Yen-An Chen is an artist and product designer from Taiwan, he graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2017 and owns a master in social design.
His practice is inspired by anatomical studies and bionic designs. Brought up in Taiwan, he developed a strong interest for traditional craftsmanships and materials. He focuses on a production cycle balancing objects with harmony, and believes in a design delivering beneficent and positive ideas, perspectives and gestures constructively impacting consumers.
Alternatively product and graphic designer, photograph, video maker and curator, Yen-An Chen’s care for detail acuity and rational thinking makes his work both unique and rich in its diversity.
Activities
Media Art, Movie, Illustration, Photography, Product Design, Research
Awards
Biography
2018 Film director of Double Chicken Please NYC’s US Road Trip Pop-Up / USA
2018 Film director for A New Layer Taiwan II at Art Basel / Switzerland
2018 Film director for Hospital Without Borders at World Health Assembly / Switzerland
2018 Film director for Bernard Dru Oak at Clerkenwell Design Week / UK
2018 Film director of "MIAOHUI Temple Festivals and Folk Cultures in Taiwan" / Europe
2018 Film director for Blue Island 99 at International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival / Ireland
2017 Workshop mentor at Design Academy Eindhoven / The Netherlands
2017 Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show at Dutch Design Week / The Netherlands
2017 Modern Alchemy at Dutch Design Week / The Netherlands
2017 Film director of Fresh Taiwan for Taiwan Design Center / Taiwan
2017 The Studio ZZM exhibition at Enkhuizen's Zuiderzee Museum / The Netherlands
2017 Finalists of Rijksmuseum's Rijksstudio Award / The Netherlands
2016 Film director for fashion brand EJING ZHANG / UK
2016 Film director for "Tame is to tame" at The Bio Art and Design Award / The Netherlands
2016 Film director for Eatopia at London Design Biennale / UK
2016 Participant designer at Atelier LUMA / France
2016 Film director of APUJAN AW16 at London Fashion Week / UK
2016 Film director of Bacardi Legacy GN Chan's Europe tour / Europe
2015 6th Design Tokyo / Japan
2015 Solo Exhibition - Hide in Somewhere / Taiwan
2015 Branding Director of LOKA / Taiwan
2014 Atelier YenAn / Taiwan
2014 Adjunct Lecturer at Fo-Guang University / Taiwan
2014 Co-founder of Danzo Studio (2014-2015) / Taiwan
2013 Formosa Show at London Design Festival / UK
2013 Dandelion Exhibition / UK
2011 Product designer at Wing-Creative Integration Co., Ltd / Taiwan
Language
English
Place
Netherlands / Eindhoven
On the Web
- https://www.facebook.com/https://www.facebook.com/AtelierYenAn/?eid=ARDZSIrCXDo0vLnphlXX8RqOcgmd_WWLYk0W1ZH2Azzj06_mPelC2A6Kjhzvs1LgNOikCcH5r25ogbJa
- https://www.instagram.com/https://www.instagram.com/yenanchen24/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/https://www.linkedin.com/in/yen-an-chen-242388103/
- http://https://yenanchen.com
