Rising Lai

artistiek onderzoek - design - film - installatie - LGBTI+

Rising Lai is a passionate designer who digs the story behind the object. From industrial product to cultural artifact, Rising combs the complexity of human creation and curates them in a communicative way. Through design, their works research, contextualize, and speculate the relationship among society, individual, and material culture. Rising was born and raised in Taiwan, now based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Rising graduated from Master Industrial Design at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK). Their works are shaped in object, installation, exhibition, video, and writing, continuously exploring new possibilities via interdisciplinary collaboration.


Crafting Desire: Queering

Project

  • 01-02-2022
  • In samenwerking met: Yu Lin
  • Locatie: The Netherlands and Taiwan, Den Haag (NL), Taipei, Taoyuan, and Nantou County (TW)
  • As a dowry, the craft of the traditional Taiwanese bed reflects the ideal traditional marriage –patriarchy and heterosexuality.⁠ How can I, as a queer, relate to the traditional bed and what it represents? By deconstructing the power structure embedded in the bed norm and reconfiguring the elements, a new heritage was crafted to include queer desires and perspectives, passing on a relatively inclusive material culture.
  • https://crafting-desire.nl

The Moment of Glass

Project

  • 28-02-2021 t/m 30-06-2022
  • In samenwerking met: Jessica Juan Bayarri
  • Locatie: , Den Haag
  • What if glass bottle is the future synthetic fossil? This project illustrates an imaginary campaign that uses glass to document human civilization from an individual perspective and speculates the next industrial revolution.
  • https://risinglai.com/The-Moment-of-Glass

Erkenningen

    Stipendium
  • Design Grant, Stimuleringsfonds

  • 2023
    Prijs
  • Design Mark Winner, Golden Pin Concept Design Award (TW)

  • 2019
    Prijs
  • Finalist, International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), USA

  • 2019
    Prijs
  • 2019 Dezeen's Top 10 Graduate Design Projects, Dezeen, UK

  • 2019