Mei-Feng Lin - Exhibition Design Portfolio

MEI-FENG LIN

PORTFOLIO 2013-2019

EXHIBITION DESIGN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN GRAPHIC DESIGN

E D U C AT I O N

2010 - 2014

Aug. 2014 - Mar. 2015

Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2016

Oct. 2017 - Jun. 2019

BSc Industrial Design, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Product Designer Antio Design, Taiwan

Exhibition and Graphic Designer Art Happening Production, Taiwan

MA Narrative Environments Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London

GPA 3.7/4.0

Aug. - Sep. 2013

Sep. - 2018 - 2019

Product Design - Intern PNF Design, London

ME I - F E N G L I N - E x h ibi t i on D e s i gn

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACHIEVEMENTS

Exhibition Design - Intern/Desginer GuM Exhibition Design, London

LANGUAGES

- I n du s t ri a l D e s i g n - G r ap h i c D e s i g n

2013

London Design Festival, London

2014

Young Designers’ Competition (YODEX), Taiwan

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Lexus Design Award, Taiwan

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Tokyo Design Week, Japan

2015

Exhibition: From ZERO to INFINITY, Taiwan

Chinese English Japanese

Native Fluent Intermediate

SKILLS SketchUp / AutoCAD / Solidworks / Keyshot / V-ray Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Indesign Model Making / Sketching

Museum Masterplanning/ The Wildlife Museum

Exhibition Design 2018

TH E W ILD LIFE MUSEU M Museum Masterplanning

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Museum Masterplanning/ The Wildlife Museum

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CONCEPT

APPRACH

METHODOLOGY

FLOOR PLAN: VISITOR FLOW GROUND FLOOR

Ground Floor On the ground floor, the visitor becomes engaged immediately with the Forest. After arrival, and from the Forest chooses to dip into the Biogeographic Realm Galleries, which are concealed, behind the elliptical wall, waiting to be discovered by the visitor.

Although there is a designed visitor route, galleries can be explored on an ad hoc basis, with visitors entering from either direction. The visitor makes their own decision about how to explore the galleries using the icons in the Forest, to help guide them to make their choice.

First Floor On the first floor the central space is integrated with the surrounding galleries, so in this area, the visitor makes a visual choice about which gallery to look at first, like choosing your favourite chocolate from a box.The visitor uses the central space to circulate around the chocolate box, dipping into various flavours, but again uses the concept of returning to the hub, as in The Forest on the ground floor.

Thinking about the central space, we like the concept of creating a gaming hub on the first floor, containing a host of different digital games, all based around the animal kingdom.

Museum Masterplanning/ The Wildlife Museum

Arctic Chamber

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Museum Masterplanning/ The Wildlife Museum

Arctic Zone

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Fantasy Furniture Galleries

Museum Masterplanning/ The Wildlife Museum

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Texidermy Workshop

Cabinet of Curiosities

In this facility work could be taking place by specialists either on new objects or conservation work on the collection.

In this facility work could be taking place by specialists either on new objects or conservation work on the collection.

Exhibition Design/ The National Por trait Galler y

Exhibition Design 2019

T H E N AT I O N AL PO RTR A I T G AL LERY Museum Masterplanning The National Portrait Gallery is unique in being both for and about people. A new project for the complete renewal of the Gallery, Inspiring People, is the most transformative since our home at St Martin’s Place opened in 1896. The project will simultaneously safeguard our heritage and look to the future, allowing us to extend our influence, reach and relevance.

Inspiring People will also transform our building, making it more welcoming and appealing to the widest and most diverse audiences possible, as well as restoring historic features of our beautiful Grade1 listed home. Improvements will include a new entrance and forecourt, returning the East Wing back to public use and the creation of a Learning Centre.

Beyond the building, we have plans for an inclusive national programme, ambitious international collaborations and an expanded digital strategy, in order to reach new audiences onsite, online and both across Britain and around the globe.

The Inspiring People project will enable us to optimise all of our assets for our visitors, including our historic building and world class Collection, helping us reach a broader and more diverse audience. We will become an essential place for those looking to understand the culture that they chose, were born into, or seek to understand. The renewed National Portrait Gallery will be a truly national gallery for everyone, reflecting the Britain of today.

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Exhibition Design/ The National Por trait Galler y

Visitor Route at a Glance Ground Floor Choices

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Medieval to Tudors, 1300s-1600s Key Messages and Audiences These galleries display iconic Plantagenet and Tudor por traits in a suite of three distinct rooms. The Collection here is world famous and is an impor tant draw for schools, families and international visitors.

Entrance Hall Portrait of the Day ‘Portrait of the Day’, a digital presentation of live stream voting throughout the Gallery. This will introduce the Collection and engage visitors in an immediate dialogue with others already moving round the Gallery. The trending and everchanging portrait selection will set a dynamic tone of participation and inclusivity.

