FOUNDED IN NEW YORK CITY BACK IN 2012 BY CHINESE DESIGNER HONGCHAO WANG(ECAL) AND PENG YOU(RCA). AT THE BEGINNING THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DESIGN DUO IS MAINLY FOCUSED ON MATERIAL EXPERIMENT AND CRAFT RESEARCH. LATER WITH DESIGN PART-NERS SUCH AS INTERIOR ARCHITECT GE WEI (RCA) AND PRODUCT DESIGNER QIYUN DENG (ECAL) JOIN FORCES. BENWU STUDIO BECOME A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DESIGN AGENCY WITH EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN PRODUCT, SET AND INTERIOR DESIGN. THE STUDIO IS CURRENTLY BASED ON BOTH SHANGHAI & BEIJING WITH A SERIES OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION PROJECTS WITH CLIENTS SUCH AS HERMES, VACHERON CONSTANTIN, CASSINA, ISABEL MARRANT, MINI, BACCA-RAT, SWAROVSKI, PERRIER JOUET AND REMY MARTIN.