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This is the Sound Studies Group, a loose and idependent group of likeminded sharing an interest for researching various aspects of the world through the lens of sound. The group is led by Dr. Qiushi Xu who is an assistant professor at the SUSTech School of Design in Shenzhen, and Dr. Marcel Zaes Sagesser who is Academic Director of Audio and Visual Media at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria. 

Our research focuses on sound in relationship with technology, the environment, and human listening. It includes sound technology, sound studies, philosophy of science and technology, humanities research, sound design, spatial audio, interactive audio, and creative media. The output of this team is published in prestigious international journals and proceedings, at international conferences, and in exhibitions and concert halls.

Sound Studies Group ● 声音研究科研组

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Yiyuan Bai



How to explore the possibilities in life and nature?

Yiyuan Bai, as an Innovative Biomaterial Designer and Researcher, focuses on making sustainable materials and tends to develop materials into products, accessories or art installations according to their characteristics. In the last two years, her works have won awards at the Global HUA Design Supreme Gold Award, the 2024 Netherlands ARC Design Competition Silver Award, the 6th EPACC Environmental Protection Art Creation Contest in the USA, the CADA Japan Concept Art Design Competition, and at the 5th Hong Kong Contemporary Design Award, etc. Besides, she has been shortlisted for the Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability & Creative Practice at the Royal College of Art Hyundai-Kia Innovation Laboratory and for the Green Concept Award in Germany.

Yiyuan Bai holds a postgraduate degree in textile from the Royal College of Art in London (RCA), where she focused on making sustainable materials from herbal medicine, beans, sodium alginate, tree leaves and other natural sources. She applied her bio-design and CMF expertise to craft bio-materials and explored the effects of natural dyeing on herbal medicine.

In late 2024, she worked as a Visiting Researcher at the Material Science Research Centre of the Royal College of Art, primarily responsible for the production of bacterial cellulose. Currently, as a Research Assistant in the Sound Studies Group at SUSTech School of Design, she is participating in several research projects that combine materialities with digital media and creative technologies in an interdisciplinary setting. Her contributions include fieldwork, data analysis, digital media production, and general research administration for the research group.
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