The workshop by Downland at Design China Beijing 2021 Photo: Xiao Ni

A series of creative designs from students at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China and ENSCI-Les Ateliers is showcasing the future of sleep at Design China Beijing 2021, which is running from Friday to Monday at the capital's National Agricultural Exhibition Center. 

With support from UK bedding company Downland, the exhibition offers possible solutions to sleep issues that trouble millions of people around the world. Downland has been working with French studio OBVISION on creative designs projects. For the exhibition, six directions were set up to guide the possible ideas including nature, naps and health. 

A workshop was also held on Friday to provide a dialogue between Chinese and French students through video calls.