Assistant Professor(Contract)

@ntnu.edu.tw
Product Design, Speculative Design, Discursive Design, Design Futures and Fiction, Techno-Art, Cultural Narratives, Contemporary Art and Curatorial Practice
Education
2017–2022|Ph.D. in Design Theory and Practice, China Academy of Art
2013–2015|MA in Design Interactions, Royal College of Art (UK)
2008–2012|BA in Product Design, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Academic and Professional Experience
2024–Present|Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Shih Chien University (Taipei)
2024–2025|Part-time Assistant Professor, Department of Interaction Design, National Taipei University of Technology
2023–2025|Visiting Associate Professor, Foundation Course in Speculative (Critical) Design, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing)
2023–2024|Part-time Lecturer, Department of Education and Future Design, Tamkang University (Taipei)
2017–2022|Visiting Lecturer, Core Speculative (Critical) Design Course & Product Design Program, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing)
2019–2020|Visiting Lecturer, Object Design and Game Course, China Academy of Art (Hangzhou)
Artistic Residencies
2025|Selected Artist/Designer, ACC Gwangju Creators Program (Korea)
2024|Artist/Designer-in-residence, Silsangsa Temple Residency, Jirisan (Korea)
2023|Artist/Designer-in-residence, C-Lab Creators Plan, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (Taipei)
Curatorial Projects
2023|X-Site Pavilion: House Party, shortlisted by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum Annual Proposal (Taipei)
2022|Panel Curator, Dadaocheng International Art Festival, featuring 50 speakers in a Pop-up Talk Series on Speculative Design (Taipei)
2021|Finalist (Top 6), Hyundai Blue Prize Curatorial Award (Beijing)
Publications
2024|Co-author, Annual Report on Science Fiction Development: Chapter on Sci-Fi Art and Design Practices (Published by the World Science Fiction Convention Editorial Team)
2023|Co-author, Future Studies: Chapter on Cross-disciplinary Practice in Art and Design Futures
Selected Awards
2025|Paradise Festival, Seoul, Korea
2025|ACC Techno-Art Exhibition
2023|Invited Speaker, World Science Fiction Convention (Chengdu), Panel: Tangible Fictions: Sci-Fi in Art, Design, and Public Spaces
2015|Nominee, Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards – Speculative Design Category (USA)
2014|Red Dot Concept Design Award
2012|Double Excellence Awards, Tian He Cup Youth Design Competition (China)
Selected Academic Publications
2025|“Designing a Myth for Living on the Moon: Speculative Design and Cultural Heritage,” presented at ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art 2024 (Seoul, Korea)
2025|“The Future from the Past: A Practical Study of Backward Speculative Design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Based on Chinese Traditional Culture,” presented at ISEA 2025 (Seoul, Korea)
2023|“Love Behind Curtain: Eastern Speculative Design in Practice and Research,” in CUMULUS 2023: Narratives of Love Conference Proceedings (Beijing, China)
2022|“Preliminary Exploration of East Asian Speculative Design Rooted in Chinese Culture,” in iPress Design Journal (Shih Chien University, Taiwan)
2021|“Speculating Backward: How Did Speculative Design Enter East Asia?” in The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory (ACDHT) (Osaka, Japan)
Design Exhibitions
2023|CUMULUS Academic Joint Exhibition, China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing, China)
2023|Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-Lab, Taipei, Taiwan)
2022|Graduation Showcase, Zhejiang Art Museum (China)
2019|National Art Exhibition, Guangdong Museum of Art (China)
2018|Visual Cities Design Exhibition (Spain)
2018|Gallery Showcase, New York Design Week (USA)
2015|Sustain RCA, London Design Week (UK)
2013|FORMOSA Exhibition, London Design Week (UK)
Graduate Supervision
Speculative Design and Techno-Art
Product Design