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CONTENT ABOUT
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Life in a Rental Room
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The Ghost Circus
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The Noah’s Ark
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The Pause Stool
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Weaving Christmas
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Deer & Moose
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A B O U T
H WA N G Y I H T YA N 黃 翊 恬
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PERSONAL Born on 15th March, 1991, Taiwan. EMAIL | hyt315@gmail.com TEL | +886-963013150
EDUC ATION
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Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design National Cheng Kung University Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013 Tainan, Taiwan, .
Mandarin « Native English « Good Japanese « Basic
EXPERIENCE
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Product Designer | Biaugust CREATION OFFICE
Sep. 2013 Taipei, Taiwan.
Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Flash SolidWorks, Keyshot Mac OSX, Windows
Design Intern | Hers Experiment Design Lab (METAPHYS)
INTERESTS
Designer | Deer & Moose
Art and Design, Music, Coffee, Travel, Collecting tableware.
Oct. 2013 - Present. Taipei, Taiwan.
Design Intern | Labsology Branding & Design Consultancy
Aug. 2012 Osaka, Japan.
Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2013 Tainan, Taiwan.
ACTIVITIES & HONORS 2013 2013 2013 2012 2011 2011 2011 2010
Young Designer’s Exhibition Young Designer’s Awards | Honorable Mention HDG Woodworking Furniture Design Awards | Bronze award NCKU Industrial Design Graduation Exhibition | Director of Exhibition Design YDW: Southeast-Asia Design Workshop in NCKU | Director of Reception 11th NCKU Industrial Design Camp | Core Staff Souvenir Design Workshop in Beijing Institute of Technology 10th NCKU Industrial Design Camp | Activities Staff
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RENTAL ROOM Furniture series for a single apartment. We may all have several hardworking and unstable years in our 20s to 30s. Some say that this is an important period of life which influent the most to the future. “LIRR” is a series of furniture designed for this kind of living status. A comfortable home gives you a good state of mind, and a good mind leads to a better future.
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Designers Huang Yi Tien / Hsu Hui Chen / Chen Yen An
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Backgrounds Before settling down, it is common to spend several years renting rooms in cities, trying jobs, and pursuing an ideal future. This kind of “living alone and frequently moving” status is common among young people.
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“ Living alone and frequently moving.”
Rental ads in Taiwan.
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Research After giving our target users detailed interviews and questionnaires, we found some common points in the results:
Over 30% of the respondents bought additional lamps or lights when they moved in.
For most respondents, some shirts and pants are usually worn 2-3 times before being washed.
Half of our respondents don’t like to invite friends to their present home.
Portability is a main concern for almost all respondents while shopping for furniture.
Most of the respondents spend more than 4 hours sitting in front of their desks using computers after arriving home from work or school.
Half of the respondents felt a sense of loneliness facing a dark room when they arrived home.
Around three quarters of respondents often struggle to ďŹ nd their keys before going out.
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Idea Development
Better Living We observe people’s natural acts, trying to improve their quality of life without changing their habits.
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Trials & Making
Easy Packing We created a unique design so that our products can be dismantled simply by hand, while remaining a ďŹ rm structure when in use.
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Trials of the dimantling structures.
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Dismantled parts are arranged into packaging boxes.
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“The Awaiting Light.� It leans besides the door, softly lights up the room as you place down the keys and other little things.
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Applying the act of putting down keys to turning on the light. Storage space under the chair. Place for the letters and bills in order not to forget.
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“The Considerate Chair.” Reach under the chair for things, it’s fine being too lazy to move. If a friend comes to visit, just share the chair into two.
Pull out the under layer for use as another chair or a tea table.
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“The Artsy Hanger.” There’s always some clothes piling up, which are not yet ready for laundry. Hang them on the wall, messiness turns into a frame of art.
A hanger for clothes which have been worn.
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“Portability” Special magnetic is applied in the structure, you candisassemble the structure directly by hand. No need for tools or great effort, it’s easy to have them along every stop in life.
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Screwing along the inner track, the magnetic force will guide the part to the correct angle. And by simply rotating 180 degrees, magnetic attraction turns into repulsion, making it easy to dismantle.
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“ Live well, move well.”
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THE GHOST CIRCUS Graphic & Souvenir Design for National Museum of History. This is a graphic design project in cooperation with the National Museum of History in Taiwan for a memorial exhibition on Pu Xinyu. I chose the painting series of Zhong Kui and the ghosts as inspiration, as it is the most lively and special of Pu’s works. The characters wearing colorful clothes are posing so vividly that it makes me think of a circus performing. The graphic is also applied to a set of teaware.
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Backgrounds Pu XinYu
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Pu XinYu was a traditional Chinese painter and calligrapher born in the late Qing dynasty in China. He was reputed to be as talented as the famous artist Chang Dai-Chien. Many of Pu’s artworks are kept in the National Palace Museum and the National Museum of History in Taiwan.
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“ The vivid looks of the little ghosts”
The “Zhong Kui and the Ghosts” series Pu’s painting series featuring “Zhong Kui”, a mythological figure who catches ghosts, is unique in terms of the vivid and colorful look of the little ghosts. The series includes more than 10 paintings portraying different scenes of Zhong Kui and the ghosts.
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Applying the same size and name stamps of Pu’s original works, Zhong Kui and the little ghosts are transformed into a circus crew, performing happily in the tent of nature.
