艾琳·格雷作为20世纪最优秀的女性设计师之一,以其在设计创意方面的新颖性以及极为独立自主的个性在现代设计史上独树一帜,名声远扬。这样一位极具创新性与实验性的设计师其早年的设计生涯却始自最为古老而且是非西方的传统设计——漆艺。她对设计材料的灵活贯通进而打破设计类型的绝对分界,成就其设计创造在与众不同的同时又与时俱进。 As one of the finest female designers in the 20th century, Irene Gray has become famous in the history of modern design for its novelty in design creativity and her extremely independent personality. Such an innovative and experimental designer from his early years of design career but from the oldest and non-Western traditional design - lacquer. Her flexible design materials and thus break the absolute demarcation of the type of design, the achievement of its design to create distinctive at the same time with the times.