work

  • 2011

    FUSE is an interactive installation that brings joy to people by shifting the way people interact with others in the space around them. With FUSE, anyone can be an artist. By using a pre-programmed marker as a paint brush and the space around them as the canvas, people are able to draw in 3D space. As they are drawing, their work is displayed on the projection screen in real-time and 3-dimensional form. FUSE provides the platform for people to collaborate and explore their...

  • 2010

    In the Spring 2010, I was part of the ECUAD research team, with 8 other colleagues, for a government funded research project to identify the potential for using RFID tracking for Emergency Department patients at the BC Children’s Hospital. 

    This project started when ECUAD is approached by Dr. Geoffrey Hung from the Emergency Department at the BC Children’s Hospital about the notion of patient tracking in the waiting room because people had literally...

  • 2010

    SAM is a multifunctional carrying device designed to help people with limited mobility.  SAM’s main function is to act as a crutch while allowing the user to carry miscellaneous items in it. 

    The unique design of the handle enables the user to easily brake and stabilize SAM.  The two doors can be opened while the user is standing or sitting, giving easy access to the inner compartments of SAM.  When not in use, the discrete and modern design...

  • 2009

    This is a term project that I worked on with my colleagues Jimmy Sze. The concept of WAVE is derived from orchestra conductors who direct musical performances by gestures. Taking this idea , WAVE has 5 proximity sensors that detect the height of your hands and play a different musical note accordingly. As a result, by simply waving your hands, you play music.

    To further understand the relationship between the sense of touch, sight and sound, a participatory...

  • 2009

    My mask is revolving around 3 concepts behind a ritual masks: hiding, transforming and scaring.

    A full-face mask represent hiding. The abstract, asymmetric, organic pattern is to fear. And, the integrated blue LEDs is to transform and to scare. 

    The mask is inspired by two architectures: the Airspace in Tokyo, and the Watercube in Beijing. The layering of the mask gives depth and complexity to it. Also, it carefully hides the eyes of the...

  • 2009

    This product is meant to be lighthearted and playful. I played with the idea of turning on a lamp in comparison with the idea of sexually turn on a man; where the cord is a phallus symbol. So, “plug it in, and turn him on!”