Yanqianfang Sun
My projects
A project, an intent, a vision.
Welcome
to 2023
Transforming Milan through circular economy with a furniture-upcycle NPO.
Collaborated with Abfare. AbFare is an association aimed at activating strategies and initiatives to improve people's living conditions through the reuse and re-design of objects and furniture. The aim is to support waste reduction and to promote the principles of a circular economy, in particular, increasing knowledge and awareness on housing issues. The project is to support the distribution of recovered furniture and the activities of a diffused network of workshops for Abfare, with the aim of transforming the city.
Exploring public innovation and autonomy of citizens in public policy.
La Scuola dei quartieri, “The School of the Neighborhoods”, a project funded by the European Union within the PON METRO program, is promoted by the Ministry of Economy and Politics, Economic Development and Labor Policy of Milan. An academic research about " How can
service design enable Polimi DESIS Lab who is the main stakeholder of the project get and fulfill the interplay role?" was conducted in order to explore the public innovation field. Further an academic paper about " Service Design Empowering Autonomy of Citizens in Public Policy " was created as an individual academic achievement.
Envisioning cultural exchange and skill learning with Youth Centres in Europe.
Collaborated with CAG Lambrateam , which is a youth center based in Lambrate, Milan. Itinera connects youth centres across Europe, allowing young people to learn about new cultures and their own surroundings. They travel, stay with locals, and experience daily life. Local youths organise activities to involve European youngsters, fostering cultural collaboration and teaching life skills while preserving traditions.
Welcome
to 2022
Fighting towards an uncertain future of energy crisis in Italy.
Brease is an easy-breezy way of improving the energy efficiency of buildings. It is a product-service designed to revitalize buildings with a breathable green facade and ensure affordability for home renovation. Brease, which is made of ceramic modules and easily mounted on the wall with a metal structure, acts as a shading panel that prevents direct sunlight from entering the house and allows the refreshed cool air to enter through the balcony or windows thanks to the plants on it.
Welcome
to 2021
Fostering physical, mental and social well-being through communites in China.
N-KITCHEN is a type of community kitchen in China. It offers a platform for the aged who have the leisure to prepare personalized and healthy lunches for the young working citizens in the same community for holistic improvement in well-being sense from physical, mental, and social perspectives.
Exploring the influence of artificial wombs on childbearing in the future.
With the rapid development of technology and the discussion on the gradual improvement of applied ethics, can technical means such as artificial wombs liberate women from childbearing? NEST is a service platform based on an artificial womb that provides an immersive visual experience, heartbeat simulation, and transparent process tracking throughout the process.
Promoting sexual education for pre-school children in China.
STORYWORLD is a DIY storyboard that offers parents a more exciting way to teach their kids about sex education such as self-cognition and self-protection through telling them DIY stories. During the story, kids need to build the characters with correct body components and pick up cards with the right choices about sex education for the characters in the story, which helps them with their improvement on sex education. And parents could also share their stories and communicate with educators on the affiliated application.
Strengthening eyewear-customize company's touchpoint with potential customers.
BRAGI is the customized glasses brand of Nanjing Jianjie Intelligent Technology Co., LTD. It tailors the glasses frame through 3D face scanning and 3D printing to provide more accurate optical corrections and even more comfortable and light-wearing experiences for users. The design proposition of this project is to examine the value of 3D printing customized eyewear services by redesigning the eyewear frame customization terminal used in cooperative retail stores.
