About

Pei-Wen Jin
Designer, Researcher

2023 Finalist of R|ELAN™ presents Circular Design Challenge in partnership with UN in India
2023 Finalist of iD Emerging Designer Awards
2021 Runner-up Mentorship with Orsola de Castro Winner of Redress Design Award

Taiwan fashion designer and researcher based, Pei-Wen is deeply committed to advancing the circular reuse of textile waste and contributing to the establishment of sustainable practices within the fashion industry through her ongoing research. Her expertise lies in zero-waste pattern cutting, where she holds patents for pioneering innovative modular methods to minimize waste. She firmly believes that the only way for industry to coexist with nature is to consider sustainability as a necessary priority in every decision.

International activities

✿ Taiwan
Resident artist of the Vessel of Future Commune Exhibition by U-mkt
Lecturer for the ‘Market Waste Upcycling Workshop’ by U-mkt
Partnered designer in the R+F5 Garment Remake Project launched by REHOW
Redress Design Award Campus Ambassador
Duo exhibition ‘The Rationality and Sensibility in Garment Design’ with Logan Lin
Lecturer for the ‘Circular Fashion Design’ workshop at Shih Chien University
Lecturer for the ‘Sustainable Design & Creative Thinking’ lecture at National Taiwan University
Lecturer for the ‘Plastic Waste Upcycling Workshop’ hosted by National Museum of Marine Science and Technology
‘The Indigo’ collection’ with Logan Lin showcased at Hakka Affairs Bureau, Taoyuan City Government
Design collaboration ‘The Contemporary Shadow Play Show’ with Taiyuan Asian Puppet Theatre Museum

✿ HongKong
Upcycling label’ SOFT YET_’ participated in CENTRESTAGE’23
Upcycling label’ SOFT YET_’ participated in the Redress Alumni runway’23
Alumni mentor for the ‘Rising Talents‘ program of the Redress Design Award
Lecturer for the ‘Garment Sustainability’ workshop at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, hosted by Redress
Lecturer for ‘Sustainable Fashion Workshop’ by Redress Student Academy
‘The Tangram Club’ collection showcased at the Redress Design Award’21

✿ India
Zero-waste modular label ‘The Tangram’ showcased at the Circular Design Challenge’23 in Lakme fashion week runway
Zero-waste modular label ‘The Tangram’ displayed at the Circular Design Challenge’23 at UN house india

✿ U.S
Participated in the ‘Ocean Rising‘ project launched by the Schmidt Ocean Institute and Nekton

✿ Panama
Artist-at-sea in the research project ‘DYNAMICS OF SINKING MICROPLASTICS‘ expedition

✿ New Zealand
‘In the PLAYground’ collection showcased at the iD Emerging Designer Award’23 in Dunedin runway
Lecturer for the “Sustainable Fashion’ workshop at Ormiston Senior College