Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl by Rio Jiunyu Chen

Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl by Rio Jiunyu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwaahịa Ìhè na Ihe E Kwụnyere Competition Category.

IgweÌhè· 2025

Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl

by Rio Jiunyu Chen

Client: Rio Chen Studio

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ìhè Category

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The Design

About Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl

Blocks Lamps bụ mkpokọta oriama tebụl a kpụrụ akpụ nke esiri na ụkpụrụ ọmụmụ ihe owuwu obodo nweta echiche. Ụdị ise ndị a esitere na ọbá akwụkwọ, ụlọ elu, ụlọ obodo, pyramid ndị e kpughere ihu ha nakwa ebe egwuregwu nweta echiche. A kpụrụ oriama ọ bụla site na osisi oak ọcha,ígwè na akwụkwọ mbụbọ (mulberry paper). Ọdịdị ntụpọ osisi ndị e si na mbipụta akwụkwọ wepụta ka etinyere n'elu ihe mkpuchi oriama ahụ, na-echetara mmadụ ka oge si aga. Mgbe e chikọtara oriama ndị a ọnụ, otu ahụ na-adị ka otu ngọngọ obodo ma na-emepụta mmekọrịta dị mma n'etiti ìhè na ndò. Mkpokọta a na-ele ọkụ ihe dị ka ihe onwe onye yana ihe owuwu ụlọ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Blocks Lamps Oriama Tebụl maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 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.
Dimensions & Packaging: 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.
Tags: Architectural Design, Lighting, Lamps, Wood, Blocks
Production Technology: 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.
Design Challenge: 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.
Research: 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.
Inspiration: 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.
Project Duration: The project started at the end of 2024 and was exhibited in Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse Exhibition 2025.
Operation Flow: When assembled together, the lamps resemble a city block, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow that evokes the rhythms of built environments.
Team Members: Rio Jiunyu Chen (Me)
Image Credits: Image 01 and 02: Studio 57
Image 03: Rio Jiunyu Chen