2026 | Student

MUSE Design Awards Silver Winner

The World After Humans: Four Non-Human Viewpoints

Entrant

Zhejiang Wanli University

Category

Conceptual Design - Communication

Client's Name

Wu Yihan

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

This project is a speculative experiential design exploration that investigates post-anthropocentric perception through four non-human viewpoints: rock, cloud, seaweed, and fungi. By decentering the human subject, it asks how matter itself might register duration, atmosphere, pressure, memory, and ecological relation. Integrating printmaking, frottage, photography, and editorial image construction, the project develops a research-based visual framework informed by ecological thought and non-human agency. It does not represent nature as scenery; instead, it stages an alternative perceptual model in which non-human entities operate as sensing bodies and epistemic agents. The final outcome is an immersive visual system that reframes the relationship between observer, environment, and material existence.

Credits

Zhejiang Wanli University
Wu Yihan
More Silver Winners
Product
2026
MUSE Design Awards Winner - NAILEKESI TFCC Wrist Brace

Entrant

Yangzhou Senior Sports Goods Co., Ltd.

Category

Product Design - Healthcare

Product
2026
MUSE Design Awards Winner - Patient Transfer & Bathing Care System

Entrant

Donghua University Fashion Design & Value Creation Knowledge Service Center

Category

Product Design - Assistive Devices

Product
2026
MUSE Design Awards Winner - Dispenser for Dog Waste Bags

Entrant

Woofpanion

Category

Product Design - Animals & Pets

Interior
2026
MUSE Design Awards Winner - OBM Parent-Child Training Center

Entrant

Tianci Design Studio, Quanshan District, Xuzhou, China

Category

Interior Design - Event Space