The designers visited Tai Ping Xiamen Artisan Workshop, led by Enoch To (PR, Marketing Manager, Asia) and Michelle Chu (Design Director, Asia) of Tai Ping on December 9-12. The tour included a visit to the Tai Ping archives and the carpet making spaces. The designers also learned about the processes of carpet making including the preparation of yarn, various dying techniques, to preparation of designs and stencils, and Tai Ping's famous hand-tufting and carving techniques. The visit provided the designers with a comprehensive context to Tai Ping's making methods.

The trip ended with a productive meeting with the production manager, where the designers shared on their concepts and discussed on feasibility, materiality, and mapping out of the next stage design in preparation for the experimentation and production of the first batch of prototype testing.