Author: Lily James

What happens when a tradition is allowed to change? For jewellery designer Sabina Dragusanu, the answer begins with looking back. Her collection Ad Infinitum, developed during her MA Jewellery Design at Central Saint Martins, takes inspiration from Romanian craft traditions and asks how their visual language might continue in a contemporary world. Rather than recreating…

For Peilin Chen, this question began with something very ordinary: three suitcases. For the past seven years, Chen has moved between China and the United States every few months, carrying her life back and forth between two places, two languages, and different cultural expectations. Over time, packing and unpacking became more than a practical routine.…