Also known as Conquering the Client
When a perfectionist designer meets a disabled young scientist with a closed-off heart, who will be the first to let down their guard?
"What you think is accessible design is nothing but the arrogance of able-bodied people."
Up-and-coming designer Liang Shuang takes on the biggest challenge of her career: designing a luxury apartment for Qi Ji, a scientist who uses a wheelchair.
At their first meeting, the man's sharp gaze seems ready to pierce through every professional disguise she wears.
"If you don't even dare to spend a week living in a wheelchair, don't talk to me about human-centered design."
To win the project, Liang Shuang begins a seven-day wheelchair challenge:
For instance, being unable to reach the counter at a cafe.
For instance, being hurt by the pitying looks of passersby.
For instance, discovering that so-called "standard accessibility" is all a lie.
How can she put herself in her client's shoes and design a better home when life is full of obstacles at every turn?
The spark that begins with the clash between client and contractor will eventually overcome every obstacle, visible or otherwise.
"Liang Shuang, you didn't design a house. You designed the normal life I never dared hope for."
Professional designer x disabled tech tycoon
Every spatial design conceals an emotional code.
He teaches her what accessibility really means; she helps him return to a world with warmth.
"The best kind of love is when both of us can be wholly ourselves."
You never know: the designer who always revises her blueprints until the early hours may be secretly planting a spring full of flowers at a height your wheelchair can reach.
Theme: In interior design, there's a term called "circulation." The way we meet and come to know each other is the perfect circulation plan.
