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- Studio Shikai & Poetic Lab won the Design Report Award (winner) and Salone Satellite Award (3rd Prize)
We are happy to announce, the collaborate project - Ripple, designed by Studio Shikai and Poetic Lab, had won the Design Report Award and Salone Satellite Award 3rd Prize during the Milan design week 2013.Thank you for those who ever help and support us, we would like to share our happiness with you.ShiKai is showing in Salone Satellite 2013 with Poetic Lab / Apr 2013
ShiKai and Poetic Lab collaborate a exhibition "Beyond Object" in Salone Satellite during the Milan Design Fair, from 9th Apr to 14 Apr 2013.please come to visit us inSalone SatelliteHall 24B13 standSee the Mirrors of Bronze China Project in Stockholm / Dec 2012
The Mirrors of Bronze China Project are now in Stockholm and presented by Swedish Brand - Afteroom. For more information, please visit Afteroom.Workshop in "IN residence - Design Dialogue"14th - 17th NOV 2012
ShiKai Tseng will taking part of one of the best Design Workshop in the World - IN residence/ Design Dialogue, which is well curated by Barbara Brondi & Marco Rainò. In the workshop , ShiKai will work with other great young talents from Europe such as 45 Kilo, Humans Since 1982, Andrea Magnani, Lex Pott, Bethan Laura Wood, and explore "Little Daily Wonders" with the art & design students from Turin, Italy.
Bronze China 2 in Progress
For July and August 2012, ShiKai Tseng went back to the bronze village - YanJian in Henan Province in China again, for completing his Bronze China collection and the documentary film (by Juriaan Booji).Bronze China Project show in " MOKSPACE - East meets West: Art & Design Now! "
The "Bronze China" project will show in "East meets West: Art and Design Now " in London from 24 of April to 6 of May. "East meets West: Art and Design Now " is a exhibition hosted by Design online platform Art Thread and New Korean Gallery Mokspace which is just next to British Museum .The show exhibits the works of 20 young artists and designers from Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau – many currently working in London. The show reveals the stimulating variety of creative energy emanating from these countries, and which is increasingly impacting on the capitals – and indeed – the worlds, art scene.Address: MOKSPACE - 33 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH
Bronze China Project with RCA Paradise in Milan Design Week 2012
This is second show of ShiKai Tseng for salone del mobile 2012. He will present his latest project <Bronze China> with RCA PARADISE in Ventura Lambrate. Here is the place17 – 22 April 2012,10am – 8pm daily.Free admission.Press view: 18 April, 10am – 2pmOpening party: 18 April, 7pm – 10pmplease do come and enjoy the show :)PhotoGraphy Solo Show in Milan Design Week 2012
During Milan Week 2012, ShiKai will present you his first solo show, organized by "polifemo", a milan based photography association, from 17th of Apr to 12 of May.Here is the place,Please feel free to come !
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NEWS
- Design Report Award (winner) and Salone Satellite Award (3rd Prize) / Apr 2013
We are happy to announce, the collaborate project - Ripple, designed by Studio Shikai and Poetic Lab, had won the Design Report Award and Salone Satellite Award 3rd Prize during the Milan design week 2013.Thank you for those who ever help and support us, we would like to share our happiness with you.ShiKai is showing in Salone Satellite 2013 with Poetic Lab / Apr 2013
ShiKai and Poetic Lab collaborate a exhibition "Beyond Object" in Salone Satellite during the Milan Design Fair, from 9th Apr to 14 Apr 2013.please come to visit us inSalone SatelliteHall 24B13 standSee the Mirrors of Bronze China Project in Stockholm / Dec 2012
The Mirrors of Bronze China Project are now in Stockholm and presented by Swedish Brand - Afteroom. For more information, please visit Afteroom.Workshop in "IN residence - Design Dialogue"14th - 17th NOV 2012
ShiKai Tseng will taking part of one of the best Design Workshop in the World - IN residence/ Design Dialogue, which is well curated by Barbara Brondi & Marco Rainò. In the workshop , ShiKai will work with other great young talents from Europe such as 45 Kilo, Humans Since 1982, Andrea Magnani, Lex Pott, Bethan Laura Wood, and explore "Little Daily Wonders" with the art & design students from Turin, Italy.
