Destinations: Shanghai + Hangzhou
Merge Shanghai's tech-driven digital design landscape with Hangzhou's poetic natural aesthetics of West Lake and tea plantations, exploring how natural visual elements inspire modern digital design creation. This route features AI design lab visits, nature-inspired digital art workshops and cross-disciplinary design collaboration, tailored for visual design students focusing on digital art, UX/UI, motion graphics and sustainable design.
Day 1 Digital Art & Urban Public Space Design
China Digital Art Museum: Interactive digital installations; digital storytelling design workshop
Xuhui Riverside Public Art Walk: Large-scale sculpture/urban furniture analysis; public space visual design study
Xintiandi Night Market: Commercial lighting/signage design observation; color & layout reference collection
Day 2 AI Design Tech & West Lake Natural Inspiration
Shanghai AI Design Lab Visit: Collaborate with tech designers on nature-inspired app interface draft designHigh-speed train to Hangzhou;
Digital Design Center: Modern digital design case sharing
West Lake Moonlit Boat Tour: Capture water/mountain/pagoda reflections; color palette & texture study
Day 3 Natural Landscape Aesthetics & Traditional Art Translation
West Lake Cultural Landscape: "Ten Scenes of West Lake" sketching; natural spatial visual design analysis
Longjing Tea Plantation: Tea picking experience; sustainable agriculture & packaging visual design study
Traditional Chinese Painting Class: Translate landscape elements into digital patterns (tablet hands-on)
Day 4 East Asian Design Philosophy & Digital Art Creation
China Academy of Art (Hangzhou): Campus architecture tour (traditional form modern interpretation); East Asian design lecture
Digital Art Workshop: Combine tea plantation photos with AI-generated patterns; final digital portfolio piece creation
Return to Shanghai; group project presentation & peer review
Day5 Design Synthesis & Final Portfolio Completion
Group discussion: Natural inspiration + digital design integration; expert design feedback
Finalize nature-inspired digital design works; portfolio compilation and sorting
Departure
