KAIJIE CHEN
SURFACE & VISUAL DESIGNER
UNUSUAL BEAUTY
Client
Concept & Interior Design
Kaijie Chen
Pattern Design
Kaijie Chen
Licensing Artworks
Award
Indigo Award Gold Winner in Digital Design Category, 2018
A' Design Award Bronze Winner in Graphics and Visual Communication Design Category, 2016 - 2017
IDA Silver Winner in Other Graphic Designs Category, 2016
SGIA Award of Excellence in Interior Design Category, 2016
Inspired by the crazy and beautiful side of mental disorders, I was trying to achieve unusual and wild beauty and give audience a optimistic vision to what had been passively seen. This collection explores concept in two directions: the illusion perspective created by people who have mental disorder like OCD- camouflage text, melting metal and glitchy art effects; and playful looks of brain and nerves- exploding brain, twist mind.
Japan’s leading digital printer brand, Mimaki is expanding globally as a pioneer in the development of digital printing and cutting products. To bring passion, unexpectation and personality back to Mimaki LA Office, I focused the design of Mimaki future showroom around the concept of unusual beauty. Mimaki Future Showroom attempted to show a variety of printed substrates that created by Mimaki products in a comtemporary environment - including textiles, wallcovering, floor, glass and other hard surfaces.
MELTING METAL
CAMOUFLAGE
EXPLODING BRAIN
"Exploding Brain" was developed by Designtex as upholstery for Steelcase award winning SILQchair and shown in NeoCon Shows 2018.