Bronze China 2 in Progress
For July and August 2012, ShiKai Tseng went back to the bronze village - YanJian in Henan Province in China again, for completing his Bronze China collection and the documentary film (by Juriaan Booji).Bronze China Project show in " MOKSPACE - East meets West: Art & Design Now! "
The "Bronze China" project will show in "East meets West: Art and Design Now " in London from 24 of April to 6 of May. "East meets West: Art and Design Now " is a exhibition hosted by Design online platform Art Thread and New Korean Gallery Mokspace which is just next to British Museum .The show exhibits the works of 20 young artists and designers from Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau – many currently working in London. The show reveals the stimulating variety of creative energy emanating from these countries, and which is increasingly impacting on the capitals – and indeed – the worlds, art scene.Address: MOKSPACE - 33 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH
Bronze China Project with RCA Paradise in Milan Design Week 2012
This is second show of ShiKai Tseng for salone del mobile 2012. He will present his latest project <Bronze China> with RCA PARADISE in Ventura Lambrate. Here is the place17 – 22 April 2012,10am – 8pm daily.Free admission.Press view: 18 April, 10am – 2pmOpening party: 18 April, 7pm – 10pmplease do come and enjoy the show :)PhotoGraphy Solo Show in Milan Design Week 2012
During Milan Week 2012, ShiKai will present you his first solo show, organized by "polifemo", a milan based photography association, from 17th of Apr to 12 of May.Here is the place,Please feel free to come !
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- Ripple
We love nature, and all the phenomenon it creates. Therefor, we are fascinated by the refraction and reflection of water we see under the sea, and the ceiling of the pool house. The light go through the surface of the moving water, create beautiful patent composed of sharp light lines, laying on the wall.
We want to re-create this amazing beauty through our design, and bring this relaxing atmosphere into people's home.
Ripple is a project studying the beauty of glass material. While a focus beam of light projected through a gently rotating mouth-blown glass dome, shadow and light form a breathtaking, ever-changing pattern, where the aesthetic goes beyond the material itself.
The process of making this project includes both tradition glass craft skills and modern production engineering of the moving parts. The duo work closely with materials and found the beauty of glass lies in the uneven surface results from mouth-blowing process, while the craft skill makes the beauty of glass frozen in time, the elegant rotating movement brings the flow of material back to life, as if the dome exists with an uncertainty.
Ripple is a cooperated project by Studio Shikai and Poetic Lab.
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- Bronze China
2012 - still continue
Bronze China is a big project that ShiKai cooperate with Chinese-craftsmen in Henan, China since Jan. 2012. By applying their craft techniques, we aim to produce new and usable contemporary objects rather than reproducing the replica of the ancient pieces, which is what they do nowadays.
The project has two goals-
first, let other designers or companies know the craftsmen in this bronze village have great skill and production ability. Second, there are about 200 companies in this village doing and selling very similar objects at the moment; to avoid the ruinous competition, we can bring different type of orders to them, then create diversity of business environment.
In the aspect of design, this project investigates the material of wax and copper alloy, and dig into every single process with the local craftsmen. In the end we create five objects - lamps (2 types), mirrors (3 sizes), door stops, plates, and the containers.
This project is still on going.
