Research Interest
Yen Ching-Chiuan is an Associate Professor at the Division of Industrial Design, National University of Singapore, Co-Director of Keio-NUS Cute Center, and Co-Director of NUS Center for Additive Manufacturing. He also holds a joint courtesy appointment with the Interactive and Digital Media Institute at NUS. Having authored more than 60 international and national refereed articles, Professor Yen possesses an excellent ability to combine theoretical thinking and design practice in design education.
He has worked with many companies including ASUS, BMW Designwork USA, DELL, Estee Lauder, Jurong Health, OSIM, National University Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, Swarovski, and Tupperware. His research interests lie in methodologies for design, and he champions a “pluralistic dimension” of design study and research. His supervision in design has received more than 50 international or regional design awards in the past 10 years, including, to name a few, the Braunprize 2007, Luminary Award, red-dot award: design concept 2006, iF award 2008 and James Dyson Award, 2012.