Personal Project
Jaguar
Type 01
ArtCenter Trans 6
2025
Instructor: Senon Franco
The new avant-garde Type 00 design language +
a touch of Jaguar’s classic curvaceous elegance = Type 01.
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Personal Project
Chrysler
Airflow
2026
A two-week re-imagine project.
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Personal Project
Honda
Hondaism
ArtCenter 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
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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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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Yiyun Chen
Happy Designer :)
yiyunmobility@gmail.com
As a designer, I am dedicated to forward-thinking creativity, turning sustainable and human-centered ideas into tangible products. Rather than pursuing the conventional notions of “cool” or “luxury,” I am more drawn to unconventional logic and fresh perspectives that reflect empathy and a deep concern for human-beings.
Spring 2020 – present
The High School Affiliated to
China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China
Fall 2016 – Summer 2019
Exterior Design Intern, Irvine, CA
Jun 2026 – Present
Formawerx
Designer, Irvine, CA
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
Segway - Ninebot Design Lab
Advanced Design Intern, Shanghai, China
Feb 2026 – Apr 2026, Sep 2024 – May 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
[Fall 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024]
ArtCenter Scholarships
Gravity Sketch Certified Expert
Manual sketching&rendering, clay modelling
Photoshop, Illustrator
Blender, Plasticity(Nurbs), Alias
VR modelling
AI tools (Image,Video Generation)
[E-mail] yiyunmobility@gmail.com
[Phone] +1 (626) 752 1033
[Instagram] 1yun_chen
Last Updated 06/30/2026