Golden autumn comes in September, and so do the good news. Lately, in the 16^th session of International Clay Silver Contest held in Tokyo, Japan, Li Feiteng, a student of Class 2017 from Department of Attires and Costumes Design, School of Art and Design, SBS, stood out from thousands of pieces and was honored with Honorable Mention with his work titled “Twilight - Memory” . International Clay Silver Contest was held every two years, and designers from more than 40 countries were encouraged to submit their works for competition. There were only 25 pieces of award-winning works in this session, and the prize winners and designers are from Japan, China, the United Kingdom, China Taiwan, Italy, Malaysia and Russia. The award-winning works and selected works of the contest would be displayed in the exhibition hall of Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre for six days.

On the theme of grandfather's memories, the designer was inspired by a “souvenir medal for the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid North Korea” which was treasured his family, and the souvenir medal once belonged to his grandfather, and now it became a bond between different generations for the inheritance of patriotic spirit. The main body of the work is comprised of a hollowed shell and UV colored baseboard. The hollowed shell depicted grandfather’s facial contour when he retired from office and toiled on the field, while the face colored with UV reminded designer of those fantastic stories that his grandfather once told him, and all of these memories were still quite vivid in the brain of the designer. As a young man in the New Era, the designer was motivated to make greater contribution for national prosperity and strength as well as national rejuvenation.

In June of this year, to prepare for the 16^th session of International Clay Silver Contest, Shanghai Business School had invited Nakayama Etsuko, member of Japanese Jewelry Design Association, full-time professor of Aida Silver Clay Club and Supervisor of Aida Silver Clay Workshop, Japan, to serve as the supervisor of the Workshop of International Great Masters, and she had provided intense training for 26 students specially selected from Department of Attires and Costumes Design for ten days with pure Clay Silver as the material. In recent years, Shanghai Business School actively created conditions, provided comprehensive support and invited a lot of internationally renowned design masters to the school and run the College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Workshop. Leaders of School of Art and Design and teachers of Department of Attires and Costumes Design had made great efforts on the organization and coordination with their heart and soul, and they encouraged students with care and concern. By virtue of constant effort and support of SBS and relevant departments, the students of different grade in the School of Art and Design could benefit tremendously from the opportunity of academic exchange with international outstanding professionals, get access to more international information and resources of related professions, and learn the cutting-edge design methods and techniques. During the four years of college study, the students were becoming more and more confident in the process of learning and exploration and gaining greater professional competitiveness.

The honors that the student had achieved in the international competition represented a success and achievement of innovation teaching adopted in SBS, and the students were motivated to actively explore and make innovation, study knowledge and apply it and make greater success to win honor for the school and country.

Drafted by: Lu Yan

Reviewed by: Chu Yanjie

Edited by: Shen Weiping