Design
Practices
material exploration product design
2016 Ë— 2018
Jiun Yu, CHEN
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INDEX RÉSUMÉ PROFILE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Material Design WOULD BAG
LIVING LABORATORY
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Product Design CITY FOREST
PRECISION by pal. SPACE TRIPPER I the TELLER
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RÉSUMÉ PROFILE
JIUN YU CHEN
+886 910 271 725 0910chen@gmail.com Behance / RIO Chen
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Department of Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 2015.09 - 2019
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SOFTWARE SKILLS PTC Cero , Rhinoceros , Cinema 4D , Keyshot Adobe Photoshop , Illustrator , Indesign , Lightroom
LANGUAGE Mandarin Chinese English IELTS overall 7
native L:7 R:7 W:6.5 S:6.5 in 2018
EXPERIENCE Sep-Nov, 2018
Behance Reviews @NTUST
Aug, 2018
Project Let’s Go 2018 Summer Program
PR-Media Relations
Design Curriculum Teacher
June-Present, 2018
NTUST Design Graduate Show Cooperate Head of Curator
ACTIVITY Emotion Design Workshop collaborate with National Cheng Kung University
Jan, 2016
Participant
Feb, 2017 Next Generation of Architecture Workshop at National United University collaborate with UCL, the Bartlett school of Architecture Participant
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ACHIEVEMENT Creative Bags Design Award 16th*
Silver Prize
2017
WOULD BAG * Creative Bags Design Award is held by Footwear & Recreation Technology Research Institute and organize by Industrial Development Bureau, Ministry of Economy Affairs.
Taiwan Tech Design Week Exhibition
2017
LOTUS
Wood Structure in Architecture Exhibition
2017
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright in Wood Structure
Taiwan Tech Design Week Exhibition 3D form
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RÉSUMÉ
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
HI I'm Rio
My name is Chen, Jiun-Yu, or you can call me Rio. I am born and raised in Taichung City, Taiwan. I major in Industrial Design and minor in Architecture. In my childhood, I believed in myself that I could become a designer one day. I was first fascinated by the consumer electronic devices at the age of fifteen. At that time, I started to make a smartphone model from paper and cardboards. Later on, those models were really close to the authentic phones that my parents could not differentiate them from the real ones. It was not until the fact that I entered National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (my current college) did I realize that my dream came true. I am lucky enough to become one of the students in my campus. My classmates are talented and inspirational enough to keep me motivated in order to challenge myself. To collaborate design work with others is the best way to learn more from their perspectives. Design is a field full of diverse cultures and backgrounds. I spend some time on architectural design since the innovative art of buildings is always an appealing topic. There are many tasks in the field of design, and some of them are yet to be explored.
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Material Design WOULD BAG
LIVING LABORATORY
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WOULD BAG Show off personal aesthetic, I would, Would you? 9
finished date : 2017 May material : wood, leather, plastic ABS technique support : Shiue-Yi, Su
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Creative Bags Design Award 16th Second Prize
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dimension : backbag 450*340*140 mm / briefcase 450*300*80 mm / handbag 250*120*126 mm
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What if we reverse the normal logical thinking of a bag? To challenge people's imagination and creativity, the first concept of the Would Bag was born. Instead of fabric and leather that are common in the market, I started to think of a shell-shaped bag.
Sketch At first, the goal is to innovate the most unimagined bag. Our ideas are initiated from the style, function, etc. Then we target on the material. We have never seen people using a bag like this, which is a wooden bag covered with plastic shells. We want the privacy to be shown to the public. In our childhood, toys and candies were usually put inside a box with a plastic cover on it . Things inside the box look even more attractive, and that is the miracle we want to create. We not only want to rejuvenate customers, but also to show off their personal belongings.
â–Ş previous page, the final display of the WouldBag series. â–Ş left, the drafts and sketch for the backbag.
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â–Ş up, the rotating shift is also made by wood, the manufacturing process is precise. â–Ş down, the milling process is to cut off the curve for the storage. 13
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the Process For this project, I am honored to collaborate with Taiwan's top wood craftsman Su. At first, Su and I tried several ways to achieve it, we used thin wood board and bent it with steam. When it was almost being done, the tiny crack occurred, and that couldn't satisfy us. In the end, we chose the original way, the logs. Cutting logs into the shape we designed was not hard, but leaving too much unnecessary margin was adding too much weight to the bag. We used the milling machine to help us reduce up to eighty-five percent of the wood of our bag. In order to create a spacious bag, this step was indispensable. Finally, the process of rounding off corners and grounding down the surface of the bag were the most time-consuming process. However, they are worthy of recalling, since they are marvelous works.
