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Kewei Zhao is a furniture and product designer based in the United States. She holds a degree in Industrial Design from the China Academy of Art and a Master’s degree in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2024, she founded Studio ZKW, an independent practice focused on developing furniture and objects through material exploration and spatial research. Her work draws from abstract natural references and emphasizes the poetic relationship between nature atmosphere and contemporary living environments.