The Nation’s Family Album The installation of the ‘Nation’s Family Album’ in the new Entrance Hall will provide a bold and striking introduction to the re-imagined National Portrait Gallery. It will enable visitors to develop a more intimate and emotional connection with the concepts and questions raised by the Collection and its display. These are the questions that frame the visit: Who am I? Where do I fit in? and How do we express ourselves?

Exhibition Design/ The National Por trait Galler y

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Second Floor Emotional Map

Gallery Visualisation

Transformed Second Floor Audience Experiences

Exhibition Approaches

Commercial Space Design/ Poché

Commercial Space Design 2018

POCHÉ Eco-Concept Luxur y Store Location Date

Bond Street, London March, 2018

Can biodegradable materials ever truly reflect the values of a luxury brand? Thanks to the extensive research of our students and graduates the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.

Alongside LVMH architects, CSM MA Narrative Environments and BA Architecture students and alumni created a host of innovative designs for an LVMH megastore that focused on sustainable practices and materials while also reflecting the luxury products of LVMH.

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Commercial Space Design/ Poché

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Spatial Strategy: Central Activity Space VS Private Brand Pockets

Bond Street History: Meet, See & Be Seen: Dandy

Rear Mass / Thickness

Courtyard The overall plan form is divided into three principal zones - a front facing mass/thickness, a central courtyard space and a rear mass/thickness.

Central Courtyard Bond Street Loungers and dandy’s placed particular importance upon their physical appearance, refined language and leisurely hobbies and strove to imitate an aristocratic lifestyle.

Pockets Pockets are then formed in the front and rear masses to create spaces for stores and service areas.

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Turmhäuser Einführung

Turmhäuser Typologie

Turmhäuser Anlagen

Neidpath Castle

Minto Tower

Elphinstone Tower

Borthwick Castle

Comlongan Castle

Smailholm Tower

Claypott Castle

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Craigievar Castle

Amisfield Tower

Front Facing Mass / Thickness

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Neidpath Castle

Minto Tower

Elphinstone Tower

Borthwick Castle

Comlongan Castle

Smailholm Tower

Claypott Castle

Craigievar Castle

Amisfield Tower

Scotland Turmhäuser

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Castles Pocket, Intimate Space

Poché: patial Device to create Solidity, Warmth and Feeling of Being Enveloped

Open, Flexible Space

SOHO HOUSE, DEAN STREET, PRIVATE LOUNGE

Pocket: Castle

SOHO HOUSE, DEAN STREET, FLEXIBLE COURTYARD

Courtyard: Castle

Commercial Space Design/ Poché

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Exhibition Design/ Projecting Beyond Media

2016

P RO J ECTI N G B E YON D ME D I A Contemporar y Light Art Exhibition

Location

National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute

Date

May 14 - Nov. 20, 2016

The composition of light and shadow offers an impor tant clue into our understanding and perception of this world. Delving fur ther from a physical standpoint, “light and shadow” forms a relative basis with objects to visually cast a dependent personality of existence. Just as light is projected on the painting canvas, a sculpture, or even paper, the ar twork can be perceived by the visual senses.

Thus, ar t is brilliantly “embellished” by the light while at the same time opening up the path into the ar twork’s field of vision for the viewer.

Executor Art Happening Production Ltd. Curator Chien-Yu Lo PM Yu-Ying Kuo Graphic/ Space Design Mei-Feng Lin Photo Credit Art Happening Production Ltd.

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Exhibition Design/ Projecting Beyond Media

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FLOOR PLAN

4F_ Viewing Life

3F_ Talking Nature

2F_ Pondering City

"There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."

Leonard Cohen / Singer, Poet, Novelist

1F_ Wandering Space

TRAFFIC FLOW

“Light and shadow” are channeled structurally in the exhibition space as an existence waiting to be captured within the eyes of the viewer, as the artistic field is realized in full at this exhibition through disassembly and reassembly of its significance. In addition to the accumulation of educated material in art design or contemporary arts, we need to consider whether if a sensual experience that is more straightforward can be used to invite the viewer into the museum space.

Within the light and shadow, the viewer is guided for appreciation and establishment of a relationship in observation and understanding the exhibits – further exploring the interdependency between the “human” and the “object.”

