Tooth Fairy Tale
Retail Design
2026
Tale of Sensory Transformation
A story we all grew up with, the Tooth Fairy tells of a sensory transformation, where pain becomes a magical dream. The dental care curation store “Tooth Fairy Tale” proposes an experience full of imagination.
A story we all grew up with, the Tooth Fairy tells of a sensory transformation, where pain becomes a magical dream. The dental care curation store “Tooth Fairy Tale” proposes an experience full of imagination.
-ing: Heritage as a Verb
Retail & Hospitality Design
2024
Activating heritage through retail & Hospitality space
This thesis proposes leveraging museum stores and F&B (Food and Beverage) spaces as platforms for showcasing intangible heritage. By utilizing the inherent potential of these spaces, such as sensory engagement, storytelling, and cultural immersion, this thesis aims to promote the preservation and recognition of intangible heritage as a vibrant cultural phenomenon, in so doing bridging historical value and contemporary life.
This thesis proposes leveraging museum stores and F&B (Food and Beverage) spaces as platforms for showcasing intangible heritage. By utilizing the inherent potential of these spaces, such as sensory engagement, storytelling, and cultural immersion, this thesis aims to promote the preservation and recognition of intangible heritage as a vibrant cultural phenomenon, in so doing bridging historical value and contemporary life.
By demonstrating the applicability of this strategy within national museums, this thesis aims to contribute to the understanding and development of intangible heritage display environments. Through the integration of intangible heritage into museum experiences, visitors are not only educated about the past but also encouraged to recognize the continued relevance and vibrancy of cultural traditions in their own lives.
Howl: Shape of the Emotion
Exhibition Design
2022
Pop-up exhibition for Allen Ginsberg’s poem howl
An exhibition design for Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’. Concentrating on the emotional experience of poetry, the space overwhelms visitors to make them feel they are walking through the poem and the poet’s emotions.
An exhibition design for Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’. Concentrating on the emotional experience of poetry, the space overwhelms visitors to make them feel they are walking through the poem and the poet’s emotions.
Intersection
Hospitality Design
2023
Lobby as icebreaking threshold
Despite the RISD Museum’s lobby being an open space intended for community use, there exists a barrier preventing individuals outside of the RISD community, particularly Providence residents, from feeling welcome. The current building design creates a perception of exclusivity, making it seem accessible only to RISD students. To address this issue, the ‘Intersection’ seeks to cultivate icebreaking moments within the lobby space. It aims to encourage encounters between people, enabling them to comfortably break the ice and extend invitations to others to explore the museum.
Despite the RISD Museum’s lobby being an open space intended for community use, there exists a barrier preventing individuals outside of the RISD community, particularly Providence residents, from feeling welcome. The current building design creates a perception of exclusivity, making it seem accessible only to RISD students. To address this issue, the ‘Intersection’ seeks to cultivate icebreaking moments within the lobby space. It aims to encourage encounters between people, enabling them to comfortably break the ice and extend invitations to others to explore the museum.
Page of Materials
Retail Design
2025
Taschen concept Store
The luxury design and art bookstore Taschen is renowned for its distinctive style, offering a rich and artful curation of works. This project reimagines the bookstore with a fresh concept inspired by the form of a book itself. Drawing from the overlapping pages and the arch-like shapes created when a book is opened, the design celebrates the poetic interplay of these forms.
Through dynamic, arching structures, the concept store invites visitors to read, rest, and explore Taschen’s thoughtfully curated collection. The space is crafted with a variety of rich materials, each applied uniquely across surfaces, evoking the sensation of wandering through the pages of a book. This immersive experience transforms the store into a journey through the artistry and stories within Taschen’s world.
The luxury design and art bookstore Taschen is renowned for its distinctive style, offering a rich and artful curation of works. This project reimagines the bookstore with a fresh concept inspired by the form of a book itself. Drawing from the overlapping pages and the arch-like shapes created when a book is opened, the design celebrates the poetic interplay of these forms.
Through dynamic, arching structures, the concept store invites visitors to read, rest, and explore Taschen’s thoughtfully curated collection. The space is crafted with a variety of rich materials, each applied uniquely across surfaces, evoking the sensation of wandering through the pages of a book. This immersive experience transforms the store into a journey through the artistry and stories within Taschen’s world.
Rethinking Pendleton
Exhibition Design
2023
Integrating moment of pause in between multiple narratives
Pendleton House features three distinct entrances, each connecting to different parts of the RISD Museum. This intervention provides a momentary pause between the preceding exhibitions and the one within Pendleton House, allowing visitors to pause, refresh their perspectives, and transition into the upcoming exhibition within Pendleton House.
Pendleton House features three distinct entrances, each connecting to different parts of the RISD Museum. This intervention provides a momentary pause between the preceding exhibitions and the one within Pendleton House, allowing visitors to pause, refresh their perspectives, and transition into the upcoming exhibition within Pendleton House.
Shape by Time
Architecture Design
2025
Watchtower as a canvas for creation
Shape by Time transforms an abandoned Italian watchtower into an art residency where history, landscape, and creativity intersect. Once a site of vigilance, the tower becomes a canvas for imagination — a place to make, display, and reflect. The ground floor hosts a workshop rooted in the stone mass, while the upper floor opens as a gallery, extending the tower’s role from observation to cultural exchange. Surrounding circular structure inspired by natural geometries, offering spaces for retreat and inspiration. Former window-tunnels are reactivated as thresholds, leading visitors to mesh structures that extend around the tower. Accented in yellow, they contrast the permanence of stone with the vibrancy of creativity.
Respecting the historic structure while inviting new layers of experience, the watchtower becomes as a living framework shaped by time and open to creation.
Shape by Time transforms an abandoned Italian watchtower into an art residency where history, landscape, and creativity intersect. Once a site of vigilance, the tower becomes a canvas for imagination — a place to make, display, and reflect. The ground floor hosts a workshop rooted in the stone mass, while the upper floor opens as a gallery, extending the tower’s role from observation to cultural exchange. Surrounding circular structure inspired by natural geometries, offering spaces for retreat and inspiration. Former window-tunnels are reactivated as thresholds, leading visitors to mesh structures that extend around the tower. Accented in yellow, they contrast the permanence of stone with the vibrancy of creativity.
Respecting the historic structure while inviting new layers of experience, the watchtower becomes as a living framework shaped by time and open to creation.
Eunji Park
Vivian Combariza
Lucy Wu
Vivian Combariza
Lucy Wu