The Grand Tour · 2026 China Academy of Art (CAA) Graduation Season has come to a successful close. Graduates from 20 academic units responded to the times with art and explored the future through creativity, unfolding a youthful narrative of ideals, journeys, and growth across the city and campus, transforming Hangzhou into an open art venue that gathers intellectual power, creativity, and action.
The China Academy of Art is proud to launch the "Youth Insights" series, which continues to focus on topics such as avant-garde experimentation, humanities and technology, rural academies, A better China, rooted construction, people-centered, poetic cinema, visual sinology, Eastern design, and overseas insights. The series closely follows how young creators measure the world with their footsteps and respond to the times with their works. Between every departure and arrival, we jointly witness the grand explorations and boundless possibilities of a new generation of artists.
Revelation: Evolution 2.0
Author:Liu Diannan
School of Industrial Design
Tutor:JAMES HOPE
Type: Transportation Design
(L 4700mm × W 1900mm × H 1300mm)
The China Academy of Art Transportation Design Institute (CAA TDI) has developed a full-scale, drivable research and experimental platform on wheels that meets medium-to-high-speed testing requirements. The project focuses on cutting-edge exploration of carbon neutrality in electric vehicles and has filed multiple patents. The design returns to the core essence of electric sports car performance, taking aerodynamics as its point of origin and evolving into an upper streamlined cabin paired with a lower tray-type aerodynamic structure, achieving a synergy between low drag and high downforce. The project features self-developed chassis and power train systems capable of satisfying medium-to-high-speed testing needs. The body extensively employs lightweight engineering and design, while the chassis incorporates a large proportion of plant‑fiber materials, which reduce weight and energy consumption while maintaining rigidity, and are also biodegradable. By returning technology to its fundamental principles, this project breaks the established paradigm of electric super cars, and empowers a carbon‑neutral future for mobility through design innovation.
Supervisor’s Message:
Alisson is top level global design student as evident with his reception of the CDN - Peoples Award - Undiscovered talent and his clear ability to deliver exceptional results every time. A "Rockstar" and shining example for other CAA students. Always ready to support & deliver!
From Supervisory Team
Liu Diannan:
Graduated from the School of Industrial Design at the China Academy of Art, with a research focus on Transportation Design. During the program, I maintained outstanding academic performance and solid professional competence, and conducted systematic design research and creative practice centered on future mobility. Major awards include: Gold Award in the 2023 Smart Future Urban New Luxury Mobility Concept Design Competition, CDN Rising Talent of the Year Award in 2024, and the Lin Fengmian Graduation Creation Gold Award in 2026.
