Kaijie Chen, a surface & visual designer living in the US, was born in Shanghai. She graduated with a master’s degree in Surface Imaging Design and also holds bachelor’s degree in Textile Design & Engineering. She chooses to explore the interdisciplinary field of surface design which combines visual design, material exploration and engineering technology to offer cutting edge solutions. Kaijie's diverse background includes a year of design teaching experience in university and also building and creating products and culture such as concept, textile, wallpaper, flooring, furniture, packaging, visual merchandising and showroom. She has pushed her works to make a real impression by solving a problem from multiple perspectives and in ways previously unimaginable, blending art, craft, science, business savvy and an astute understanding of customers and markets.
Projects include, but not limited to:
Under Armour, Armstrong, Mimaki, Echo Design, Coca Cola, Sumbrella, Johnson & Johnson, Anthropologie, Designtex,
Steelcase, Calico Wallpaper, Studio Cope, Snarkitecture, Philippe Malouin, Faye Toogood, BCXSY, Lindsey Adelman, OTHR, Tokyobike, Friedman Benda, Swarovski, Daniel Arsham, Rockwell Group, Knoll, Future Perfect, Fairmont, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Fernando Mastrangelo, DesignPhiladelphia, Salone del Mobile.Milano, Design Miami, ICFF, NYCXDESIGN, Paris Design Week, London Design Fair, Schloss Hollenegg, Opening Ceremony, Matthew Day Jackson
Awards & Scholarships:
GOOD DESIGN® Award, Building Materials, USA, 2018
Indigo Award, Gold Winner, Integrated Graphic Design, the Netherlands, 2018
Indigo Award, Gold Winner, Digital Design, the Netherlands, 2018
Sunbrella "SHADE-SCAPE" Sunshade Pattern Design Competition, Top 30, China, 2018
Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Semifinalist, Fine Art - Graphic Design/Print, USA, 2017
A' Design Award, Bronze Winner, Graphics and Visual Communication Design, Italy, 2016 - 2017
The International Design Awards (IDA), Silver Winner, Other Graphic Designs, USA, 2016
The International Design Awards (IDA), Honorable Mention Winner, Other Product Designs, USA, 2016
SGIA Award of Excellence Award, Interior Design, USA, 2016
SGIA Certificate of Merit Award, Heat Transfers (Textile), USA, 2016
Nexus Maximus 2015 (Johnson &Johnson), Aalto Ventures Program Award, USA, 2015
Coca-Cola Contour Bottle Design Contest, 1st Place Graphic Design Award, China, 2015
Philadelphia University, The Dean's List, USA, 2015/2014/2013
Donghua University, Distinguished Graduate, China, 2014
Donghua University, Academic Excellence Award, China, 2013
China Scholarship Council, National Scholarship, China, 2013
Donghua University, Outstanding Engineer Scholarship, China, 2012
Donghua University, Major Scholarship, China, 2011
Hong Kong Esquel Group scholarship, China, 2011
Selected Publications & Exhibitions:
Unusual Beauty & Grow, School of Visual Art, New York, USA, 2019-2020
Surface Imaging Symposium Speaker, DesignPhiladelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 2019
MSSI Alumini Exhibition, DesignPhiladelphia, Center for Architecture and Design, Philadelphia, USA, 2019
Young Designer Summit Speaker, SEGD (the Society for Experiential Graphic Designs), Austin, USA, 2019
Nature Force, FAVOURITE DESIGN YEARBOOK, 2019
Nature Force, GOOD DESIGN® YEARBOOK, 2018-2019
Exploding Brain, Steelcase’s showroom at NeoCon, the MART, USA, 2018
Unusual Beauty, Utopa International Design Exhibition, ShenNonTaiYangCheng 4F North Space, China, 2018
Unusual Beauty, Hebei International Industrial Design Week, Hebei Design Center, China, 2017-2018
Unusual Beauty, Shenzhen Design Week, Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center Pavilion 2, China, 2017-2018
Unusual Beauty, 40 x 40 Exhibition Budapest, Budapest Projekt Galéria, Hungary, 2017
Unusual Beauty, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference, The Lalit Mumbai, India, 2017
Unusual Beauty, A' Design Award Exhibition, the MOOD Museum of Design, Italy, 2017
Unusual Beauty, A' Design Award Year Book of Best Designs, 2017
Unusual Beauty, The 10th Annual International Design Awards Book, 2017
Melting Metal Panel, SGIA Expo, USA, 2016
Unique Textured Mushroom, SGIA Expo, USA, 2016
Neo Skin, Philadelphia University Surface Imaging Graduation Show, USA, 2016
Selected Press:
WixSite, WixPlayground Official Instagram, 08.14.2020
Favorite Designer of the Day - Kaijie Chen, FAVOURITE DESIGN, 03.23.2020
ContinuEd Project Space: Kaijie Chen, School of Visual Arts, 12.02.2019
designboom设计邦专访艺术探索者Kaijie Chen, designboom设计邦, 06.26.2019
创意 | 这位荣获The Good Design大奖的设计师，与我们聊了聊“自然力量”, Style In the Town社区大会, 04.22.2019
NatureForce自然力量 GOOD DESIGN新材料, designboom设计邦, 03.21.2019
Kaijie Chen: "You should never let tools limit you", BERLOGOS, 02.07.2019
A Modular Interactive Tile With a Light-sensitive Led Panel, INSPIRATIONIST, 01.25.2019
Power of Nature, BERLOGOS, 01.23.2019
Nature Force - 2018 GOOD DESIGN® Award, Archinet, 01.22.2019
Nature Force: 2018 GOOD DESIGN® AWARD, Archistudent, 01.22.2019
Best of Neocon Innovation Award, Steelcase, 06.11.2018
Kaijie Chen Stretches the Limits of Printing and Design, the INK TANK, 05.29.2018