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- Fabric Made of Coffee Beans
- PCC x OOJ Coffee T-Shirt Project
ShiKai is asked to design one T-shirt ( which is made of coffee bean left ) and one-off piece of wearable installation.As it's a project about coffee in Asia, ShiKai would like to promote the concept and raise the attention of "Fair Trade Coffee", which is still not very well-known in Asia.------------------------------------------------------------------------------Due to the growing capitalism and international trade, the coffee market is on an extremely unbalance situation now. Through those international coffee companies who control the price of coffee trading, the price of one bag of coffee bean on the market could be 100 times more expensive than the price they bought from the farmers.Because of the price control, the farmers earn too little profit to survive. Thus, they start to expend their farm and cut down the forest for growing more coffee.ShiKai Tseng's "A drop of Coffee" and "The Coffee Grinder", are both talking about the same story (mentioned above) and promoting same idea - "please consume and support Fair Trade coffee.""A drop of Coffee" -Veneer/fabric/ coffee beanone-off
A drop of coffee bean falls in the forest,The trees start disappearing,beside the bean.By the time pass,The farmers grow more coffee, and cut more trees.As them cut more trees, the creatures start losing their homes.The Coffee GrinderPrinting on T-shirtStart to sell in HK in Jan/2013
Turn, Turn around,Turn the hung grinder around.the great coffee on your handit's from far far away～♩Turn, Turn, Turn around,Turn the hung grinder around.every single coffee beanall growing by farmer's tear and blood ～ ♪Turn, Turn around,Turn the hung grinder around.The farmers earn so littleso they cut the forest downto growing more coffee bean ～♩Turn, Turn around,Turn the hung grinder around.The coffee in your cupIt's made of non-fairtrade coffee bean ～ ♫ps. The background color is based on the natural color of coffee fabric.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------" PCC x OOJ Coffee T-Shirt " is a cooperation project by 4 different organizations (please see below ) in HongKong. It invited 10 artists & designers to design T-Shirts and wearable installations for promoting the fabric made of coffee bean left, which is more environment friendly.- Pacific Coffee Company, one of the biggest coffee company in HK, has 200+ branch shops in HK, China, Singapore, Macao and Malaysia.
- Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Green & Associates - HK Design company, has their own brand and shop. Their client include Habitat, Muji, Zara, Hugo Boss, Wedgwood, Quicksilver‘s. Since 2010, G&A start to co-brand with WWF and Pacific Coffee.
- 歐陽應霽 (Au Yeung Ying Chai ) Au Yeung was trained in graphic design and philosophy. After more than 20 years career working in TV program production, he now writes books about design, cooking, life and culture. He is also a comics author, program presenter, projects planner.
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- PhotoGraphy no.1
- Series 01
“PhotoGraphy” project is the creation of a process in which the environment, time and light react to each other and generate images on three-dimensional objects. The 1st series is about coating objects with a “light-sensitive” layer, put in a black box with strategically placed pinholes, and exposed for 5 to 50 minutes depending on the brightness of the environment. It is a new way to capture a moment in time, no matter whether the image on the object is focused or losing focus – the object will carry the trace of its first moments of experience, its first exposure.
We can create a wide variety of different kinds of surface textures and colours by using techniques such as spraying, dying, painting or adding plastic masterbatch when we use injection moulding. However, what is the purpose of giving the objects particular kinds of surface qualities? Are we trying to affect user’s emotions? To give the item a higher value? Or we are trying to simulate some of the fascination we feel in response to surface complexities we find in natural settings?
The meaning of “photography” is “writing light,” or using light to achieve the graphic. Light projected onto film makes the chemical layers react, and then shows the colours or reverse colour of the illuminated objects on the film or photo paper.
When we thinking about creating surfaces and giving colour, putting colour on paper is in a sense the same as giving colour to an object, so I believe it would be a strong idea to use the principle of photography to give colour to objects. In particular, we usually associate photography with a kind of illusionism that reduces the three-dimensional into the two-dimensional, but in this case, the three-dimensional will be rather translated into another three-dimensional reality.
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- Photography no.2
“PhotoGraphy” is the creation of a process in which the environment, time and light react to each other and generate images on three-dimensional objects. The 2nd series is about folding the photographic paper into a three-dimensional shape, which includes a light seal on the backside, with the addition of one to tow pinholes. Thus, an object is not only an object anymore, but also a camera which can take a photo on itself. We can flip it inside out after we completing the developing process, and you will see the image become the surface of the object we used as a camera.