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the Handbag It is a fashionable way for you to handle your daily life, including mobile phone, purse, wallet, and easy card. Whatever you need while you are taking a short walk is included. A strap of leather softens the wood material. It also provides a good texture. The shape of the wood shell is designed to make it handy, and that makes it even more convenient when you carry it.
the Briefcase A humorous way to light up your working Monday blue. It packs up not only important files and laptop, but your mobile phone, headset, and powerbank. Plus, in the front part of the briefcase, it is covered with a rounded-square shell. The design of the briefcase is separated into two segments, which are wood and leather. The bottom of the wood provides anti-collision function for items inside the case, whereas the leather part provides a smoother texture and tenderness to lift the briefcase up.
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the Backbag A brand new way to pack up your daily life, carrying your mobile phone, headset, and powerbank. What's more, in the front part of the backpack, equipped with a clever fluid shell. The main container is on the side of where the straps are, providing a private place for you to put valuable belongings such as laptops and wallets.
The memorability is the vital step we aim to achieve, what will remain the same when we leave?
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LIVING LABORATORY
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Life is an experiment, Live is to experience.
finished date : 2018 January material : bamboo, cement
technique support : Shiue-Yi, Su
dimensions : various
A LEGO rebrand.
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SHARE ONLINE ! LL
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the Rebranding The Lego company may be on the way to redefine themselves, but the commercial market in Asia is not positive. The strategy of Future Lab and Robotic field has its pros and cons, but we are aware of the living space, more specifically, our home. To seize the oppor tunity of changing the relationship between company and customers, the trend of ''maker'' is expected to increase. With the help from the social media network and ourselves base community, the dream of a co-creation concept is possible to be fulfilled. The LIVING LABORATORY is set up for the creative research, a flatform included open-resource and innovation process from public to private. 21
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“ We never buy products that are not finished yet.�
LIVING LABORATORY LIVING LABORATORY is a co-creation project between the Lego enterprise and customers, and it's a product research design in the living-house area. We expect not only for the material exploration, but the evaluation of the creative ideas. Nowadays, living products have shown their possibilities. We help users to think about the single element in their life. The scener y in our house will not remain the same, therefore, we provide a concept for them to change the atmosphere of the living room, and an experiment to participate. Lego advocates customers to build up models out of their creativity. In this project, we move on the ambition to the living room. When customer purchase the product from retail stores, they will get semi-manufactured product such as a pack of cement or a standardized bamboo part. Continuing innovate process to the next level and targeting on consumer behavior. 22
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LL COMMUNITY A LIVING LAB is a concept with an open resource, through the internet development, there is nothing more convenient than the online network . Upload the latest experiment to the LL Community, Living Laboratory Comunnity, share photos and learn more about the making process. We provide a door to the worldwide customers, take a chance to look into this exciting project. Now, you can follow the artist on the community, or submit to become one. Possibilities are everywhere! Join us right now and show your creativity!
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Bamboo & Cement
â–Ş this page, a flower form vase and a small size storage cup. â–Ş opposite, a round form candlestick.
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The bamboo material is common in Asian countries. In ancient society, people used bamboo to build up houses and household products as well. The bamboos' compressive strength is better than woods' and bricks' or even concrete's. We choose to mix bamboo with cement, w h i c h a re n a t u r a l e l e m e n t s with warm solid materials. The meaning of the exploration is to reflect the mental conflict inside our thoughts, and the process of this project is far more meaningful and educational than we expect.
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“a natural element with a warm solid material�
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the Process We use the Taiwan native bamboo ''Phyllostachys edulis''(or tortoise-shell bamboo). After being light polished, bamboos are ready for the cement filling. The most crazy and innovative part of the project is the balloon. People take advantage of creative balloon to shape form out of their ideas. Therefore, we use balloon to fill the cement, with the diversity of its possibilties, we are looking forward to achieve the unexpected form. We put bamboo and cement together, which is the same as the LEGO's combination work. With the help of drilling machine, we cut off the edge from the bamboo. And we curve it into round-smooth shape afterwards. Form follows function. Plus, we aim to make the product useful and handy. From candlestick to newspaper rack, the variety of the living-space products we create are just to name a few.