Exhibition Design/ Projecting Beyond Media

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Moonlight Room / Living Space

Interactive Area

Glimmer Installation Project: Out of Line

Experimental Arts

Showreel / City Model Project

Exhibition Design/ Projecting Beyond Media

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BOOK DESIGN Catalogue of Exhibition: Projecting Beyond Media

BROCHURE DESIGN Projecting Beyond Media Cover/ Section Sewn and Paperback PVC+White Printing 4mm Grey Board +Light-coated Paper

Back

DVD Cover

Broucher/ Accordion Fold_Ultra Matter Paper

Exhibition Design/ Expo Booth Design

Exhibition Design 2018

S I X S EN SE S TAI WAN TAIWAN EXPO 2018 in Bangkok

Supervisor Organizer Executive Time Venue

Taiwan External Trade Development Council The General Association of Chinese Culture Art Happening 2018.08.30 - 2018.09.01 10:00-18:00 BITEC HALL EH99 BOOTH 201

Bureau of Foreign Trade (MOEA), Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), and Thai-Taiwan Business Association (TTBA) are launching Taiwan Expo 2018 under the theme “Open Your Eyes, Let’s Tie Together” to present smar t living technology, ar ts and culture exchange as well as to promote trade cooperation between Thailand and Taiwan.

The Expo will present and share Taiwan’s experience in various industries such as science and technology, agriculture, medical care, education, and tourism, hoping to establish a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship to both sides.

The theme of “Taiwan Expo 2018 in Thailand” focuses on the cooperation between Taiwan and Thailand industries, featuring 8 major exhibit areas with 200 exhibitors using 250 booths. It will showcase Taiwan’s industry advantages, technological standards, and cultural depth through five major topics of culture and tourism, smar t city, green technology, health care, and good living. Combined with industry forums and business matchmaking meetings, the show will provide a wonderful oppor tunity to experience Taiwan through an array of lenses.

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Exhibition Design/ Expo Booth Design

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Exhibition Design/ Rejoicing the 24 th of June

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Exhibition Design 2016

R E JO IC IN G T H E 24 T H O F JUN E the Exhibition of the Centennial Daxi Shetou Celebration Location

Daxi Wood Ar t Ecomuseum, Taoyuan

Date

July 16 - Nov. 26, 2016

Exhibition Design/ Rejoicing the 24 th of June

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C O L O U R / M AT E R I A L PLANNING

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Daxi is famous for its woodcrafts, which makes this Wood Art Ecomuseum established to exhibit the local arts and culture to the public. The museum is located in an 80-year-old Japanese style building, which is mainly constructed of woods including the structures and decoration. To present the spirit and fit the exhibition into the atmosphere, the colours and textures used are all aim to create a coherent visual sensation, making it a comfortable experience to watch the show.

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Printing

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Wood Veneer

Since this museum is a protected historical building, any damage to the building itself is not allowed when construction. Many protection methods had to be concerned in the exhibition design.

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PROTECTION

Range of Texts and Important Information

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Exhibition Design/ Rejoicing the 24 th of June

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Establishment of Puji Temple

24th of June in Daxian Paintings

The Formation of the Religious Procession

Interactive Screen of Shetou

History of Shetou Groups

Now and Past_Objects Used in the Procession

Exhibition Design/ Interactive Playroom

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ELEMENTS Since it's a cosmetic factory, we want to create a environment that looks like a laboratory. We use a lot of elements to indicate experiments, such as colors of black and white, lab supplies and periodic table.

Spatial Design 2015

I N T E R ACTI VE PL AY ROOM in a Cosmetic Tourism Factor y

An interactive room to show people about how cosmetics are made.

The playroom is located in a cosmetic factory, creating an excellent learning chance for adults and children to learn knowledge of cosmetics from materials to applications.

Interior Design Interactive Design Graphic Design Photo Credit

Li-Zhen Shih Jun-Yu Shih, Mei-Feng Lin Mei-Feng Lin Rhema Design Ltd.

Exhibition Design/ Interactive Playroom

M AT E R I A L S WA L L

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D E S I G N E R ' S W O R K P L A C E / L A B O R AT O RY

To See, Touch and Smell

I N T E R AC T I V E FAC TO RY

Smell

Touch

The materials wall provides several ways to experience the cosmetic ingredients by seeing, touching and smelling

Designer's Table Computer / Sketches / Toys / Seperated Product / Machenism

Experiment Equipment / Videos of Experiments Distillating Machine

3D Printer Display how models are printed in PLA.

L: History Wall Display the Taiwanese cosmetic history and the history of company

R: Map Wall The map shows where the cosmetics are sold to

Manufacturing Gear Wheel Spin the wheel to create the animation made by Persistence of Vision to show the making process of cosmetics.

