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COPULA is an accessories brand established in New York in 2018. The founding members are four alumni who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design, including two twin members and two designers with industrial design backgrounds. As an art accessories brand, they use accessories to connect the future and the present, delivering the most creative and narrative designs. In 2022, "STUDIO_COPULA" officially changed its name to "COPULA", and at the same time launched the categories of lifestyle and bag, hoping to continue to illustrate more stories about COPULA in a more diverse language.

ABOUT

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Christina Zhu Graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2018 and obtained a bachelor degree in jewelry design. After a year in New York, she and other three RISD Graduates decided to establish STUDIO_COPULA design studio in New York, which then have moved the studio and their label to Shanghai in August 2019. During her time at RISD, she obtained a chance to go to Italy and learned traditional Jewelry techniques such as lost wax casting and carving. During the same time, she also gain experiences working with Mieu eyewear & Co. and using her knowledge in Jewelry and Metalsmithing to design a total of 4 sunglass designer collaborations. The series was released along with STAFFONLY AW 18 collection and participate together in Shanghai Fashion Week 2018 autumn and winter release and promotional film. After Graduation, She got an offer to Work for Proenza Schouler’s fashion accessories department, where she continue to use her skills to design unique accessories for the brand. During her time at Proenza, she had participated in the PROENZA SCHOULER 2019 autumn and winter series New York Fashion Week show, and at the same time participated in and designed the PROENZA SCHOULER tenth anniversary commemorative series. Gao Yichen Graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and obtained double bachelor degrees in industrial design and jewelry design. After a year in New York, He and other three RISD Graduates decided to establish STUDIO_COPULA design studio in New York, which then have moved the studio to Shanghai in August 2019. In 2018, He got a design job at Tuleste, a jewelry brand established by Satu Greenberg and Celeste Greenberg. He is Responsible for the company's new product design and product improvement,as well as for delivering new designs for the brand to fashion magazines and stars. one of his project was to Design a personal jewelry collection for the famous American rapper Miguel. -His second apprenticeship as working as a costume designer, Kaimin Studio in New York, he had helped the brand in designing the 2019 autumn and winter collection. Liu Chubai she was studying at the Philadelphia University of the Arts with a bachelor's degree in industrial design and a minor in jewelry design. Then she continued to study at the Rhode Island School of Design and obtained a master of arts in jewelry design. During her undergraduate study period, she had won scholarships for consecutive years, and had won the internationally renowned design award A’Design Award for home design. At the postgraduate level, she worked part-time as a second-year undergraduate metalsmithing teaching assistant and also became a 3D printing research lab manager, assisting Arthur Hash's experiments on new printing materials on campus. After a year in New York, She and other three RISD Graduates decided to establish STUDIO_COPULA design studio in New York, which then have moved the studio to Shanghai in August 2019. During her time in New york, She was invited to teach jewelry metalworking at Brooklyn Metal Works. it is a prestigious jewelry art teaching institution co-founded by jewelry artists Brian Weissman and Erin S. Daily. It is located in Brooklyn, New York. It holds various jewelry exhibitions and artist lectures throughout the year. Chubai also became a jewelry maker at Catbird working with its offline product line.

Location:China

Graduate school: 美国罗德岛设计学院  美国罗德岛设计学院  美国罗德岛设计学院  美国罗德岛设计学院 

Year established:2019

BRAND PRICE POINT:RMB500.00-RMB5000.00

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