â–Ş this page, the surface of the cement presents a unique texture. â–Ş opposite, the process of waiting the cement to be solid.
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Thoughts I am eager for the interesting material discovery. It took us nearly two months to achieve this job. From the moment we started to find the Taiwanese bamboo until we make sure that cement did work well with the bamboo. In 2017, Su and I finished the WouldBag series. We accomplished this i m po ssi bl e t ask i n j u st t wo m o nt hs. M o re o ve r, we al so made it different from others. This time, our goal is to explore the living space quality. With the new idea and aesthetic, the Living Laboratory is the answer. â–Ş this page, the natural bamboo texture.
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Engage and joy Based on the customer purchase journey and participation in the LIVING LABORATORY, the whole new idea is planned for the public to join the process of happiness that we create for everyone. After the project, the spirit still live on. In August 2018, I went to an educational tour in rural area of Taiwan with PLG team. It was the first time that the design subject has been delivered to the kids. I chose to let the secondar y school kids do the cement product, combined with the daily necessities like cups, bowls, gloves and balloons. For me, the LIVING LABORATORY's experiment will never end.
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Product Design CITY FOREST
PRECISION by pal. SPACE TRIPPER I the TELLER
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CITY FOREST A warm living technological product.
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finished date : 2017 June material : electric component, SLS printing technique support : Shiue-Yi, Su
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dimensions : 361*181*180 mm
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Core value The most important value of this project is to create a warm technological product. I found out that the public over rely on the technology, a cold hard tech. However, the question is, can we live without it? I think the answer is obvious. In this case, its vital to change the imagination of the appearance of technological product design. The world needs more warm design instead of cold and heartless electronic devices.
Charging Plain â–Ş draft 01
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City Soundwave
Magnetic Basin Circular Pen Holder
Transfer Forest
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Functions City forest, a shrinkage of the urban scener y on a floated city, includes the City Soundwave, Transfer Forest, Charging Plain, Magnetic Basin, and a Circular Pen Holder. City Soundwave is a built-in bluetooth s p e a ke r ; Tr a n s f e r F o re s t i n c l u d e s t h re e U S B 3 . 0; cableCharging Plain is a wireless charging plate for the mobile phone and wearables; Magnetic Basin is a place for people to put paper clips; Circular Pen Holder has a 40 degree angle from the bottom in order to make sure every pen is on the right direction.
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“The world needs more warm design instead of cold, heartless electronic products.�
the Working Field The main target for City Forest is the working area. People spend around one-third of their time in office, and t h a t 's a b i g d e a l . N o w a d a y s , t h e technological products are seamlessly integrating into our lives. We choose to welcome the innovative products and not to face the problems left behind. Facing tons of electronic devices is making our lives deadly dull. Wires which are from computers, monitors, speakers, and even charging gadgets tangled up together. To take a sigh of relief from the stressful working atmosphere, we need a solution.
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product design â–Ş this page, messy desk will be simplified by only one wire. 39
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product design â–Ş this page, the pen holder has an angle to make sure the pen is at the right direction.
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Thoughts This finished display product is the best example of the high-tech 3D printer (SLS printed); the free form surface, the thinnest part of nine millimeter, the access of detachable parts. Although the SLS printed may not be the best answer of the industrial design's mass production requirement, but we can root for the possible difficulties in the printing process. This is not a traditional way, but a new option for exploring new methods. As for the birth of the City Forest, the free form surface is built by the T-Spline with Rhinoceros . Scale and specifications are all set up that precise enough for the production.
â–Ş right, a magnetic basin for the paper clips.
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product design dimensions : 52*40*10 mm
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PRECISION by pal. The need of the business based daily life, run with precision, style with elegant.
finished date : 2018 May material : stainless steel, leather, plastic, SLS printing collaborate with : Yu-Ling, Lien
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pal. Precision
Century Gothic Bold abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789.
C0 M5 Y5 K80
Georgia Regular abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789.
C0 M30 Y80 K10
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pal. Precision
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the Brand "pal." is an innovative smartwatch company which provides the ultimate aesthetic timepiece and intelligent technologies. The word "pal" means friend, and we would like to have an intimate relationship with our customers. Our design is tailored to customers need, we create a wide range of selections for a variety of occasions. To provide the ultimate user experience, our products are equipped with the top craftsmanship, designed with the delicate soul. Welcome to the extraordinary life, because you deserve it.
