{"id":40555,"date":"2025-07-01T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=40555"},"modified":"2025-07-04T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T04:34:10","slug":"interview-chijui-wang-lda-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse.international\/index\/interview-chijui-wang-lda-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with ChiJui Wang | Letting the Space Speak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ChiJui Wang, originally trained in electrical engineering, discovered a calling in interior design through a path shaped by chance and reflection. Drawing from a deep sensitivity to space and silence, Wang approaches design as a quiet practice of empathy. Creating environments that hold memory, invite clarity, and respond with intention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ChiJui Wang Q1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Design was never part of my original plan\u2014it found me in the quiet gaps between expectation and discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In high school, I studied electrical engineering. My dream at the time was to enter a fine arts program, but by a twist of fate, I was accepted into an interior design department instead. At first, I wasn\u2019t sure if it was the right path. It wasn\u2019t until I entered the professional world\u2014working on real projects. Collaborating with clients, and watching spaces come to life\u2014that I truly fell in love with design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What draws me to design now is not aesthetics alone, but its ability to hold memory, intention, and transformation. Coming from a small town in southern Taiwan, I was always sensitive to silence, to the invisible feelings that spaces evoke. Design gave me a language to translate that sensitivity into form. To create places where people feel seen, held, and quietly understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being recognised by the London Design Awards is more than a professional milestone\u2014it is a deeply personal affirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For someone who did not grow up confident in their voice or sense of belonging. Receiving this recognition feels like a quiet, gentle nod from the world saying: \u201cYour way of seeing matters.\u201d It reassures me that restraint, softness, and silence are not weaknesses in design, but strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award is also a reminder that spaces shaped with care\u2014however small or understated\u2014can resonate with others across cultures. It encourages me to keep designing with honesty and humility. To stay true to my sensitivity, and to believe that even the quietest expressions have a place in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This recognition came at the right moment\u2014just after I left the city and company I had worked in for many years, due to some personal reasons. I returned to my hometown and started my own design studio. Still unsure whether I was truly ready to carry everything on my own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The London Design Awards gave me something I hadn\u2019t realised I needed: permission. Permission to believe in my own voice, to trust my process, and to take up space without apology. For my studio, Chi Lab, this award is a quiet yet powerful self-introduction. An early signal that our design philosophy resonates beyond our immediate surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It didn\u2019t change everything overnight, but it opened up meaningful conversations: with potential collaborators, with clients who value depth over spectacle, and with fellow designers who understand the language of restraint. Most importantly, it shifted the way I see my own work\u2014not as something small or uncertain, but as something quietly necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tingchendesign\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"broken_link external\"><i class=\"icon-instagram\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tpbennett.com\/people\/tajal-rutherford-bhatt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external\"><i class=\"icon-globe-line\" style=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(read more <a href=\"https:\/\/thelondondesignawards.com\/winner-info.php?id=2039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"external\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/muse.international\/?p=28433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChiJui Wang, originally trained in electrical engineering, discovered a calling in interior design through a path shaped by chance and reflection. 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