. It’s about making life more excited. I love travelling, trying new things. Keeping open-minded and fresh is important!

Give us a hint about you

New technology is reforming our view of vehicles. I believe that it can bring us with a lot of new opportunities to the experience from interior.

My superpower

I’m never afraid of getting out of my comfort zone. A designer always need to keep fresh minded. Before I design new experiences for users, I always experience new stuff first. I love football, bouldering, travelling, music, art, movies, etc. I believe that only when we keep passionate about life, we can promote our visions about life to people. For me, cars are the way to pursue for freedom and a way to make the city life more attractive and efficient. Cars are closely connected to peopl

Projects

Project 1

Lynk & Co FLINK

Located in Rio de Janeiro, pop it up to create new experience and lifestyle for family mobility in 2030.

Project type

Coorperation project

What was your role in this project?	Which area did you design?
In charge of interior	The pop-up structure, the interior layout, colour & trim, the styling, sketches, renderings.

The design of FLINK is led by the experience of user, and it represents the attitude of a leisurable lifestyle.

Project 2

WEIGHT REDUCTION : : ORIENTAL

Using oriental forms and philosophy to create light-weighted interior design and experience.

Project type

Solo project

What was your role in this project?	Which area did you design?
The topic is about light-weighted, thinking about the shape, material and function.	I tried to generate a light-weighted layout of interior from the spiritual oriental images, as well as using the light and environmentally friendly materials and unifying the functions.

This project is based on the aesthetics of oriental philosophy.

Project 3

VOLVO omni

A minimalistic public vehicle which can be transferred into a cable for 360° sightseeing, combining symbolic and recognizable structure with Volvo slash feature.

Project type

Solo project

What was your role in this project?	Which area did you design?
	Cable mode (sightseeing), Mode transferring by rotating and Vehicle mode

The background city is Chongqing, China, where is full of mountains and tourist resources and using cable cars for public transportation.