Personal Project
Genesis
Pieta
Viscomm 6
2024
A short-term (four-week) Speed Form project that combines the brand with the concept of a medieval cathedral, exploring the relationship between Genesis lighting language and the vehicle body.
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School Project
Honda
Hondaism
Trans 6
2024
Instructor: Chris Chapman
“Hondaism” is a future mobility concept rooted in the context of Burkina Faso, aiming to address and heal the structural wounds left by colonialism and the global industrial system. Taking a postcolonial perspective, it reimagines Africa’s role in today’s circular economy, breaking away from the narrative of being the world’s dumping ground.
The project introduces a system of modular, renewable, and community-adaptive mobile units that support education, infrastructure, entertainment, and more—transforming vehicles into platforms for local production, knowledge sharing, and cultural expression. Rather than replicating Western modernism, Hondaism embraces African materiality and agency, using Afrofuturism to create a locally driven, sustainable vision where mobility becomes a tool for empowerment and connection.
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Personal Project
GAC
Rapid Re-Housing Mobility
Viscomm 7
2024
The GAC Rapid Re-Housing Mobility Program, aims to (ideally :) address temporary housing and employment challenges for individuals experiencing homelessness in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
2023
Instructor: Marek Djordjevic
Investigated unconventional form-finding methods in car design by crafting physical models with foil and laser paper, and refining visuals through Photoshop post-production.
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Personal Project
Smart
Forrock
Exterior 4
2022
An urban crossover designed for a street rock band. The vehicle's front fender has a unicycle mode that can run automatically, allowing musicians to perform in narrow roadways. Interior wise, the second row of the vehicle has fully functional electronic drums and cymbals so that the rock band could play a mobile concert anywhere.
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Happy stylist :)
Automotive Designer
ychen57@inside.artcenter.edu
[Spring 2020 - present]
The High School Affiliated to
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
[Fall 2016 - Summer 2019]
Automotive Design Intern, Shanghai, China
[Sep 2024 - Sep 2025]
SAIC - General Motors - Wuling Automobile
Automotive Design Intern, Shanghai, China
[Dec 2021 - May 2022]
Pininfarina
Exterior Design Intern, Shanghai, China
[Sep 2021 - Nov 2021]
[Summer 2024,Spring 2024, Spring 2023]
ArtCenter Gallery
[Spring 2024]
ArtCenter Scholarships
Gravity Sketch Certified Expert
Manual sketching&rendering, clay modelling
Photoshop, Illustrator
Blender, Plasticity(Nurbs), Alias
AI tools (Stable Diffusion, Midjourey)
[E-mail] ychen57@inside.artcenter.edu
[Phone] +86 13588775107
[Instagram] 1yun_chen
Last Updated 07.22.2025