Carrying out redesign

A Fendi bag designed by artist Liang Yuanwei. [Photo provided to China Daily]

"My parents grew up in the 1960s and '70s. The fashion at that time was the green army uniform, the blue worker jackets and the canvas bag with aluminum zippers," she says.

She says that her design is about personal memories, freedom and restrictions, and the dialogue between East and West.

Tim Yip, the Chinese art director and designer who won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in 2000, offers a black-and-white bag. It features a color changing LED screen inside and mini crystal oval beads on mink fur on the sides.

"Many of my designs feature elements from both West and East because I believe that Eastern and Western aesthetics can combine perfectly.

"I'm honored to be part of Fendi's Peekaboo Project and really enjoyed the collaboration between Eastern design and Western production techniques," he says.