â–Ş obvious page, the retail product package. â–Ş this page, a round form candlestick.
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Research At the initial design process, we set up an online survey for the original watches and the smart watches owners. The aim of the survey is to focus on the customer ’s purchase c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d e x p e c t a t i o n . T h e m o s t c o n s i d e re d elements are: main features, style and the price. Therefore, the issues mentioned-above are the useful aid to define the design method. We move on the process and locate the target audience and the style on the businessmen (women) and provide three related features: innovative scrolling gesture, remote control, nfc payments. The suggested retail price is set from $320~450 US dollars. 5.6%
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Main Function Style Price
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Main Function $400~500 USD
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-Powerpoint Slide Control -Innovative Scroller Control -NFC payments
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Target Audience persona chart
DAVE age status location occupation tiers archetype
BUSINESSMAN
35 married Taipei, TW IT, Business manager the explorer
Bio
Dave is a 35 years old dad with two kids and a lovely wife.
● INNOVATIVE ● ORGANISED ● FOCUSED
Time Management
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He is currently a manager of Business Analyst at a multinational corporation. He spends most of his time hard working, the high efficient performance is his first priority. He is an outgoing person, with an open mind. To perfectly
working
sleeping
leisure & sport
household activities
lead his team, he tends to try new technologies.
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Compensation Position $USD 2500~3500 per month social class, high society
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-High working performance -To gain profits for company -Perfect team work
Technology
Office365, computer software Mobile applications
Fraustrations
-Over loaded work -Stress from employer -Family feud depression
persona process the timepiece brand, pal. 48
Gesture & user cognitive Research for the users' need and analyse the data is to fulfill the customer demand and the public awareness. The gesture is overly important when we have a smartwatch on hand. Our survey of smartwatch gesture and cognition conducted six questions, there are around sixty people participate in this activity. The result and detail information of the six questions are showed on the right page.
Interview with users After the first stage of the design key point definition, we intend to learn the user cognition and gesture habits by inter view with seven people in person.There are four original watches users and three smar t watches users participated in this interview.
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Do you think smartwatch should connect with mobile? 52%
Where is the best postion to roll the scroll wheel?
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with conneciton
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on the upper right side
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Which gesture do you prefer to operate?
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Which is the best gesture to roll the scroll wheel?
index finger / slide
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What do you think of the display contents should adjust when the scrolling control scrolls down?
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Switching the app to the main circle.
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Scrolling the selected circle to the app.
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the Watch _ PRECISION Instead of creating a traditional timepiece, we chose to take part in the field of smart wearables. Not only provides health care and fitness function, but the briefcase mode is perfectly suits for the businessmen (women). Customers ask for one thing more than just on-time, precision is our most indispencible goal. Eternal legacy on trend, precision processing on hand. The chronograph-like watch face is the most symbolic appearence of precision. The screen is not a touchscreen, but three different functions interfaces provide informations while the watch clock face is still working.
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product design â–Ş this page, Precision series provide a goldish green edition and a silver blue edition. 52
product design â–Ş this page, the making process of the precision watch. â–Ş opposite, final render of the precision in silver edition.
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the Process Using SLS printing component and stainless steel strap, we are looking foward to have a decent output. "Powder-paint coated" achieved the metalic material appearance, this is the most challenging part of the work. In order to transfer the texture from plastic to metal, the powder is actually consist of metal and precious one. After painted the object glossy black, the powder-paint coated the metal powder on the surface of the object.
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Components
COMPONENTS COMPONENTS COMPONENTS Materials & Technique Materials & Technique Materials & Technique
surfacesurface surface Sapphire Sapphire Sapphire
watch-frame watch-frame watch-frame Magnesium Magnesium Alloy Alloy Magnesium Alloy watch-face watch-face watch-face Magnesium Alloy Alloy Magnesium Magnesium Alloy scrollerscroller scroller Aluminium Aluminium Aluminium
watch-case watch-case watch-case Magnesium Magnesium Alloy Alloy Magnesium Alloy watch-bottom watch-bottom watch-bottom Gorilla4 Glass 4 CorningCorning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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“Eternal legacy on trend, precision processing on hand.�
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SPACE TRIPPER I
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dimensions : 450*450*143 mm
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product design We mankind are melange of past, present and future.
finished date : 2018 July material : plastic, SLS printing collaborate with : Te-Yen, Hsu 58
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the Space Age period The design background started at the space age period. During the 1940s, two of the biggest countries in the world, which were the United States and the Soviet Union started a serious competition on space technologies and exploration. It was a boom of culture and the public imagination. It was not until mid-1960s that dramatic design culture, such as space age, atomic age, and googie architectural style popped up. It caught people's eyes with streamed-line, specific colors like metallic and bright colors, curved or rounded form. Later on, the era of space age outshined the normal houseware products and even walked on the fashion catwalk. This is the space age, a time when people dare to dream about their future and unknowned universe.
