STUDIO TAIYI





INFO

I’m Taiyi, a designer currently based in The Netherlands. With a profound interest in fostering connections and exploring relationships, I like to adopt an improvisational and hands-on approach in my research and design practice. By crafting real-world stuff, I seek to bridge diverse perspectives and unfold engaging narratives through the playfulness and flexibility of design.

Always open to cool collaborations and new friends – so feel free to hit me up anytime!  


EXHIBITION


 2026   GLUE Amsterdam at  Waag Futurelab, Amsterdam

2026   Folly Art Norg, Drenthe

2026   ‘The Floor Is Lava ; The Walls Have Ears’ at NGO DEI, Den Haag

2026   SIGN-IN/SIGN-OUT at De Besturing, Den Haag

2023  ‘Class of 23’ at Dutch Design Week 2023, Eindhoven

2023  ‘A house where no one lives is just an empty building’ at 944, Den Haag

2023  ‘Solo exhibition of Taiyi Yu’ at CHAxARTxAMS, Amsterdam

2023  KABK Graduation Show 2023, Den Haag

2019  38th International Young Designers' Exhibition (YODEX), Taipei

PRESS

2023  ‘W.I.P.’  published at Designboom Magzine

2023  ‘W.I.P.’ published at Metropolis M, Eindexamens Special


EDUCATION

2021 - 2023
Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague, Netherlands
Master of Industrial Design



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Passage Lamp


# Coming out soon!

Taking inspiration from mechanical structures found in industrial and architectural environments, the pendant lamp bringing these principles into a domestic setting.

It consists of a horizontal structure with rotating shades and a spherical light source. As the shades revolve, the sphere moves along the central axis, changing the position of the light within the structure. The lamp can therefore be adjusted both as a source of light and as a physical object in space.

Rather than treating light as a fixed element, the design makes movement part of the object’s use. The changing position of the sphere continuously alters the lamp’s appearance and its relationship to the surrounding space.

The project brings a visible mechanical system into an ordinary household object, combining lighting with movement as an integral part of its form and function.

Type: Object
Year: 2026



Ascension Attempts



A kinetic installation mounted on the facade of the building. Wind drives a metal turbine that lifts a sphere upward through its central axis. At the top, it is released and falls back to the base under gravity, repeating the cycle continuously in response to changing wind conditions. The work is inspired by rooftop ventilators common in the industrial landscape, creating a subtle experience of motion, return, and repetition shaped by natural forces.

Type: Installation
Year: 2026



Another Round



A revolving door with nowhere to go. Another Round places a familiar mechanism in the middle of the landscape, stripped of its usual purpose. You enter, turn, and end up where you started. A small machine for going nowhere.

Type: Installation
Year: 2026



W.I.P.: Windmill In Play



W.I.P.: Windmill In Play is an installation featuring a deconstructed windmill and a video of how it was put together. The object utilises winds to help collect and transport sand from one point to another point, moving in a looped motion that gradually shapes the ground, leaving behind a visual imprint of the wind's power. The project questions how winds have been harvested through windmills and reflects on how we perceive and appropriate winds. The windmill, as a concrete example but also as a metaphor for modern industrialisation, is implicated in the dichotomy between humans and nature. It exemplifies the rationality of seeing the natural world as a resource, a power that reconstitutes experience through its mechanical structure. In playing with the composition and function of the windmill, I contemplate how we can cultivate a different relationship with winds through the integration of personal narratives and ways of sensing.

More information and documentation about this project:

W.I.P.: Windmill In Play - Taiyi Yu - Master Industrial Design 2023 (redesigning-industry.org)

https://youtu.be/WL_W57iPbBs?si=Wa0FelDJrMpBC0XA

Type: Installation
Year: 2023






Invisible Visibles



How do you perceive a land? 

This project aims to explore how we perceive and use land. Rather than just analyzing from a distance, I engage with the land through physical activity such as walking, observing, gathering, talking, and creating. Using an abandoned plot in Den Haag, I intervene in the transitory state of wasted materials by using locally sourced materials and limited resources on site to create a series of street objects. These objects, such as chairs and dog fences, encourage interaction and invite dialogues about the often-invisible material movements during urban development and the rapid transformations that occur. Through this project, I aim to raise awareness of a much deeper understanding of the land and our relationship with it.


Type: Site-Specific Research
Year: 2022







Concreteli



Techniques are associated with materials rather than people because materials do "something". Concrete, as a means of construction, can be more accurately described as a process than as a material. With the project, the material experiment illustrates possibilities while concrete presents its attributes when it met with bamboo in ancient times. What would buildings have looked like by that time? Can concrete only be a rigid and smooth material? Three objects each represent a different part of a building, in order to envision alternative ways of construction and the landscape it brings along.


Type: Material Research
Year: 2022



Forms Follow Flows



"Forms Follow Flows" is a concept that aims to explore the relationship between human beings and objects in urban spaces. The project proposes the creation of a series of street objects that challenge the traditional design of urban objects and their interaction with people. With the interactive attribute of the material and configurations, these objects would adapt and respond to the flow of people in public spaces, creating a dynamic and interactive environment. This project questions the way we perceive and interact with the materiality of objects, encouraging a more playful and engaged attitude toward the urban environment. It seeks to foster a more intimate relationship between humans and the environment which used to be "fixed"


Type: Research Project
Year: 2021



Hold-On



A series of candle holders made out of the bent aluminum plate with a concrete base, and  :)


Type: Object
Year: 2022