portfolio_2017 by 李宜瑾

Portfolio Lee Yi Chin

2017

CURRIULUM VITAE

E D U C AT I O N Bachelor National ChengChi University Management of Information System 2010-2011

李宜瑾 / Lee Yi Chin 30.09.1991

PROFILE I am a design student who is interested in combining art and design to deliver messages to the public. My master research was about exploring origami and developing modular object from origami structure.

EXPERIENCE

National ChengKung University Industrial Design 2011-2015

Master National ChengKung University Technology and Art Master Program 2015-2017

S KI L L S Software Adobe Series Solidworks Autocad Rhino / Grasshopper

Internship

Programming

XXtraLab DESIGN Interaction design assistant 2013 summer, Taipei

C code Processing Arduino Java Objective C

Mediamatic Exhibition assistant 2015 summer, Amsterdam

Language Chinese English

Primary Language Fluent / Tofel 82

Project Assistant Mechanical Engineering Department Researching on bamboo’s material properties and its manufacturing method 2014, NCKU

AWA RD CHI Play student competition Nomination 2014, Toronto

Visual Cognition and Modeling Lab UI design for cellphone application 2014, NCKU Mizuiro Art House Translator and project manager 2014, Tainan

C O N TAC T Mobile Email

0963-385-358 ruby023123@gmail.com

CONTENT

Origami Research

Agar Flower Pot

Dyeing Project

Floating Graden

Sleeping Beauty

Origami Research This project was aimed at training design process and method. We drew lots to decide the topic of each group, and our topic is Eco-Friendly and receipt. We followed the design method to analyze all the data to help us clarify what the product will be.

Origami Research

Thesis Outline My master thesis is a project lead research, and the research was implemented by a series of experiments. The practice and reflection lead me to the question and the answer. The master thesis is an ongoing project, and I only present preliminary research in the portfolio, the oral test and final show will be held at the end of July 2017.

Origami Research

Exploring Origami

Study on Origami Tube

Develop Module

Application

Origami Research

Exploring Origami Origami research started with interest. I tried to find the gap that could form research objective through folding practice and contextual review. At the beginning I folded various structures, to understand the principal and possibility of this craft. Through contextual review, I realized that Miura folds, which was named after its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura, already inspired modern science and technology a lot and the pattern also fascinates me. Therefore, I focus on Miura fold and play with it.

Origami Research

Delve into Origami Tube During the material collection, I found research about origami tube conducted by the research team at Georgia Institute of Technology. I was interested in the space that is between two sheets folded in Miura method. The structure can be pressed, twisted and jointed.

Origami Research

Liner and circularity deformation of z-tube

Origami Research

Developing Module from Origami Tube The connection was one of the features of origami tube, and this feature triggers me to develop serials of modular objects based on origami structure. I added an extra self-supporting base to make the structure selfstanding. In the end, I created a family of modular origami structures by form variation. Each shape is slightly different, and after the combination, the structures can function differently.

Origami tube

New origami tube become stackable but not stable in the bottom.

Adding extra base

Adjust the base into tetrahedron, the structure can stand stable at an angle

Final version of the origami strucutre.

Origami Research

origami tube_V-shape

M-shape

W-shape

I-shape

I The diagram of possible combinations

Origami Research

The possible combination of derivative forms from origami tube, they can have three dimension connection.

Origami Research

Application: Exhibition Space Pototyping I was presented with the opportunity to apply the modular structure into the space design for an upcoming exhibition. When the structure turns into a space scale module, many technical problems gradually emerge. After several prototypes and the assistance of a cardboard factory, we achieved the exhibition wall.

Origami Research

Kit of Part System All of the building components were pre-designed and pre-fabricated into flat sheets, for which we needed a large labor force to form a production line to assemble and glue the pieces together.

Origami Research

Application: Exhibition Space Applying Typographic on Origami During the period I was exploring the Miura origami, I notice that separate facets can become a continuous panel in the visual at a particular angle. In this project, I was trying to attach the exhibition title â&#x20AC;?MovIPrintâ&#x20AC;? onto the facets and play with perspective.

