Scientific researches suggest that people will have better impression on others when they hold warm stuffs like hot coffee cup. Also, people who hold warm things tend to treat others more generous. Accordingly, this project adapted the theory to the social media of communication - name card - for the purpose to enhance the quality of first impression. This is a name card holder containing warmer. Before we shake hands with new friends, our hands are warmed by the name card holder and therefore we ensure that new friends have better feeling with our touch. As a concept of open source, the way of making the holder is quite easy, instant and flexible. The materials, cardboard(paper), hand warmer, double side tape (glue), cuttable/soft metal sheet and the instruction, are required before making.

This concept considers blind people deserve the equal opportunity of postcard exchange. This concept want to establish meaningful communication for them by the original postal access. Although they normally need others' help to write the postal information, senders can convey their true regards and emotion by the rest of content. This postcard reveals the functional textures including the Stamp blank, Address line, Parting line and representative images, and the thin polystyrene sheet enables to write easily and keep Braille texts permanently. Receivers can touch and read the expression through the clear protruding texture and words. In the same way, foreigners are able to share the cultural difference by local images. The production of vacuum forming and injection molding on plastic sheets can make it. Accordingly, the printing ink is saved so the consumption of energy can be reduced as well.

This is a lighting design for the FUMI gallery. The concept was drawn from the principles of reflection with an idea to create specular light bulb reflections through the use of glass. While there is actually only one incandescent light bulb luminous inside the glass box, the reflection appears to be tens or even hundreds (depending on the observing angle) creating an image of a chandelier. The traditional Edison’s light bulbs are perhaps gradually becoming less practical for our current global conditions with the energy issues and pollution problems. However, the use of incandescent light bulbs is still attractive for some people for its warm, natural luminous ambience. Therefore, this design is a compromise for both matters.

This chair is developing continuously. The primary concept of this project was to make an extremely thin, compact, and light weighted portable folding chair, convenient for its users to carry and store away. After careful thinking and considerations, the final design achieved this aim successfully. The chair was constructed to collapse and fold flat, aligning between the sidebars without any extrusion of parts (as can be seen in the illustration below on the right).

The production process of this chair was relatively straight forward and simple. It involved the standard amount of labor works and manufacturing technics, allowing the possibility for mass production. In addition, most of the pieces were fastened on the same vertical axis, located on the lateral face. This was to achieve simplicity and unity in both the production process and visual perception. The final model was completed with a thickness of merely 19mm.

During the development process of this chair, I acquired a further discovery, which was its reversible function with the seat. This provoked the idea that there could be two different materials used for the seating, one for the top and one for the reversible side. Some ideas of possible coupled materials could be soft and hard, warm and cool, clothed and leathered, to show the contrast and to encourage a two way application of the chair perhaps during seasonal changes. To be more explicit, it may be conventional to use wood on one side for cooler seasons and metal on the other for warmer seasons. This could enhance the value of the chair as it has a two way application function. The series of images below demonstrate the reversible function of the chair where one side of the seat was wood, and the other with metal sheets installed.