EDUCATION
PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR | Mar 2021
Major: Fashion Communication and Promotion (Concentration: Digital Visual Merchandising Design)
Thesis: A System of Digital Visual Merchandising for Innovative Textiles and Fashion
M.A., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR | Nov 2013
Major: Fashion and Textiles (Concentration: Fashion Merchandising)
B.A., Donghua University, Shanghai, China | Sep 2012
Major: Art Design (Concentration: Fashion Design)
CAREER HISTORY
Lecturer in Creative Advertising and Brand Design | Mar 2022 - Present
School of Design, University of Leeds
Postdoctoral Fellow | Aug 2021 - Mar 2022
School of Fashion and Textiles (previous Institute of Textiles and Clothing), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project Associate | Mar - Aug 2021
School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project “Enhancing Student Learning Experience through Practitioner-research in Textile and Fashion”
Project Assistant | Mar – Sep 2018, Sep 2020 – Feb 2021
School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project “Cross the Boundaries – Innovative Textile and Fashion Design”
Research Associate | Mar – Aug 2016
School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project “Development of Sustainable Practices in the Fashion Industry”
Intern | Mar 2014 – Mar 2014
School of Fashion and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Project “Manufacturing Metallic Silk and Polyester Textiles using the Developed RtR Sputtering System”
CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP
I. ORGANISED EXHIBITIONS AND FASHION SHOW
As Curator / Assistant Curator
1. Creativity and Visibility: Towards Fashion and Home Textiles (Virtual)
Exhibit: 1 September 2021 - 30 June 2022
Retrievability: https://qs1219397321.wixsite.com/edc-polyu/creativity-and-vsibility-exhibition
2. LOOK LOOP: Transitional Knitting – Research Work by Yishu Yan (Online)
Exhibit: Start on 18 June 2020, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/lookloop
3. Kinor Jiang: Cloth / Landscape
Exhibit: 14 April – 24 June 2019, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/kinor-jiang-cloth-landscape
4. Youth and Beauty – Research of Qipao and Textiles in the Republic of China by GONG Jianpei
Exhibit: 18 January – 14 March 2019, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/beauty-youth
5. Self-Organisation: Junichi Arai’s Textile Anthology
Exhibit: 16 December 2017 – 26 January 2018, Innovation Gallery and The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/junichi-arai
6. Encounter Art and Technology by Guangdong Rising Well Science and Technology Co., LTD,
(Functional Textiles Technology Summit)
Show Date: 7 July 2017, Foshan, Guangdong, China
7. Wearable Art – New Beat: International Student Competition, 10th International Shibori Symposium
Exhibit: 5 - 30 September 2016, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong, 15 - 20 November 2016, Centro Cultural San Pablo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/10th-international-shibori-2016
8. New Beat: International Student Competition – Textile and Wearable Art, 9th International Shibori Symposium
Exhibit: 27 August – 10 October 2014, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/9iss
As Exhibition Assistant
1. ITC Graduation Exhibition 2019
Exhibit: 30 September – 07 November 2019, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/itc-graduation-exhibition-2019
2. POLYU Fashion Show 2018 – Finalists Exhibition
Exhibit: 5 November 2018 – 14 January 2019, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/polyu-ba-2018
3. Evolutionary Cloth – Art of Junichi Arai
Exhibit: 9 December 2016 – 5 March 2017, Hubei Museum of Art, Wuhan, China
Retrievability: http://wlt.hubei.gov.cn/hbmoa/zlhd/zlhg/202006/t20200603_2377108.shtml
4. Renaissance of Fashion – Francoise Hoffmann, Carmen Rion, Patis Tesoro
Exhibit: 31 August – 25 September 2015, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/renaissance-of-fashion
5. Fairview Frame
Exhibit: 13 July – 14 August 2015, The Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong
Retrievability: https://www.fashiongallery.hk/fairview-frame
II. GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1. FLOATING SILK, Reality Beyond Reality - Life, Nature and Technology, 2022 International Fashion Art Exhibition, 16 - 22 July 2022, Xiqiao Culture Center, Xiqiao, China.
2. FLOATING SAND, New Beat International Student Competition, 11th International Shibori Symposium, 07 – 15 July 2018, Tohoku University of Art and Design, Japan.
3. FLOATING SAND, Surface Design in Fashion – Works by Professor Kinor Jiang and Collaborators. 18 January – 8 February 2018, Jill Stuart Gallery in Cornell University, USA.
4. RORED, Art Al Vent XIV. 7 August - 1 September 2017, Gata de Gorgos, Spain.
5. MX+HK, Fashion Parade, Rebelles - 2016 Festival of Extra Ordinary Textile. 24 September 2016, Place de la Victoire, Clermont- Ferrand, France.
6. FLOATING SAND, 2015 International Festival of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – Gene/Recreation. 11-20 September 2015, Chengdu, China.
7. UNTITLED GARMENT, China Innovation and Technology Fair. E22-23 May 2015, Guangzhou, China.
RESEARCH
I. BOOKS & CHAPTERS
1. (Under review) Peng, Q.X. (2023). Employing Digital Visual Merchandising as A Promotional Tool for Expanding Textile Innovation, Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles, Volume 10.
