京 (JING) is a collection inspired by the imperial Chinese culture and the traditional oriental aesthetics, which is created for the DOOR MAGAZINE editorial project in 2017. "京 (JING)"  means “Capital” in Chinese language and also means the heart of the country, the place where the emperor lived.
京 (JING) Collection integrates the essence of such classic culture and presents in a storytelling format with a strong contemporary feel. With a traditional Chinese color palette, 京 (JING) comes up with a great sense of oriental romantic feel, which highlights the supreme power of the old imperial Chinese culture and the prosperity of the old traditional Chinese history. 

JING OPERA

Inspired by Beijing Opera mask, JING Opera print: Supreme Gold; Blue Diamond. Beijing Opera is a traditional Chinese opera which combines music, vocal performance, dance and acrobatics. The true aesthetics of Beijing Opera are presented through storytelling and intricate performances which are mixed with traditional Chinese fairy tales and historical stories. 

JING OPERA SUPREMe GOLD

JING OPERA BLUE DIAMOND

JING BUDDHA FROM THE ROSE HEAVEN, inspired by the Dunghuang Mogao Mural, features Golden Buddha with Chinese poem print, POSSESSED Dollar Roses (Red) and JING Dragons. For JING BUDDHA FROM THE ROSE HEAVEN, romance and peace is what it stands for. 

The Mogao Cave, also known as Thousand Buddha Grottoes. From the image shown on the left, The Buddha that is made of stucco on a sandstone frame is lying on his right, which is one of the standard sleeping poses of a monk or nun. His right arm is under his head and above the pillow (his folded robe). This statue was later repaired, but the ridged folds of his robe still retain the traits of High Tang art. 

Tiger is one of the 12-year cycle animals in Chinese zodiac. In Chinese culture, tiger is considered as the king of all beasts as well as the representation of the powerful energy. In addition, tigers are considered a yang energy, and are also a solar animal which associates them with symbolisms of the sun, summer and fire. The tiger painting shown on the left is Tiger's Gaze by Zhang, Shanzi a famous Chinese painting artist who was well known for his tiger paintings.

 "I love tigers. I love the colors and I love how romantic they can be. Tigers are usually seen as a ferocious monster, but I think tigers are like cats to be me. Sometimes people always look into things the way they want, while what I love about tigers is that I could dig the beauty out of their characteristics personalities and behaviours."

BALMY OF JING

As one of the animal themes, BALMY takes inspirations from traditional Chinese painting of bee and flowers, and integrate the classics with a contemporary bee nest pattern print and graffiti splash. Both Bee and flowers in BALMY stand for sweetness, romance and warmth, which brings everything together into harmony.