Building Blocks / Card Games

Exhibition Design/ The Look of Liber ty

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Exhibition Design 2018

TH E LOOK O F L I B E RTY Toussaint L’Ouverture, Equality and Freedom, Then and Now Location Date

Room3, the British Museum London Dec, 2017

Art Education Interior Design Exhibition Design Graphic Design Writer and Historian

Jean Campbell Francesca Roca Mei-Feng Lin Ming Peng Amanda McFerren

Exhibition Design/ The Look of Liber ty

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THE BRITISH MUSEUM THE BRIEF

We were given the task by the British Museum to create a mock exhibit dealing with the controversial topic of the legacy of slavery, the historical figure Toussaint L’Ouver ture, the history of the Haitian Revolution, as well as incorporate 3 given objects and an ar twork​​of​​ our​ ​choice​ ​to​ ​convey​ ​the​ ​theme​ ​of​ ​activism​ ​in​ ​ relation​ ​to​ ​these​ ​topics.

A potential portrait of Toussaint L’Ouverture

THE DRAMATIC CONFLICT

“The narrative bears witness to the best and worst humanity.”

Akan Drum

Etchings of Toussaint L’Ouverture

RATIONALE

Toussaint L’Ouver ture - Equality and Freedom, Then and Now ​is designed to tell a multifaceted narrative in an extremely small space. Made for all ages, cultures, and ethnicities (the wide audience of the British Museum) it will only be in the British Museum​ ​as​ ​a​ ​temporary​ ​exhibit.

Linking the elements given to us by the brief with the desires of the audience was completed through choosing the theme of freedom and equality for all and then incorporating the juxtaposition of historical information against contemporary ar t and figures.

We decided upon the theme of freedom and equality for all in order to have people from all

backgrounds connect to the elements of the narrative. As our research proved that most visitors of the British Museum were not of African descent, the narrative would need to still resonate with the visitors' own lives while keeping the cultural continuity of the African origin of the story. Choosing to incorporate contemporary ar t elements and modern activists from across the globe would perform the task of connecting with the present-day audience, while the design elements such as colours and the use of African fabrics would maintain the idea that the narrative began in​ ​Africa,​ ​accomplishing​ ​the​ ​ brief.

Exhibition Design/ The Look of Liber ty

ACTION RESEARCH Through the interaction with the target audience, we gauged the basic idea of how well people know about this historical theme. We asked people to answer the question 'Who is Toussaint L'Ouver ture?' by marking on the sections of 'Know' and 'Don't know.'

MODEL MAKING A handmade scaled model helps us understand the relationship between objects and the audience in the space better. Various materials and techniques were involved in demonstrating the exhibition design.

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STORYBOARD Visitor Experience

Future Project/ The Field

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Urban Future 2018 Location Date

Smithfield Market, London April, 2018

With the increasing population and the constant renovation of spaces in London, in 2038 the iconic Smithfield Market will transform into a multi-functional public square.

The Field will house an insect market, a clean air sanctuary and an energy efficient nightclub.

Using a smart infrastructure managed by an artificial intelligence generated system, the space will adapt to the specific spatial demands answering to visitors musical, nutritional and lighting preferences gathered and tracked through data connectivity.

Future Project/ The Field

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Future Trends and Design Features P OP UL ATION GROW TH

Insect Market Offering new culinary experiences with alternative sources of protein, the Insect Market will be the only cer tified place in the UK to sell insects. Working on a circular economy base, the market will run automated waste systems, drone delivery as well as local food production.

C I RC UL A R E CON OM Y

Energy Efficient Nightclub

AIR QUA L I T Y

Clean Air Sanctuary

Sensory generated energy platforms fuelled by visitors dance moves will power the space’s energetic needs while offering a nightlife experience. Perfect for today’s gender fluid insect-eating 24-hour par ty generation.

By 2038 the air quality will force dwellers to wear masks on a daily basis. In response to this, The Field will provide a sanctuary for visitors to remove their masks and enjoy a moment of clean air.

Location Smithfield Market Designed by ARUP, Smithfield Market is the UK’s largest meat market, which was constructed in 1961–1963 to replace a Victorian market building in Smithfield, London. Its roof is claimed to be the largest concrete shell structure ever built, and the largest clear spanning dome roof in Europe.

The Drones /E-mobility AI / Parcel Delivery

The Trees /Smart Infrastructure Insect farms Insect food shops Lift to the sky bridge

The Bubbles and Greens Sanctuary Experience

The Dance Floor /Data Connectivity Energy Generator Circular Economy

Exhibition Design/ Expo Booth Design

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Exhibition Design 2016

E XC E L L E N T TA I WA N

Information Centre A focal point of the booth with giant lighting display made with the main graphic elements, creating a contrast with the dark environment. The backboard is made with reflective materials to create multiple reflections of the lightings. The counter is also a storage place.

in Korea International Art Fair

Business Lounge A corner is designed to be a showroom and business area, providing the artists with a professional environment for potential business collaborations.

Black & Gold Black is the main colour of the exhibition, representing the high class of the Taiwanese masterpieces. Golden materials and lightings are used in the design to create a luxurious feeling, representing the core value of this Excellent Taiwan exhibition, bringing the fantastic artworks to a global stage.