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Meet Wei Wu Overall Winner, Maker of the Year 2023

You left your woodwork studio in Beijing and moved with your family to Australia a year ago. What was your profession prior to woodworking, and why did you make the change?

I majored in product design. Before starting my own furniture brand, I worked for 12 years as a design director in a large IT company. With the rapid development of the consumer electronics industry, the lifespan of products has become increasingly short. So I gradually developed a

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