Author: Linjun Yuan

In the third-round co-design workshop, I extracted the Spatial / Temporal / Sensory cultural dimensions from the experiences of teahouses, Sichuan pickles, and roasted duck skewers, and together with the participants formulated the core structure of Anxiety-Free Design Thinking.However, one crucial question remained unanswered: Can this framework actually be read, recognized, and operationalized within the…

The insights gained from the fourth-round intervention mark a decisive turning point in my research. Anxiety-free design thinking is no longer merely a theoretical framework distilled from Chengdu’s cultural atmosphere; it has demonstrated genuine potential to function as an applicable design methodology. At the same time, designers’ feedback revealed three directions that must be further…

After organizing the feedback on the sketches, I realized that the designers’ critiques of “cultural expression” were actually a valuable reminder. Their observations were precise and insightful. They were not rejecting culture itself; instead, they were emphasizing how culture is worn, experienced, and felt. In the third part of the questionnaire, I posed what seemed…

In the fourth round of intervention, the part I most looked forward to was seeing how industry designers would interpret the five sketches created during the co-creation workshop. I had originally expected their feedback to vary widely from one individual to another, but as I began reading the questionnaires, I realized that the responses were…

As I organized the questionnaire responses, I became increasingly aware of something remarkable: industry designers’ understanding of “No-Anxiety Design Thinking” was far more nuanced than I had imagined. At first, I worried that the concept might be too abstract, or too dependent on my own interpretation of Chengdu’s culture. But as I read through their…

After completing the first three rounds of interventions, I distilled from Chengdu’s everyday life and food culture three core dimensions of a “no-anxiety design mindset”: space, time, and senses. Yet I wasn’t entirely sure whether these concepts truly held significance within the industry. To gain authentic feedback from fashion professionals, I initiated a round of…

After receiving the outcomes of the third co-creation workshop, I realised with increasing clarity that my next step had to be listening to the voices of the industry. The participants of the first three rounds were all closely connected to Chengdu’s local culture. They helped me understand the emotions, lifestyles and everyday textures embedded in…