Origami Research

Application: Exhibition Space Reusable One of the reasons for using an origami structure was that: through the folding mechanism, it can be reduced by more than 50% of its volume after it was folded, so we were able to store it after the exhibition, and reuse it in the next exhibition six months later. In addition to the advantage of needing less storage space, Yuen Foong Yu provided stiff recycled paper which was also strong enough to reuse, thereby making this project more environmentally friendly.

Origami Research

MovIPrint Exhibition in June 2016

Pattern Exhibition in November 2016

2014 Lee yi chin Chang Shih dian

Agar Flower Pot In this project we tried to study the material that we had never played with before. We selected the agar to explore. During the experiment, we accidentlly found out that the fiber of agar becomes harder after it is baked. On the other hand, we mixed different material into agar to try to go further. In the end we used this material to build a container as application.

A g a r F l o w e r Po t

Material Experiment Create agar form Soak agar fiber into hot water for 30 minutes, and then put it into a boiling pot, keep stirring until all the agar fiber turns into liquid. We also found out that if we put the agar block into an oven and dry it out, the form of agar will shrinks and the texture becames stiff, just like the scrub.

Making agar base

Waiting for solidification

Boiling the agar

Dry the water out

A g a r F l o w e r Po t

Mix with other materials To find out agar's diversity of property, we did many kinds of testing, including adding color, oyster shell, fiber, even burying seeds into it.

Bury seeds

Mix with shell

Adding color

Mix with fiber

A g a r F l o w e r Po t

Strength Testing To test the agar brick we made, we tested it through some machining procedure. It turned out that the agar brick was strong enough to make a simple product model.

A g a r F l o w e r Po t

Application We made the agar brick into a flowerpot. Since agar is an eco-friendly material, when the plant is dead or the flowerpot is useless it can be buried into the ground. The agar fiber will automatically decompose and everything will go back to nature.

Dyeing Project

Time flies, we dye.

2014 Lee yi chin Chang Shih dian Huang Yi Chun Lin lin chen Mei Ya chuan

Dyeing Project

Design Concept In this project the goal is to establish a brand and selling products. The target audience are NCKU students. We wanted to design a backpack and pocket for storing personal items and combine them with a school icon. NCKU is full of plants, it will be nice if the product can carry those images as the memory of the NCKU campus. Therefore, we extracted natural color from the campus plants and applied traditional dyeing on our products.

Dyeing Project

Target Audience our target customers are NCKU students. We interviewed some students and integrated suggestions from students to design the suitable backpack.

Unique Selling Point The selling point of our products is using a natural dyeing technique to obtain the campus color on the products.

Dyeing Project

Experiment on Dyeing Technique Searching Dyeing Materials We did lots of researchs on how to get the color we want and how to make them stick on the fabric. We tried chemical pigment and natural pigments from plants. The method we used for extracting colors from the plant is to clean the collected plants and then boil the plants until the pigment appears.

Dyeing Project

Extract Color from Plants Plants that we selected were all found the NCKU campus. The product is not only eco-friendly, but also represents our university.

Cusia

Fu Wood

Banyan

Dyeing Project

Experiment on Dyeing Technique Selecting Fabric To find the fabrics that is suitable for dyeing, we did lots of experiments on fabric. We tried cotton, nylon and silk. We also put fabrics into NAOH to remove impurities.

Dyeing Project

Create Patterns How to make different patterns is a part of our design as well. We created four kinds of patterns. A rubber band was used to tie the fabric, and other tools were used as assistance.

Dyeing Project

Production Process We tied the fabric in different ways to make the pigment attach onto the fabric differently to create patterns. The fabric was put into the pot to boil with the leaves. This step had to be repeated many times to allow more pigment to be soaked into the fabric. At the end of the procedure, we wrapped the fabric with aluminum. we wrapped the fabric with aluminum, because aluminum ion interacts with pigment so that the color is staying longer

Prepare the leaves. We collected different leaves to

Extract pigment. By boiling,

extract pigment. Each kind of leaves has a different

come out.

color.

Boil the fabric for 10 hours.

Take out the fabric and put t

Dyeing Project

the color will gradually

Tie the fabric into the patterns.

them into fixing agent.

