SHUCHUNHSIAO

2010, ICON Magazine, HOTEL RCA VENTURA LAMBRATE

MEMORY WEIGHTS, YANKO DESIGN 2010

EMF CHIME, WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART

Concrete USB drives are worth their weight in gigabytes - Engadget

SHU-CHUN HSIAO

DATE OF BIRTH: 7 OCT 1984

RESIDENCY: TAIPEI, TAIWAN

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

MA, BA, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN,

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

PEP, DESIGN PRODUCT, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2011, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, ASUS DESIGN CENTRE

2008, FULL-TIME RESEARCH ASSISTANT, NTUST

2007, INTERN DESIGNER, BENQ LIFESTYLE DESIGN CENTRE

2007 TEACHING ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DESIGN, NTUST

AWARD AND RECOGNITION:

2009, MOE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRM FOR OVERSEAS IN ART AND DESIGN

2008, REDDOT AWARD, DESIGN CONCEPT

2008, TAIWAN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

EXHIBITION:

2011, RE-TOUCH, TAIWAN DESIGNERS' WEEK, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

2010, HOTEL RCA, MILAN FURNITURE AFFAIRS, MILAN, ITALY

2010, "ATTENTION SPAN", GALLERY VOLKER DIEHL, BERLIN, GERMANY

2008, TAIWAN EXPO, TAINAN, TAIWAN

2008, CITY YEAST BALCONY PROJECT, TAIWAN DESIGNERS' WEEK, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

2008, RED ENVELOPE DESIGN EXHIBITION, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

2007, YOUNG DESIGNER EXHIBITION, TAIPEI WORLD TRADE CENTRE, TAIPEI, TAIWAN

The cemented usb drive tells the digital capacity by its weight. A concrete volume may clearly express the concept of digital data.

The suspended chimes will play sound when sensing the electromagnetic field in the air. Movements are made by the invisible force and respond with a harmony sound. Any audience making a call may trigger the chime, actually feeling the invisible existings. The project suggests the audience to switch the phone into a silent mode and then shall experience with the chimes without disturbing people.

The EMF chimes take the wind chimes as the vehicle to reveal the invisible electromagnetic field, like the breeze swinging the chimes. The electromagnetic field is an insensible, intangible and an abstract physic phenomenon to human sensibility. Some researches show that the EMF might in a way interfere with human’s health. As we become more rely on the wireless electronic devices, the EMF chimes provide an elegant approach to remind people with these infrared rays surrounding us.

The floor lamp transformed the experience of pulling the cord of the curtain into a lamp dimmer. To light up a room from dark or blind the sun, the falling string of the curtain caries a strong language of brightness adjustment.

Very much like the fishing reel, the secret keeping box would record sound by cranking backwards on its handle. To send the recorded sound out, crank it forward and the speaker would then play the sound out of the box. 

Adjusting the volume of the music by a ball valve on a sound pipe makes it easier to understand the concept of "sound wave". The sound valve would block and release the sound by different level just like the compressed air coming out of the steel tube.