Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina na Rio Jiunyu Chen

ʻO Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina na Rio Jiunyu Chen he mea lanakila hanohano loa o ka 2025 A' Design Award Hao ma ka Māhele Hoʻokūkū Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui.

HaoKukui· 2025

Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina

na Rio Jiunyu Chen

Mea Kūʻai: Rio Chen Studio

Mea Lanakila A' Design Award Hao ma ka Māhele Kukui

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Ka Hoʻolālā

E Pili Ana iā Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina

He ʻohana kēia o nā kukui papa ʻaina kiʻi hana lima i hoʻoulu ʻia e ke kūkulu hale kūlanakauhale. Loaʻa nā hōʻano ʻelima mai nā hale waihona puke, nā hale kiʻekiʻe, nā hale kaiāulu, nā piramida hoʻohuli ʻia a me nā ʻāina hoʻokūkū. Hana ʻia kēlā me kēia kukui me ka lāʻau ʻoka keʻokeʻo, ka kila a me ka pepa kīhelo. Ua hoʻoili ʻia nā kālailai lāʻau i lawe ʻia mai ke kiʻi paʻi ma luna o nā pale malu, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i ka holo ʻana o ka manawa. Ke hoʻonoho pū ʻia nā kukui, ua like ka pūʻulu me kahi poloka kūlanakauhale a hana ʻia kahi launa pū ʻana o ka mālamalama a me ke aka. Mālama kēia ʻohana i ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana ma ke ʻano he mea pilikino a he mea kūkulu hale hoʻi.

Ka Hoʻomaikai

E Pili Ana i ka A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Blocks Lamps Kukui Papa ʻAina no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Ma Hope o ka Hoʻolālā

ʻEke Nūhou

Nā hōʻoia, nā lālā hui a me nā kikoʻī ʻenehana i hāʻawi ʻia e ka mea hoʻolālā.

Nā ʻAno Kūʻokoʻa: Blocks features a series of sculptural table lamps that evoke the geometry of city blocks. Each lamp combines minimalist forms with textured surfaces, offering a modular aesthetic inspired by Chen’s experience of constant relocation—from Taiwan to Chicago and New York. The designs capture the tension between permanence and transience, symbolizing how objects and spaces accumulate meaning over time.
Nā Ana a me ka Hoʻopili: Tower Lamp: 120mm x 120mm x 343mm, Library Lamp: 153mm x 280mm x 172mm, Pyramid Lamp: 228mm x 228mm x 178mm, Arena Lamp: 203mm x 203mm x 203mm, House Lamp: 120mm x 120mm x 203mm.
Material: White Oak, steel, and mulberry paper.
Nā Lepili: Architectural Design, Lighting, Lamps, Wood, Blocks
ʻEnehana Hana: The sculptural table lamps take cues from architectural forms, spanning libraries, towers, townhouses, inverted pyramids, and arenas. These shapes transform familiar structures into modular, intimate objects, blurring the line between furniture and urban design. The wood grain textures from Chen’s printmaking technique are integrated into the lamp shades, transferring the organic patterns of wood onto a new material surface. This approach reinforces themes of time, material memory, and transformation within the lighting design.
Pilikia Hoʻolālā: Inspired by Chen’s personal journey relocating between Taiwan, Chicago, and New York, the collection examines the act of packing, shifting, and reassessing belongings—both physically and emotionally.
Blocks reflects an object-oriented perspective, questioning how we define value, space, and memory in our lives. The work suggests that cubes—whether seen as obstacles, pixels, cities, or cherished objects—shape our perception of place and belonging.
Noiʻi: Blocks is a design-driven research project exploring architecture, material memory, and movement in object design. Inspired by relocation, it examines how urban landscapes and modularity shape emotional connections to objects. Drawing from libraries, towers, and townhouses, the lamps resemble cityscapes with wood grain-imprinted shades that capture time’s passage. The project reimagines lighting as both personal and architectural, bridging design, space, and memory.
Hoʻoulu Manaʻo: The sculptural table lamps take cues from libraries, towers, townhouses, inverted pyramids, and arenas, transforming familiar structures into modular lighting pieces. When assembled together, the lamps resemble a city block, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow that evokes the rhythms of urban environments. The wood grain textures from Chen’s printmaking technique are integrated into the lamp shades, transferring natural patterns onto a new medium and reinforcing the theme of time.
Ka Lōʻihi o ka Papahana: The project started at the end of 2024 and was exhibited in Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse Exhibition 2025.
Kaʻina Hana: When assembled together, the lamps resemble a city block, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow that evokes the rhythms of built environments.
Nā Lālā Hui: Rio Jiunyu Chen (Me)
Nā Kuleana Kiʻi: Image 01 and 02: Studio 57
Image 03: Rio Jiunyu Chen