Media designer Yawen Cong explores traditional Chinese aesthetics in digital sphere: “What draws me to traditional Chinese gardens and Shanshui painting is their concept of "man-made nature." These gardens represent humanity's attempt to simulate natural landscapes, much like how we construct digital worlds today.”

Art as resistance in the work of Hikaru Fujii: "Throughout history, humanity has constantly repeated the same course of action in the face of catastrophe - it tells a big story of "reconstruction."

Architect and curator Rana Beiruti reflects on her journey with Amman Design Week—exploring craft, urban regeneration, and the future of design:“There is no finished product, it’s all a process. As a curator, everything you produce is merely Act I of a performance.”

Artist Li Binyuan merges endurance, sculpture and social critique: “...I consider pain the most direct form of education. Pain and suffering point to different perceptions. No matter which it is, only you know; pain will never lie, and it is the most solid sensory experience in all systems.”