{"id":40173,"date":"2025-06-17T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=40173"},"modified":"2025-06-17T04:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T04:09:04","slug":"inside-get-space-with-xinxing-wu-where-light-meets-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/inside-get-space-with-xinxing-wu-where-light-meets-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside GET SPACE with Xinxing Wu: Where Light Meets Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As co-founder of Drean Group and CEO of its lighting arm, Xinxing Wu transforms spaces through light, blending technical mastery and storytelling in award-winning projects like Yun Tai Shan Nightscape and Foshan Times I-City Art Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q1. Congratulations on winning the MUSE Design Awards! Can you introduce yourself and share about what inspired you to pursue design as a career?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


As a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Art Design from South China Normal University, I\u2019ve dedicated over 15 years to bridging aesthetics and functionality. As co-founder of Drean Group in 2015 (now serving as CEO of its lighting design subsidiary), I champion the ethos of “activating spaces through light.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My journey\u2014from earning China\u2019s national lighting designer certification and Professional Engineer title to recognition by the Asia Association for Lighting Design\u2014has been driven by a consistent goal: solving spatial challenges with light. Projects like Yun Tai Shan Nightscape and Foshan Times I-City Art Center demonstrate how lighting doesn\u2019t just illuminate\u2014it gives architecture a narrative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q2. What does being recognized in the MUSE Design Awards mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sticking with lighting design through all its ups and downs is an achievement in itself. This award feels like a high-five from the world stage, giving us the confidence to highlight why good lighting truly matters\u2014after all, we are the ‘light whisperers’ of architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q3. How has this achievement impacted your career, team, or agency, and what opportunities has it brought so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its prestigious jury and selective winning rate, the MUSE Design Awards confirms that our lighting projects meet global standards of innovation, aesthetics, and sustainability. More importantly, it validates our design philosophy, helping us secure premium projects where true design value shines and deepening clients\u2019 appreciation for lighting design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q4. What role does experimentation play in your creative process? Can you share an example?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimentation is a key part of our design process. It’s how we validate ideas with clients and turn concepts into reality through technical innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take our GET Space project: we prototyped relentlessly to embed lighting within curtain walls without compromising their daytime appearance. That ‘starry canopy’ effect took months of optical testing, luminaire R&D, and structural engineering to perfect those celestial points of light. Every brilliant solution goes through trial and error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q5. What’s the most unusual source of inspiration you’ve ever drawn from for a project?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

True inspiration isn’t found \u2014 it’s forged through professional dedication and discipline. Everyday observations of nature and life inspire powerful solutions through continuous, project-focused thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winning Entry <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GET SPACE<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Explore the journey of Ying Ying Sun<\/a>, the Gold Winner of the 2025 MUSE Design Awards. She blends architecture, HCI, and game design to craft AI-powered products that turn complex tasks into intuitive, empowering user experiences across finance and consumer tech.<\/em>


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