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- Moulding
When we throw the waste paper into the bin, somehow, we are creating a new object at the same time.
But the problem is - what are we creating actually?rubbish? or just a block of paper?
“Moulding” makes “recycle the waste paper” this behavior become the process of creating a beautiful object. Whenever we throw every paper into the basket, they all become a part of the vase. However, in the moment we complete the vase, it also means it’s time to say goodbye. She will leave us and take the recycle cart, then start her next life.
People have different recycling cultures in different countries. In Asia, people used to give the recycling to the recycle truck. In Europe, People just put them in front of the flat, and the cleaner will come to bring it away. In this case, you will see the following interesting scenes:
Asians throw the paper vases to the truck, and Europeans line the vases in front of their house.
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- The Door
Door always plays a very interesting role in our lives. It gives us a direction, an entry point to another place, or a gate of a boundary. Sometimes, it is an exit, a way to escape from something you dislike, and showing the place full of hopes. Sometimes, it blocks something you want to be away from. You image there is something evil on the other side of the door. “The Door” is a project about representing your experience or memory of doors. It is made of a real size door and been given a 12cm deep frame and the light source behind the opal acrylic. When people open it, the switch will be actived immediately and turns the light on.
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- Have a Lovely Baby
In Chinese culture, we used to send a red envelope with the blessing and fortune to our families or friends while they get married. “Have a lovely baby” is one of the classical sentence for this moment.“Have a lovely baby” is a new design of the red envelope. The pregnant and bellied shape create a metaphor of “have a lovely baby”. On the other hand, it also represents the best marriage. The fortune and words which means blessing are put into this pregnant red envelope and sent to the new couple. At the same time, your future child will also receive this lucky and be born to this world.In Chinese culture, we used to send a red envelope with the blessing and fortune to our families or friends while they get married. “Have a lovely baby” is one of the classical sentence for this moment.“Have a lovely baby” is a new design of the red envelope. The pregnant and bellied shape create a metaphor of “have a lovely baby”. On the other hand, it also represents the best marriage. The fortune and words which means blessing are put into this pregnant red envelope and sent to the new couple. At the same time, your future child will also receive this lucky and be born to this world.
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Posts
The Light Project by Dutch based Design Studio OS & OOS
Inspired by the sun, moon and planet movement, very poetic and smart!
photo by Lenny&Merial
Just went there to buy some screw, the boss ask me, “Why you Taiwanese come here to buy the Screw from Taiwan?” lol.
我的ex RCA室友（雖然他90％的時間都不在家），新加坡籍設計師、藝術家、導演，Choy Ka Fai 徐家辉，以一人之力追尋了不曾被歷史記載，只流傳在人們口中，卻真實存在的國家。
聽起來就像夢一樣美，虛幻的國度在他的奔波與研究下逐漸成形，不足的部份用讓自己的創意來架構。訪談文章稱他為藝術家，但他卻認為自己是設計師，事實上，他的確是個設計師，只是他設計的不只是物件，而是以人、物為主角的關係和故事。
在新加坡的朋友，有機會可以去看一下這個展覽，另外在以下時段會有現場表演：
18 - 20 May, 24 - 27 May, 31 May - 2 Jun 7:00PM
19 - 20 May, 26 - 27 May, 2 Jun 3:30PM
more information:
http://lanfangchronicles.tumblr.com/
http://ka5.info/
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InternShip in Studio ShiKai
There is no internship open currently, but you are welcome to send your portfolio and CV to Shikai, we will inform you when is next possible period to work with us.Many thanks.
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ABOUT
Studio Shikai was found by ShiKai Tseng (曾熙凱) , a Taiwanese designer base in London.Influence by oriental culture and western spirit of adventure, his works represent subtle and experimental characteristic at the same time. After finishing his MA course in Design Products of Royal College of Art, he established his own practice. He is particularly interested on the challenging all kind processes of production, and brings the usual process to a new stage. He also cares about the issues and stories behind the production, and trying to put effort to make our world better.
