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In this fast-paced era, people embace convenience and consume a massive amount of food in spite of the environmental and health consequences. The UH collection materializes the cheap, happy spirit of fast food culture and highlights the waste, and unhealthy nature of our beloved comfort food. Silicone foods, pre-dipped single servings, and over-packaging comprise the objects in the UH collection, which the sentiment that utopia is embedded in our deep-fried culture. UH... is Ultimate Happiness.
https://www.riochen19.com/works/ultimatehappiness
Rosin, a type of natural resin, has marvelous color like amber but it has more potential in different processing environments. The project presents different phases of rosin in terms of daily product application through trials over and over again. Raw material transforms into multiple shapes and delicate arrangements via unique handmade processes-converting the primitive feature of the material and establishing a new type of rosin you have never seen before.
https://www.riochen19.com/works/rosin
For this project, I am honored to collaborate with Taiwan’s top wood craftsman Su. We challenged ourselves to imagine the most uncommon thoughts of a backpack. Our ideas grew from questions of the style and function. We have never seen people using a bag made of wood and covered with a plastic shell, yet in our childhood, toys and candies often came packed inside a box with a plastic cover. This is the miracle we wanted to re-create: making things inside a box look more attractive.
https://www.riochen19.com/works/wouldbag
The main character of this collection of home decor is the Taiwanese native bamboo “Phyllostachys edulis”. Filling balloons with cement is the most innovative part of the project. We were looking for the unexpected experimental forms made possible with the balloons. The combination of bamboo and cement works perfectly as warm texture and native cultural artifact. From candlestick to newspaper rack, these presented the variety of living-space products we created.
https://www.riochen19.com/works/livinglab
https://www.riochen19.com/works/cityforest
full portfolio here: ISSUU