4AM Studio

Playful Ceramics from a Four-Designer London Collective.

4AM Studio is a London-based ceramics and product-design collective founded in 2023 by four designers from China — Haoran Bie, Shuyu Bai, Ying Qian, and Jingnyu Wang — all graduates of Camberwell College of Arts at the University of the Arts London, working across complementary specialisms in product design and jewellery. The brand's editorial position is the unusually specific one in a category that often defaults to either pure functionalism or pure ornament: 4AM transforms ordinary household objects into pieces that spark joy through design while remaining genuinely practical, with a sense of humour and play running through the entire catalogue.

The hero category is hand-built porcelain ceramics with figurative and architectural references that operate somewhere between functional object and small sculpture. Specific pieces include the Rock-Paper-Scissors Espresso Cups Set.

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