曾熙凱 （ShiKai Tseng）是台灣出生的獨立設計師，目前旅居英國倫敦。受到東方文化以及西方冒險精神的影響，他的作品同時呈現出細膩的情感以及大膽的實驗性格 。2011年從英國皇家藝術學院畢業後，他在倫敦成立了自己的設計工作室，特別聚焦於文化、材質、與各種製作方式的理解及運用，並將這些舊有的過程以新的面貌呈現在設計上。因為他深信，所有物件的價值與意義都源自文化，而物件本身則為材質與製作方式的結合。
過去曾在台灣銘傳大學與台灣科技大學主修產品設計，2008年時獲得教育部獎學金至英國皇家藝術學院進修，並破格從參訪學生轉為正式生。曾熙凱的作品曾獲多項國際設計競賽獎項，從2008年開始在倫敦、米蘭、巴黎、瑞典以及台灣展出，並於2012年受邀至米蘭設計週舉辦個展。2013年年初時接受國際上極具影響力的設計媒體Frame magazine的個人專訪，更在同年4月的米蘭傢俱展上與台灣設計師陳函谿組成「Poetic Lab」，共同拿下Salone Satellite Award 2013和 Design Report Award 2013的殊榮。
CV
Education
2008-2011 MA, Design Product, Royal College of Art, London, UK (Gap year to the Country Service)
2006-2008 MA Course Attended in Industrial Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2002-2006 Bachelor of Product Design, Ming-Chaun University, Taiwan
Exhibition
2013 “Beyond Object”, Show with Poetic Lab, Salone Satellite 2013 , Milan, Italy.
2012 “Bronze China”, Porto Cervo 2012, Gallery FUMI, Sardinia, Italy.
“Bronze China”, East Meets West - Design Now!, ARTS THREAD X MOKSPACE, London
"Bronze China”, RCA Paradise, Salone del Mobile 2012, Milan
“PhotoGraphy”, Solo Show, Polifemo Photography Association, Salone del Mobile 2012, Milan
2011 “PhotoGraphy” Film , POWER OF MAKING, V&A Museum, London
“PhotoGraphy” Series 1 & 2, SHOW RCA 2011, London, London
“PhotoGraphy”, RCA INTENT, Lambrate, Milan, Italy
2010 "Open My Guide", cooperate with Ling-Jing Yin, Friday Late Event, V&A museum, London, UK
“London Plain Tree”, Royal College of Art, Design Products Working in Progress Show , London, UK
2009 “Moulding”, Gallery of la Manufacturede Porcelaine de Sèvres, Paris, France
“The Door”, Appartamento- Lago Temporary Shop, Zona Tortona, Milan, Italy
2008 “The Door” & “The Wall”, Royal College of Art, Design Products WIP Show , London, UK
2007 "Dr. Donald", BraunPrize Exhibition, Kronberg, Germany
Concept Design of Intelligent House for Elder, National Science Center, Taiwan
2006 “Commuter”, Young Designer Exhibition (YODEX), Taipei, Taiwan
Award
2013 “Ripple” ,collaborate with Poetic Lab, Design Report Award 2013, Winner (1st Prize)
“Ripple” ,collaborate with Poetic Lab, Salone Satellite Award 2013, 3rd Prize
2009 “Ruler Pen” Reddot Concept Award, Honourable Recognition
“Have a Lovely baby” Reddot Concept Award, Honourable Recognition
"Moulding" Taiwan International Design Competition, Nominated
2008 Full Scholarship for Oversea Study, - Sponsored by Ministry of Education, ROC.
iF Concept Award 2008, Honourable Recognition
Lebens(t)raume 2008, Honourable Recognition
2007 BraunPrize International Design Award 2007, Honorable mention - had been selected for
the BraunPrize Exhibition
2006 Young Designer Exhibition (YODEX) Design Competition,
Honorable mention & Special Mention of NOVA International Inc.
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CONTACT
- ADD: Studio Shikai
Unit 11, Malcolm Place,Bethnal Green, London E2 0EU
Email: cktzeng@gmail.com
