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American Museum of Natural History  X  the Inside Out Project
    Developed and produced the archive projection installation for more than 650 portraits from the Inside Out Project ’s visit to American Museum of Natural History during the Climate Week NYC in September 2024.

    Climate Week NYC 2024
    Portraits on Climate and Health: Dreams We Carry
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    For three days in September, the Inside Out Photobooth truck was stationed just outside of the Museum, inviting the public to have their portrait taken and share their response to this question in anticipation of Climate Week NYC. 

    During Climate Week NYC 2024, more than 650 of the portraits captured by the Photobooth truck was run as a rotating mosaic of projection installation in the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation. Through fall 2024, more than 150 of the large-scale portraits are also displayed as a physical installation in the Museum’s Ellen V. Futter Gallery. 




    the Richard Gilder Center


    Project Documentation Video Edited by Shiqing Chen
    Photo/Video Footage Credits to the Inside Out  Project, American Museum of Natural History, Hayley Hayeon Hwang, Shiqing Chen, Alvaro Keding






    Ellen V. Futter Gallery

    KW The Ridgewood Jacket
      The Ridgewood Jacket project is intended to celebrate the faux wood-grained doors in the Ridgewood, NY community, primarily painted by 78-year-old local craftsman Ferdinand Tschinkel
       

      Ferdinand Tschinkel

       

      The Ridgewood Jacket falls under Karlssonwilker's label KWOTUS, collaborating with Ferdinand by utilizing the cut-out woodboard version of the jacket pattern as the canvas for painting.

      I worked throughout the entire production process under the direction of Jan Wilker and Conner Muething. The project was featured on NewYork CURBED Magazine, US.














      Temporary Space  Pt.2: Installation
      Temporary Spaces is a research project consisting of a video and an installation. It is an ongoing study centered around design systems, using urban systems as the entry point for the current research.

      As a designer, I prioritize creating structured and efficient environments. Yet, there's value in elements that transcend these boundaries. There is an urgent need for temporary spaces, bypassing the wait for revised design systems, and parallels patching designed systems. The allure of these spaces lies not only in their immediacy but also in their profound impact on the urban landscape(or any designed systems). They serve as unexpected interjections, challenging the established norms of systematic design. These spaces captivate me, prompting an exploration of them across locations.

      Through exploring and documenting different kinds of temporary and non-permanent spaces in urban construction, the project wants to arouse people's attention and curiosity about some seemingly permanent and inevitable things around our daily lives.

      The other parts of the research could be found here:
      Pt.1: Video

      Photo credit to Lingyi Li







      Installation was included in the group show “A Window at A Space”  in A Space Gallery






      Proun Society
        Identity, Typography

      Collaborated with 808: Studio (Sixin Chen & Shukang Yu)

      Proun Society is a virtual haute couture based in the United States founded by Edwin Mohney. It breaks through limitations using virtual technology and reconstructs the history of fashion. 

      808: has created a set of virtual fonts and scenes for the brand, crafting a visual context for non-textual applications with familiar strokes.






       



      Temporary Space  Pt.1: Video

      Temporary Spaces is a research project consisting of a video and an installation. It is an ongoing study centered around design systems, using urban systems as the entry point for the current research.

      As a designer, I prioritize creating structured and efficient environments. Yet, there's value in elements that transcend these boundaries. There is an urgent need for temporary spaces, bypassing the wait for revised design systems, and parallels patching designed systems. The allure of these spaces lies not only in their immediacy but also in their profound impact on the urban landscape(or any designed systems). They serve as unexpected interjections, challenging the established norms of systematic design. These spaces captivate me, prompting an exploration of them across locations.

      Through exploring and documenting different kinds of temporary and non-permanent spaces in urban construction, the project wants to arouse people's attention and curiosity about some seemingly permanent and inevitable things around our daily lives.


      The other parts of the research could be found here:
      Pt.2: Installation


      Pt.1: Video
      Pull Apart the Layers of 40°41'18"N 73°58'56"W

      Viewing the construction site as a series of layers, I perceive each as a stage in a theatre. The workers, like actors, perform scripted roles on these stages, albeit without the ability to see themselves from this perspective. The markings on each layer, intended for construction, also serve a dual purpose reminiscent of stage markers, guiding the workers to their next positions. The transformation of these "stages" over time, and the unfolding of this "show" over more than half a year, captivates my interest.













      They Might Be Giants BOOKBook and editorial design for They Might Be Giants' new album BOOK special packaging version, created with IBM Selectric III and 10 typeballs. Worked with Woojoo Lim under art direction from Paul Sahre during the time at the Office of Paul Sahre.

      Project featured on PRINT Magazine
      Steven Heller in THE DAILY HELLER 
      Bill McCool in TYPOGRAPHY

      Grammy 2023 Best Record Package nominated
      2023 GRAMMY Nominations
      Graphic Design Icon Paul Sahre










      Water A/V Performance
      Developed an audio visual performance for XProject at Gymnopedie Brooklyn with visual experiments in water using Unreal Engine.

      Performed on Nov 18th, 2023.

      VJ: Shiqing Chen
      DJ: Yuxuan Qi
      Host: X Project
      Space: Gymnopedie Brooklyn

      Photo:  Keer Zhao, Zeshu Zhu
      Video: Audrey Chou, Yi-Chun Lan, Sharan

      Full Project Documentation  






       



      In Between The WindowIn Between The Window is a digital interactive installation and an ongoing research project, exploring urban sound and visual spectacles in downtown Brooklyn. By reconfiguring and recreating the light projected by the glass curtain wall, this installation tries to reshape with the industrialized modernist landscape and to discover those underlying, vivid, and rhythmic urban space.

      Project collaborated with Yuxuan Qi
      Text/Edit by Chirui Cheng

      Project exhibited at 
      NYU ITP 2022 Winter Show

      CICA Museum, Seoul KR




      NYU ITP 2022 Winter Show
      In December 2022, IN BETWEEN THE WINDOW was officially presented to the public at New York University’s ITP Winter Exhibition. The location of the exhibition at NYU’s Tisch School in downtown Brooklyn was uniquely significant for the project.

      During the event, the audience was highly interested in the visual presentation and light effects of the project, and it provoked thoughts and discussions from a variety of perspectives and created a meaningful dialog in the community.



      Brand Identity: Ancient Future
      Brand designer for jewlery brand Ancient Future under creative direction from founder Qin Xu since 2022.

      Designed all kinds of graphic materials for seasonal campaign logo types, promotion lookbook, brandbook and webpages.


      Seasonal Campaign Logos






      Editorial Design for their monthly promotion on Wechat Platform






      Title Sequence: Propaganda, a Y.M.O filmA title sequence that pay tribute to the movie YMO Propaganda (1984), an experimental music documentary from Y.M.O.

      Work featured
        AI-AP Int’l Motion Art Awards 9 (Winning Piece)