Designer, Researcher, Prototype Maker, Project Manager
Profile
Kuan-hua Chou (周冠華) is an industrial designer from Taiwan, also an alumna of the Design Products program at the Royal College of Art in London.
She is fascinated by the design process of products as well as its system. She has four years of industry experience in prototypes and colour/material/finish (CMF) for consumer electronics, which has helped her cultivate a unique sensitivity to colour, form and design.
Chou considers design a medium to explore the world and believes that communication and decision making among users, designers and executors are equally important. She feels good collaboration can inspire and benefit our society and the environment.
Experience
2015 - Present
Founder/Designer/Researcher
Kuan-hua Chou, TW/UK/JP
2020
AI Data Labeler
Linker Networks Inc., TW
2019
Designer
Project: The Black Ship and Gifts
In collaboration with Filmmaker/Designer Hiroki Yokoyama
Artist in Residence Program 2019
2017
Design Intern
Jonathan Prestwich Design, UK
2009 - 2012
Prototype Maker
CMF Department
Image Model Co., Ltd., TW
2008 - 2009
Project Manager
Business Department
Image Model Co., Ltd., TW
2006
Product Design Intern
Acerly International Co., Ltd., TW
Education
2015 - 2018
MA Design Products
Royal College of Art, UK
2004 - 2008
BSc Industrial Design
Chang Gung University, TW
Dissertation
2016
Female Transformation through Unisex Sportswear
Royal College of Art, UK
Exhibition
2020 - 2021
Red Dot Design Museum, SG
2019
BankART Station, JP
2018
Degree Show
Royal College of Art, UK
2017
White Noise: Events for Mental Health Week
Royal College of Art, UK
2016 & 2017
School of Design Work In Progress
Royal College of Art, UK
2012
Taiwan Designers' Week
Taipei World Trade Center, TW
2011
Taipei World Design Expo
Taipei World Trade Center, TW
2008
YODEX, Young Designers' Exhibition
Taiwan Design Center
2007
Tour Exhibitions of Creative Furniture Design Competition
Industrial Development Bureau
Ministry of Economic Affairs, TW
Award
Project: Un/Limited Backpack
Honorable Mention
Outdoor and Exercise Equipment
The European Product Design Award 2020
Best of the Best
Travel Category
Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2020
Bronze Winner
Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Category
A' Design Award & Competition 2020
Double Student Winners
Personal Accessory Award + Sports & Recreation Award
Platinum Winner
Product Design > Unexpected Design
MUSE Design Awards 2019
Winner
Jewellery & Accessories > Completed Projects
INDUSTART International Industrial Design Award 2019
Honorable Mention
Professional / Fashion Design > Sport Accessories
London International Creative Competition 2019
Project: The Black Ship and Gifts
Honorable Mention and Shortlist
Professional / Installation Art > Conceptual Art and Other
London International Creative Competition 2019
Feature
Project: Un/Limited Backpack
2020/2021
Red Dot Design Concept Yearbook
Red Dot Singapore Pte Ltd, SG
Jan 2021
WDR Announces World Design Rankings in Arts, Architecture and Design
25 Feb 2019
Daily Post
StudentDesign, NL
June 2018
Royal College of Art, UK
Project: The Black Ship and Gifts
Jan 2020
Selected for the Social Art Award Book 2019
The Institute for Art and Innovation, Berlin, DE
Project: Rocking Horse Rocking Me
June 2008
20 New Up-and-coming Designers
DFUN Magazine, TW
Honour
2016 - 2018
Scholarship Program for Overseas Study in Arts and Design
Ministry of Education, TW
