Kefan Wu

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As a designer, I am drawn to calm, sensory-driven experiences that connect people and objects.

I specialize in turning subtle emotions into physical form through careful modeling, rendering, and motion.

Proficient in SolidWorks, Rhino, and KeyShot, I craft precise yet poetic digital prototypes and animations that reveal how light, texture, and movement define interaction.

For me, design is not only about solving problems — it is about creating harmony between function, feeling, and form.

Mori Bed side Reading Light

MORI is a Japandi-inspired bedside reading lamp that helps urban adults transition from phone use to calm, focused reading before sleep.
Through gentle light control, tactile interaction, and a ritual-based design, it restores balance between technology, attention, and rest.

wireless charging

While illuminating the bedside with a gentle, focused light, MORI also provides wireless charging for phones and smartwatches.
The wooden base blends warmth with function, keeping essential devices powered and organized — allowing the user to unwind without digital clutter.

Aesthetic & Style

MORI embodies the harmony of Japandi design — combining Nordic minimalism with Japanese warmth.
Its clean geometry, soft materials, and muted tones create a sense of calm familiarity, turning everyday lighting into an object of quiet beauty.

Book Interaction & Bookmark

Placing a book on MORI’s top surface gently turns off the light while holding the book in place.
This simple gesture blends function with ritual — transforming the act of closing a book into a calm, mindful moment before rest.

Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.