Chen Shen — Student based in Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Portfolio: 7 days with TechX
Sculptures, UI design, product design, crafts
This is an illustration of work done during the 7-day design experience with TechX, a camp founded and run by college students.
DateJuly 2018![](https://carbon-media.accelerator.net/0000000kuK5/5tgfpojgxhLbJooRAjBHNi;960x540.jpeg?auto=webp)
The logo at the right is my emblem.
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First we are trained to “sketch in 3D”. We had limited materials, so I decided to do something more functional and interactive, as I believe interaction is the most important part of an artwork.
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Then, we are assigned a mood, and asked to visualize that mood. My word was “grief”.
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With the visualization in mind, we are then asked to materialize the mood.
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Then we are told to create a product out of the sculpture! Connecting the shape of the sculpture with how they are grouping up, I devised this magnetic light stick that could be easily carried, installed, and even form different shapes.
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This is a user interface design of a timer app, as I am annoyed at how chaotic and distracting some app interfaces are when it comes to timers. I am more inclined to have a clean and simple interface so that I could focus more on the timed task.
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The Tie