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Explore more #Keep Asking What is Next Back to the 60s, people boldly thought of what our life would be like in the millennium; How far could we acheive and progress in the technology? Approximately after four decades, We mankind are under a completely different era, but our curiosity and imagination cannot maintain as we did forty years ago. Our plant is covered with a gigantic net consisted of industr y, technology, political power, and desire. We ponder on our future when we are sober. We keep asking ourselves about the pathway to our destination, our goals, and what do we really care about, but most importantly, the genre of design that we pursue.
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the Vision A Future-Envisioning Virtual-Reality Headset. With its exaggerated, rounded cosmic shape, the classic color of the white, orange, black and the metallic silver texture with a sense of space. By the modern product of virtual reality to salute the space age! A tribute to retro-futuristic doctrine!
Virtual Reality (VR) noun [ U ] uk /ˌvɜː.tju.əl riˈæl.ɪ.ti/
us /ˌvɝː.tʃu.əl riˈæl.ə.t̬ i /
a set of images and sounds, produced by a computer, that seem to represent a place or a situation that a person can take part in.
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the TELLER Watch out! There is a Teller behind your back... 65
finished date : 2017 October material : SLS printing
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dimensions : 79*69*112 mm
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product design I'm the phantom, in the dark. so vague, fade away. I'm the teller, in your heart. you need it, can't get away. TELLER, there's something you can't tell, so now you know.
the Idea I think the sketch is the best present of some part in our life; exhausted, fraustrated, fainted, bored, dozy... Maybe we can call this pressure in general, one of our nightmare. When the sun goes down, do you ever think of your fear? The main idea of the Teller is from the ghost behind your back, it is not intend to scare anyone but help us.
the Ratio The body proportion has precisely measured from the golden ratio, to ensure the shape itself present a perfect appearance. We believe that not only the form that pursues the ultimate perfection, it should also seamlessly present the accurate function of necessity. From hands to head, 88 degrees angle provides best position for users to put their mobile phone.
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1.5'' full rounded IPS screen Wifi & bluetooth connectivity
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product design customized digital time screen
precisely 88 degrees angle
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the Epilogue The six projects included material exploration and product design is the best present of my current academic practices. In the past three years, design is the most challenging vocabulary. To create a memorability product and encourage people take part in the core value of the idea, I tried several ways to progress on my design ability. Most of my projects are collaborated with another artist or designer (or my classmate); to plan a wonderful experiment with these excellent people is an indispensable step. For me, the biggest harvest is that everyone has different perspective of this world. What we can do is take a guess or define the problem from the methods of design, but looking through other people’s eyes is a completely contrary way. I learned a lot from my teammates, the joint project shows the vital element of design: communication and comprehension. Material exploration is one of my favorite territory, when we talk about a product, there must be something that is special enough to be outstanding. In the future, it will be the most exciting pursuit that I figure out the designing method of my product in the material science territory. Would Bag aims to achieve the imagination and creativity of an idea, which we seldom think of a bag would make out of wood. Living Laboratory challenges the original business model of the Lego company, rebrand it with a delighting and engaging experiment in our living room with customers is also important. For me, product design is not only meeting the mass production standard, but also expressing an aesthetic opinion from ones point of view. City Forest is the most aesthetic and functional balanced product; people need warm living design instead of cold heartless electronic devices. Precision by Pal is targeted on businessmen and women; a customized product for them to deal with the daily busy routine. Space Tripper I is a future envisioning virtual reality headset that strongly evoked public awareness of the brave and fearless curiosity, with the reflection of the unique Space age. The Teller is a 3D computer aid software figure, combining tech and function into one form. October 2018, Rio Chen.
Chen, Jiun Yu product design PORTFOLIO
2016-18 September
+886 910 271 725 0910chen@gmail.com Behance / RIO Chen
