Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ by Rio Jiunyu Chen

Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ by Rio Jiunyu Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award لوهه انعام in روشنيءَ جون شيون ۽ فڪسچرز ڊيزائن Competition Category.

لوههروشني· 2025

Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ

by Rio Jiunyu Chen

Client: Rio Chen Studio

A' Design Award لوهه انعام Winner in روشني Category

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The Design

About Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ

بلاکس لئمپس هڪ مجسمي نما ٽيبل لئمپس جو مجموعو آهي، جو شهري architecture مان متاثر ٿي ٺهيل آهي. پنج شڪليون لائبريريون، ٽاورز، ٽائون هاؤسز، اونڌا پيراميڊس ۽ ايرينائون مان ورتل آهن. هر لئمپ اڇي اوڪ ڪاٺ، اسٽيل ۽ توت جي پيپر مان تيار ڪيل آهي. پرنٽ ميڪنگ مان ورتل ڪاٺ جي اڏوهي بناوت (wood grain texture) شيڊز تي منتقل ڪيل آهي، جيڪا وقت جي گذرڻ کي ياد ڏياري ٿي. جڏهن هي لئمپس ھڪ گڏ رکيا ويندا آهن، ته اهو گروپ ڪنهن شهري بلاڪ جهڙو لڳي ٿو ۽ روشني ۽ پاڇي جو هڪ دلچسپ ميلاپ پيدا ڪري ٿو. اهو مجموعو روشني کي هڪ ذاتي ۽ architectural شئ جي طور تي پيش ڪري ٿو.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award لوهه انعام

Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ A' Design Award لوهه انعام جو کٽيندڙ آهي، معزز اعتراف جيڪو انهن سٺين ڊيزائنن کي ڏنو وڃي ٿو جيڪي چڱيءَ طرح ڊزائين ڪيل تخليقن کان متوقع پيشه ورانه ۽ صنعتي گهرجون پوريون ڪن ٿيون. لوهه جا کٽيندڙ پنهنجي خالقن جي وڏي مهارت، اعليٰ ماهري، ماهرانه سمجھ ۽ تخليقي صلاحيت ڏيکارين ٿا. Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ کان اميد ڪئي وڃي ٿي ته اهو هڪ تمام گهڻو قدر ڪيل، ساراهيل ۽ پياري تخليق هوندو جيڪو عملي ۽ جدت وارو آهي. هي ڊيزائن جنهن A' Design Award لوهه انعام کٽيو آهي، صنعت جا بهترين طريقا گڏ ڪري ٿو ۽ علم ۽ صلاحيت سان ڳنڍيل قابل ٽيڪنيڪل خاصيتون رکي ٿو. Blocks Lamps ٽيبل لئمپ جي سنجيدگيءَ ڪري عزت ڪئي وڃي ٿي ۽ اهو زندگيءَ جي معيار ۾ بهتري آڻڻ لاءِ ٺاهيل آهي جيڪا دنيا کي بهتر جڳهه بڻائڻ ۾ مدد ڪري ٿي.

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