2. Fabric: Metallic Textile Art of Kinor Jiang (2021), The Kong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, ISBN 9789623678315 (Printing)
3. Self-Organisation: Junichi Arai’s Textile Anthology. (2017). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. ISBN 9789623678148
4. Wearable Art - New Beat: International Student Competition. (2017). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. ISBN 9789623678049 (print), 9789623678049 (electronic)
5. Fashion Thinking with Life Drawing. (2015). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. ISBN 9789623677868
6. International Textile Design and Fashion Art. (2014). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. ISBN: 9789623677837
II. JOURNAL PAPERS
1. Jiang, S.X., Peng, Q.X. (2020). Starting from Design Origin: Development of Metal-coated Textiles Technology, Art and Design, January 2020, Volume 321, pages 28 – 31. ISBN: 9770412366209.
2. Peng, Q.X. (2018). Metallic Sound: Hometown of Gambiered Canton Gauze in 2018 China Fashion Week, China Textile, Volume 12, pages 52-53.
3. Peng, Q.X. (2016). Sustainable metallising textile production developed in Hong Kong PolyU, China Textile, Volume 5, pages 50-51.
4 Jiang, S.X. *, Yuan, G.X. *, Huang, J.J., Peng, Q.X. and Liu, L. (2015). The effect of laser engraving on aluminum foil-laminated denim fabric, Textile Research Journal, 0040517515599738.
5. Miao, D.G., Zhao, H.M., Peng, Q.X., Shang, S.M., Jiang, S.X., (2014). Fabrication of high infrared reflective ceramic films of polyester fabrics by RF magnetron sputtering, Ceramics International, page 1595-1601.
III.CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS & PROCEEDINGS
1. Qiu, S., Peng, Q.X., Jiang, S.X. (2022). Linkage between Fashion and Textile Design Student and Industry: Interactive Platform for Practical Design, 2022 International Conference on Diversified Education and Social Development (DESD), 22-24 Jul. Hangzhou, China
2. Peng, Q.X., Jiang, S.X. (2022). Practitioner-research Learning: A study of Adding Research Elements in Fashion and Textile Design Education, The International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI), 5-8 Apr. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK. pp. 228-243.
3. Peng, Q.X., Jiang, S.X., Shang, S.M., Miao, D.G. (2019). A review on visual merchandising design contents and layouts in branded fashion websites, 10th Cross-Strait Conference of Textiles, 18-19 May. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China. p. 73.
4. Peng, Q.X., Jiang, S.X., Shang, S.M., Miao, D.G. (2018). The Study about How to Promote Innovative Textiles and Fashion with Digital Visual Merchandising, 9th Cross-Strait Conference of Textiles, 18-21 May. Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. p. 183.
5. Peng, Q.X., Shang, S.M., Jiang, S.X. (2017). The Study of the Digital Visual Merchandising for Niche Brands and Its Impact on the Brand Development, 14th Asian Textile Conference, 27-30 June. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. Proceedings Volume II, pp.110-113, ISBN: 978-988-13999-4-6; e-ISBN: 978-988-13999-5-3.
6. Peng, Q.X., Yuan, G.X., Jiang, S.X. (2015). The application and marketing potential of decorative and functional metallising textile, The 4th Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering, 3-6 August. Macau University, Macau, China.
7. Peng, Q.X., Jiang, S.X. (2014). A discussion about eco-fashion and its impacts on fashion design, 9th International Shibori Symposium, 31 October – 4 November. World Shibori Network and China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
IV. PATENTS
1. Functional curtain fabric with an anhydrous coating layer and method for manufacturing same, US: 2020/0149150 A1
2. A method using vacuum coating technology to prepare conductive yards, PRC: 201810517459.7.
3. A functional curtain fabric with anhydrous coating and its preparation method, PRC: 201710166204.6.
4. A Roll-to-Roll Magnetron Sputtering Device for Textile Pattern Generation, PRC: 201420582217.3.
5. A Yarn Winding Unit for Coating System, PRC: 201720116759.5.
V. RESEARCH GRANT
1. Funding for Strategic Plan Initiatives to Expand Research Elements in the Undergraduate Curriculum 2020-22
Project “Enhancing Student Learning Experience through Practitioner-research in Textile and Fashion Design”, HKD 200,000 (Participator and proposal preparation)
2. PolyU Lean LaunchPad Programme 2020
Project “Applying Metallic Sputtering Textiles in and beyond Fashion”, HKD 40,000 (Proposal preparation)
SCHOLARSHIP & AWARDS
1. Outstanding Reviewer | 2022
Textile Bioengineering and Information Society, 5-8 September 2022, Liberec, Czech Republic
2. Best Paper Award | 2018
Paper: The Study about How to Promote Innovative Textiles and Fashion with Digital Visual Merchandising
Conference: 9th Cross-Strait Conference of Textiles
3. Excellent Student of Donghua University | 2009
4. Scholarship of Donghua University | 2009
5. Youngor Scholarship | 2009
6. Excellent Paper Award | 2008
SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
I. SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT
1. Deputy Programme Leader, MA Advertising and Design | Jul 2022 - Present
2. School Exhibition Curator | Sep 2022 - Present
II. SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Professional Membership
1. Secretaries on the Exhibition Committee, International Fashion Art Network | 2020 - Present
Juried Design Competition / Exhibition Reviewer
1. China Design Competition | 2023
III. OTHERS
1. The Fashion Gallery
Established and designed the website for The Fashion Gallery, 2018-2019.
Link available at https://www.fashiongallery.hk/
2. Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (CHAT)
Label translation for the exhibition “Sudo Reiko: Making NUNO Textiles” held by the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile (2019).