The E Cropped JKT 2.0 interprets the Group Show 2 prompt through its relationship with history and renewal. By using a forgotten textile Professor.E embodies the prompt's tenets of preservation and endurance.

Professor.E was founded in 2017 by Taiwanese designer Ken Rao. Rooted in the principle of intersection, the label merges Eastern traditional aesthetics with contemporary contexts. Hallmarks of the brand include the use of cotton and hemp, deconstruction, and visible stitching and repairs. The brand is also steeped in storytelling—following a fictional character, traveling through history.

The jacket's fabric originated from a vintage futon, which the Professor.E team deconstructed to salvage usable cloth. They layered these fragments together and reinforced them with sashiko stitching. Common in rural Japan from the late Meiji to early Showa periods, the textile bears its history through visible fading, dye, and surface wear.