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Student Showcase Archive

Yu-Lin Chen

MA work

MA work

  • WE CHARGE

    WE CHARGE, Yu-Lin Chen

  • Thaw

    Thaw, Yu-Lin Chen, Adam Guy Blencowe

The Two Ends of the Design Spectrum: Art and product; emotional and rational

We Charge

An outdoor charging system for electric scooters, allowing individuals and business owners to provide a necessary solution to the growing pollution issues and electric transport opportunities in Taiwan. Making charging widely and conveniently available to help save the environment.


Thaw

This series of objects records the way in which ice melts, how water permeates into plaster, and the effects of the plaster composition. Revealing an unique aesthetic of a material that typically sits on the periphery of our consciousness but deserves new attention.

Info

Info

  • MA Degree

    School

    School of Design

    Programme

    MA Design Products, 2015

    Specialism

    platform15

  • With my work I hope to have a positive effect on people's lives and to try to enhance their daily experiences. This could either be through their emotional response to my work or the way that I can improve their lives with the solutions I design.

  • Degrees

  • BA Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, 2010
  • Experience

  • Industrial designer, NDD, Tainan, 2010–13
  • Exhibitions

  • Young Designersʼ Exhibition (YODEX), Taipei, 2010; Dian Shin / Design Refreshment Exhibition, Tainan, 2011; Taiwan Designersʼ Week, Taipei, 2011; Taipei World Design Expo, Taipei, 2011; Designtide Tokyo, Tokyo, 2011; Tokyo Designers Week, Tokyo, 2011; Dian Shin / Design Refreshment Exhibition, Tainan, 2012; Taiwan Designersʼ Week, Taipei, 2012; RCA Work-in-progress Show, London, 2014; RCA Work-in-progress Show, London, 2015
  • Awards

  • Young Designersʼ Exhibition Golden Award, 2010; iF Lebens(t)räume Award, 2010; IDEA Award, 2010; Best of the Best Red Dot Design Award, 2011; IDEA Gold Award, 2012; Braun Project Award, 2012; Core77 Design Award, 2012; Spark Concept Award, 2013