The dyeing outcome

Dyeing Project

Final Products Our final products were pockets and backpacks in four colors, and each one represents one plant. We collaborated with the local tailor to finish the products. We also applied other materials to enhance the quality of the dyeing bags, such as leather and metal buckles.

Dyeing Project

Selling Activity This project combined design and business, so we had to bring the business thinking into the products and build the business model. We sold inside the school, holiday market and also provided online shopping.

Recycle Art Project Floating Garden Commissioned by Mizurio art house. In this project, I worked as an assistant with Dutch designer Williem Van Doorn. The artwork was invited by Boulevard Art Festival in Tainan

2014 Williem Van Doorn Lee Yi Chin Bart Van Bueren Mizurio Art House

Floating Garden

Artwork Concept It is a Commissioned art project, I worked as an assistant and translator with Dutch designer Williem Van Doorn. The artwork was mainly composed of floating waste materials like foam blocks and plastic bottles which were bounded together with old fishing nets and bamboo to become a floating raft for plants to grow on .The Floating Garden was more than just a pretty piece of green art on the water. It was a statement to create awareness on how much wastes people make, and how much of the waste ends up in nature, harming animals, plants and the environment.

Me and the Dutch artist

Floating Garden

My role in this project Commissioned

Artist Assistant

Tainan Boulevard Art Festival

Gallery Assistant

Me Translator

Arrange materials and other supports

Make models

Gather volunteers

Floating Garden

Materials Looking for the materials in the field and find out the problems After a field trip along An Ping canal and lagoon, we found out that there were so many discarded oyster racks floating on the water. Oyster racks are composed of Styrofoam and bamboo. Bamboo constructs the framework of the rack and the styrofoam is the material that is used to support the weight. When the Styrofoam starts to fall apart and become useless, they will be discarded on the river. We collected those bamboos and Styrofoam as our materials for making floating artworks. This event also gave us an opportunity to go deep into our environment and clean up the garbage for nature.

Floating Garden

Design the Floating Garden We planned to use the Styrofoam we collected from the canal to build the floating base and use bamboo to build the main body of the garden. The design of the garden was inspired by a Taiwanese farmhouse in his observation. My work at this stage was to help the artist in making the model and find the proper material to wrap the Styrofoam. We had to make sure the wrapping material will not release chemicals when sinking into the canal.

Floating Garden

Build the Floating Base We gathered many volunteers to participate in this art project to raise awareness of the pollution of the canal. We assembled those blocks and built the floating base by the riverside. In the end, we pushed the base into the water, poured the soil and grew plants on top of it.

Floating Garden

Plant the Garden Plant experts also participated in this activity. We planted drought-enduring plants and mangrove at first. We hope the floating garden can gradually become a self - sufficient ecosystem.

Floating Garden

Sleeping

g Beauty

Computational Media Link of The Artwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCX8l77Lk0o&feature=youtu.be

Sleeping Beauty

Design Concept In this project, I created an art video by combining ballet dance and programming. I studied the ballet dancerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movement and used coding to control the body joints. I like the rhythm, and the logic within the dancing, the repetitive patterns of the human body structure makes me calm. Therefore, I did lots of sketches on what kind of structure matches with ballet and what geometry pattern I want to present through ballet.

Sleeping Beauty

Developing Process In this project, the body movements were captured by a depth camera. All the body skeleton transferred into coordinates so that the processing could process the date and produce the animation. In the design process, I tried to create a human skeleton in different ways and connect the joints to make the geometric pattern. I want to address the beautiful motion I capture from ballet dancing to the audience.

Sleeping Beauty

Inviting Dancer I invited a ballet dancer to achieve my animation. I selected The Sleeping Beauty from Tchaikovsky as the background music. The music was separated into four parts, and I designed a different structure and texture corresponding to each section.

Sleeping Beauty

Animation Sequence Section1 - Main rhythm The pattern gradually emerges. The structure was controlled by the upper body.

Section2 - Main rhythm repeat Lower body starts controlling the structure

Section3 - Music become passionate Texture and image start adding into the animation, and the speed of movement increases

Section4 - Music become softer and fades away The structure of the body turns into the diamond shape and gets smaller until the end.

Sleeping Beauty

Full Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCX8l77Lk0o&feature=youtu.be