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Graphic THE GHOST CIRCUS
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Graphic Application on Product:
Idea development with 3D Rendering
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PANTONE 1655 C
PANTONE 7406 C
PANTONE 5405 C
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PANTONE BLACK C
Graphics arrangement
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Tea wares
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The performers in the sky are arranged to be on the teapot, whilst those on the ground are on the teacups. As the user randomly places the tea set, the circus seems to perform, transforming from a 2D space to a 3D space.
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The Ghost Circus Tea Set. Classic and modern, adding joy to your teatime.
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THE NOAHʼS ARK Wooden Comb Gift Set for Carpenter Tan of China. This is a project in cooperation with “Carpenter Tan”, a renowned brand, and the biggest producing handcrafted wooden combs in China. “The Noah’s Ark” is a gift set designed for younger consumers. It combines various items with different functions with the theme of an ark.
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Dog
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Cat
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Sheep
Mirror
Squirrel
Metro card case
Hedgehog
Accessory case
Bunny
Bag fragrance
Seal
Scraping plate (Chinese massage therapy)
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“ Girls’ handy set”
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Pantone 7505 C
Pantone 607 C
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Pantone 534 C
Pantone 7428 C
Pantone 487 C
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Pantone 370 C
Pantone 278 C
First version of material arrangement: A wide variety of colorful wood.
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Final version of material arrangement: 3 kinds of wood + ox horn
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The Noah’s Ark An ark full of animals sails into your daily lives. Let them become your closest friends, keeping beauty and tidiness around you every day.
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Dog Comb (1.5mm)
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Seal Scraping Plate
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Sheep Mirror
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Squirrel Metro Card Case
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Hedgehog Accessory Case
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Bunny Bag Fragrance Case
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wood
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velvet cushion
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Wooden box. Velvet-covered cushion. Transparent acrylic lid, with the shape of ark on the surface. The packaging makes the collection a more valuable gift appropriate for storing and displaying.
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Packaging box sampling.
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THE PAU S E STOOL Stool design with oriental spirit. Inspired by the writing actions of Chinese calligraphy. The stretch and pause in writing a character is like taking a short rest while walking. “The Pause Stool” is made of concrete and has a smooth shape. The material shows a sense of “Zen”, which is a spiritually peaceful state of mind in oriental culture. The black cushion adds softness, like a drop of ink. Have a little rest on the stool; take a pause for a longer journey.
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Inspiration
The Chinese ink painting and calligraphy. The brush always projects an emotion and state of mind within its movement.
A slight-pause punctuation mark in Chinese. It is used between parallel words or short phrases, creating a short pause in a sentence.
“ The pause mark as a symbol of a stool.� Shape development.
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Material Experiment: adding ink into concrete.
Miniature trial.
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Modeling clay --- Plaster --- Concrete --- Leather cushion
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Have a little rest on the stool. Take a pause for a farther journey.
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W E AV I N G CHRISTMAS Glass Set Christmas Product Design for Starbucks Taiwan. A product design project in cooperation with Starbucks Taiwan for Christmas. The project is about designing cupware that combine elements of Taiwanese culture with the theme of Christmas. Bamboo weaving is a gentle and elegant craft that it is familiar to all Taiwanese people, bringing a sense of daily life and memories. The weaving patterns are felicitously turned into a Christmas tree, star, and snowake, matching beautifully with the transparent glass.
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Inspiration The Pattern of Bamboo Weaving Craft
Bamboo weaving is a common craft in Taiwanese people’s daily lives, and it is applied in many goods such as baskets, stools, chairs, containers, and so on. There are a few different kinds of weaving skills which are used to create different patterns. The patterns are beautiful, geometric, sophisticated and, most importantly, give a sense of familiarity and memories to all Taiwanese people.
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“ Christmas theme with a sense of Taiwan.”
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Weaving Christmas “ The most familiar pattern with snowflakes, Christmas trees, and stars hidden. Along with the heartfelt memories, and the icy air of Christmas. Together glitters on the crystal clear glasses, secretly collecting your winter moments. ”
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Light creates artful shades wherever place the glass, like a surprise.
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(... Merry Christmas.)
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DEER & MOOSE A gift brand for your loved ones. Deer & Moose was a little brand originating from a group project in class, and we continued designing and selling these products for nearly two years. Our purpose was to convey emotions that most Taiwanese people are shy about expressing directly to their loved ones. Sold in markets and online, each product came with simple, heartfelt words and the concept that you could give it to your loved ones, and make them smile and feel touched.
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“ Sincerely to your dear & miss.”
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No.13 「96°F」
No.5 「12:10 」
No. 22 「Little lyrics」 No.2 「Never tell you」 No.23 「Toaster」
No.33 「2012,」
No.12 「：))」
No.29 「Cheers!」
No.25 「X’mas」
No.28 「Kingyo」
No.00 「Dear&Miss」
No.32 「Devil’s ivy」
No.35 「Love.rar」
Keychains / Necklaces / Notebooks / Greeting Cards.
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“Love Letters” series
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“Before Doomsday� series The most important three / postcards set
The one and only / wooden ring
Three postcards for the most important people in life. Whether in love, thankfulness, or apology, you must have something to say before the world comes to an end.
Each handmade ring is the only one of its kind in the world, just like your beloved ones.
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2011.12 NCKU Creative Market, Tainan 2012.02 Simple Life Festival, Taipei 2012.03 Simple Life Festival, Taipei 2012.04 Mega Port Festival, Kaohsiung 2012.04 Hand_Hand Market, Tainan 2012.05 Hand_Hand Market, Tainan 2012.11 Market X, Tainan 2012.11 NCKU Little Trees Festival, Tainan
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