Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau e Rio Jiunyu Chen

O le mamanu Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau e Rio Jiunyu Chen o se manumalo maualuga tele o le fa'ailoga mamalu 2025 A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Tauva Mamanu Malamalama.

UʻameaMalamalama· 2025

Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau

na mamanuina e Rio Jiunyu Chen

Tagata Fa'atau: Rio Chen Studio

Manumalo o le A' Design Award Uʻamea i le Vaega Malamalama

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Le Mamanu

E Uiga ia Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau

O Blocks Lamps o se aoina o moli laulau fa'atagata na fa'aosofia mai fausaga i taulaga tetele. O foliga e lima e maua mai i faletusi, olo maualuluga, fale i totonu o taulaga, piramita fa'afefeteina ma malae ta'aloga. O moli ta'itasi e faia i le esi pa'epa'e, u'amea ma pepa oleaga. O foliga la'au na maua mai i galuega lolomi ua fa'aliliuina i luga o pa'u moli, e fa'amanatu mai ai le taimi ua mavae. A tu'u fa'atasi moli nei, e foliga tutusa le aoina i se poloka aai ma fatuina se fefinauaiga o le malamalama ma le paolo. O le aoina lea e fa'aaogaina moli e avea o se mea totino ma se mea fausaga fa'atino.

Le Fa'ailogaina

E Uiga i le A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Blocks Lamps Moli Laulau ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

I Tua o le Mamanu

Pepa Fa'asalalau

Fa'amaoniaga, sui o le 'au ma fa'amatalaga fa'atekinisi na saunia e le tagata mamanu.

Uiga Fa'apitoa: 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.
Fua & Fa'apipi'i: 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.
Fa'ailoga: Architectural Design, Lighting, Lamps, Wood, Blocks
Tekonolosi Gaosiga: 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.
Lu'itau o le Mamanu: 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.
Su'esu'ega: 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.
Fa'aosofia: 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.
Umi o le Poloketi: The project started at the end of 2024 and was exhibited in Stockholm Furniture Fair Greenhouse Exhibition 2025.
Fa'agasologa o Galuega: When assembled together, the lamps resemble a city block, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow that evokes the rhythms of built environments.
Sui o le 'Au: Rio Jiunyu Chen (Me)
Fa'aaloaloga o Ata: Image 01 and 02: Studio 57
Image 03: Rio Jiunyu Chen