Ben Wu

Ben Wu, born Wu Bin, is a Chinese interior designer based in Shanghai, where he founded W.DESIGN. Raised on traditional Chinese art, he developed the practice around what he calls Modern Orientalism: a language that reads Eastern spatial memory through modernist composition and applies it to hotels, residences, showrooms and cultural spaces.

His work has received the 24th Andrew Martin International Interior Designer of the Year award in 2020, six consecutive AD100 listings, a Red Dot and a German Design Award, and the EDIDA China designer of the year title for 2021-2022. He sat on the jury of the 2024 FRAME Awards and has designed furniture for Longhi, including the Mi sofa and bench family.