我的名字是泉霖，寓意为泉雨不止，甘霖不息。丰富的雨水滋养着群山中的茶树。我的灵感大多来源于自然。因为从小与自然相伴，我更加珍惜生活之美好，热爱自然之绮丽。但是随着工业化的发展，出现越来越多浪费资源，污染环境等行为；同时全球变暖，水体污染等问题也开始危及人类的生存。这个作品旨在提倡保护环境的概念。

这次的主题是“restart”，我把它理解为“recycle”。于是我拟用了一些源于自然的可降解的材料，来代替其他的化工材料使污染减少。我认为消费行为应该为环境保护做出贡献。相信身为设计师的我们能够用产品改变气候环境，唤醒人们环保意识。

最终我决定制作环保灯罩。在灯罩制作过程中，我比对了源自于自然的多种可降解材料。由于我父亲是国家级非物质文化遗产大红袍的传承人，使我的目光停在了茶叶。茶叶在中国也很受人们喜爱。我希望这种长久伴随于我们身边的材料能够被利用起来。因此我收集了许多经过父亲亲手加工的茶叶，把它与落叶一起，做成了一个环保灯罩。在制作中我用了两个大小不一的碗的负形叠上喝过的茶叶，压制成类似圆饼的形状。它的颜色是乌龙茶特有的深褐色。灯打开时，随着温度的升高茶叶会散发出氤氲的香气。我还把茶叶与竹子结构结合在了一起。

将来我希望通过我的环保设计提高对自然的认识，这样我们才能与我们喝了这么多世代的茶/自然和谐共处。

In Chinese, my name Quanlin means “unstoppable water” and “everlasting rain”. In my hometown, the never-ceasing rain nourishes the tea trees. In my mind, nature can enlighten the spirit. I have been living with nature since I was born. As a result, I have learned to cherish life.

With the development of industrialization, discarded waste is increasing environmental pollution. This is leading to global warming, water pollution and so on. These environmental problems are endangering all living things on earth, among which are human beings. The purpose of my work is to arouse people's awareness of environmental issues. Because the theme of this project is "restart", I have tried to use natural, degradable materials to replace chemical materials such as plastics. Based on my experience and feelings, I understand "restart" as "recycle". Besides, I think consumer behavior should contribute to environmental protection. I believe that as designers we can improve the climate issue and reduce environmental pollution.

My work is an ECO-lampshade named “ ECO-rock tea lamp”. In the process of my research, I compared a variety of degradable materials from nature. My father is a tea-making inheritor (BeiYan). And my family's cultural background made me want to study tea. Plenty of people in China drinks tea on a daily basis. That’s why I wanted to recycle used tea that has been around us for a long time. I collected a lot of tea made by my father, and, together with fallen leaves, transformed it into a lampshade. I used two bowls of different sizes to press used tea into a shape similar to a bowl. Its color is due to the tea used: a dark brown kind of Oolong tea. When the lamp is turned on, the tea leaves will emit a dense fragrance as the temperature of the light bulb increases. To hold the lampshade made out of tea around any light bulb I conceived a flexible bamboo structure that can attach to any light. In the future I hope to continue raising awareness to nature trough my designs. Thus it will continue the same harmony that people have enjoyed while drinking tea during so many centuries.