Hello! This is Dan K Chen


I am a user experience designer and hardware prototyper. I explore new ways of HCI through vertical integrations from industrial design, electronics, and firmware to end-user experience.

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Dan is an interaction designer with several years of software and hardware prototyping and production experience. He communicates his ideas through working prototypes, design research insights, and exploring new ways of user interactions. He holds several degrees, including a MAS from MIT, an MFA in digital media from RISD, and a BFA in communication design from UConn. He has over 13 years of design experience. Previous positions include working as an industrial designer and mechanical engineer at MIT Lifelong Kindergarten, and as a Senior Interaction Designer at Johnson & Johnson and IDEO. His work has been featured in CNET, The Huffington Post, The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, and Daily Mail. Dan has been invited as a speaker at TEDx Vienna and TEDx Bologna. His work has been exhibited at the Vitra Design Museum, MAK Wien, Design Museum Gent, Seoul Museum of Art, and Ars Electronica. Working in the realms of interaction design and product design, Dan explores new ways of interaction and communication through working prototypes and storytelling, inviting reflective evaluation and implication.

2023
Device Interaction Exploration
Hardware UX Designer Prototyper
Ray-Ban Stories Smart Glasses
Senior Engineer: Design & manufacturing bio automation machines
Culture Biosciences
Art & Design Work
Team Spirit Generator
Art & Design Work
Initmacy Machine
Exhibition: Hello Robot @ Vitra Design Museum
End of Life Care Machine
Lab Experiment
Cardboard CNC
TedX Bologna
Concepts, prototpyes, and to pre-production
Scratch Puck
TedX Vienna
Teaching & MIT
Design & Manufacturing
Current Exhibition
Copernicus Science Centre
Current Traveling Exhibition Curated by Vitra Design Museum
Hello Robot

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