Atelier Duyi Han for Aesthetic Research
Duyi Han (韩笃一, 1994) is an artist and designer specializing in aesthetic research and production. He works in collectible design, scenography, and digital art. Duyi Han produces work as an artist and directs projects for global clients on various scales.
Duyi Han studied architecture (B. Arch, 2019) at Cornell University in New York and worked at the architecture office Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland.
Duyi Han’s work has been recognized by multidisciplinary awards and media platforms in more than 20 languages. His work is in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). His Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment is named among the 12 best installations at Milan Design Week by Architectural Digest. He sold many prints for The Saints Wear White and donated to WHO to combat Covid-19. Duyi Han’s work has been in numerous international exhibitions. He has served as a judge at international design competitions and as an advisor at leading art and design schools. He has collaborated with Brands including Dior.
Approach
Duyi Han’s work focuses on holistic aesthetic experiences. He considers his objects and environments as “neuroaesthetic prescriptions” ——intricate semiotics of beauty algorithmically guided by the Tao of time and change.
Inspired by Taoist philosophy and contemporary pharmaceutical practices, this approach is formless but incarnates into specific appearances in each project. Duyi Han draws references from diverse cultural and temporal contexts. By remixing and mutating “ingredients of beauty” in an algorithmic way, he “projects” the human mind and its values and “prescribes” visual content to evoke feelings. His work acquires emotional functions in areas such as mental health and contemporary belief systems.
Duyi Han researches on the evolution of art history and visual culture and how this relates to human emotion, zeitgeist, and mechanisms of the universe. Duyi Han investigates how such an understanding of change could bring meaningful contributions to today’s visual culture.
Many of Duyi Han’s collectible designs and architectural environments are highly regarded for their contemporary and groundbreaking interpretations of traditional art forms, exploration of psychology, and visual semiotics. In recent years, Duyi Han has developed a strong interest in textile objects, as fashion is a major force that drives contemporary visual culture.
Toward a New Aesthetics (2023, Architecture Biennial, Venice)
Change Always: Duyi Han on Mutant Forms (2019, Cornell University)
Contact
atelier@duyihan.com
Instagram: @duyi.han
Inquire Works
Some works are available at: Bank (Shanghai), Hatch Paris, Alcova Milano Shop, Artsy, Adorno
Recognitions
Duyi Han’s work is in the permanent collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA).
Duyi Han has appeared on: Forbes, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal Magazine, CNN, Vice, Adobe, Issues in Science and Technology (American National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, Marie Claire, Vogue (1, 2), Elle Decor, Archdaily, Dezeen, Designboom (1, 2, 3), Yatzer, L’Officiel, STIRworld, Modern Weekly 周末画报, Hypebeast, Say Hi To Atlas, The Steidz Magazine, Azure Magazine, Bienal São Paulo, Art Tribune, L’Essenziale Studio Magazine, Folha de S. Paulo, Stirpad, Courrier International, 1st Look, Phillipp, Creapills, Qiio Magazin, The National UAE, The Indian Express, Le Quotidien de l'Art, iFeng (China), Xinpianchang (China), Urban China 城市中国, among others, in more than 20 languages. Duyi Han is included in DesignIntelligence’s Managing Principal and Gensler’s former Managing Principal Ken Sander’s 2022 book Voices of Design Leadership as a special story.
Longlisted, Créateurs Design Awards (Commercial & Cultural Interior design), Visions of Bloom, 2025. Winner, Créateurs Design Awards (Best Collection), Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment, 2023; Nominee, Anteprima x CHAT Contemporary Textile Art Prize (Mill 6 Centre for Heritage, Art, and Textile, Hong Kong), 2023; Nominee, Dangxia Young Artist Award, 2023; Finalist, AZ Awards (Temporary and Experiential Installations), Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment, 2022; Special Mention, Architizer A+ Awards 2022; Finalist, Baidu Xirang/Fengyuzhu Metaverse Art Museum competition, 2022; Longlisted, Aesthetica Art Prize, 2022; Finalist, Architizer A+ Awards 2021 (Unbuilt Cultural), The Saints Wear White; Longlisted, Dezeen Awards, 2021 (Architecture Video) & 2022 (Apartment Interior), Ordinance of the Subconscious Treatment; Bronze, A’ Design Award, 2021, The Saints Wear White; Shortlisted, ADC Awards, 2021, Different Tendencies: Italian Design 1960 – 1980; Awardee, Cornell Council for the Arts Grant, 2019.
Exhibitions
2024, “Duyi Han: Visions of Bloom 韩笃一：琳琅,” solo exhibition, Cheruby, Shanghai
2024, “Collectible Barcelona,” group exhibition, Vasto Gallery, Barcelona
2024, “L’Or de Dior,” Dior, Guardian Art Center, Beijing.
2024, “Ôˈgəst August,” Bank Gallery, Shanghai
2024, “The Window and the Couch,” 74tharts, Vienna.
2024, “1st Digital Art China," China Academy of Art Art Museum (CAAM), Hangzhou.
2024, “Body Objects,” Room 57 Gallery, New York.
2024, Salon 94 Design, FOG Design+Art, San Francisco.
2023, Our Superior Algorithm, Hatch, Asia Now, Paris.
2023, “流光 Projection,” Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing.
2023, “Time Space Existence,” Architectural Biennial, European Cultural Centre, Venice.
2023, “Auto-Exotic,” Venice Design Biennial, Italy.
2023, Collectible Fair (Curated Section), Brussels.
2023, “Heat & Pressure within Time 时间的温压,” Tiaohai Village 跳海Village, Beijing.
2023, “Benediction,” Friends Artspace, Arlington, Virginia.
2022, “Neo-Nomadism,” Lake Como Design Festival, Como, Italy.
2022, “Fokus/Ornament,” Vienna Design Week.
2022, Alcova/ “Curated by Alcova,” Milan Design Week.
2022, “The Gallery/Supergroup 2.5” by The Attico & Superhouse, Milan Design Week.
2022, “Post-Sinofuturim/Beyond Raw 后中华未来主义/人造原生,” Meta ZiWU/Baidu Xirang 百度希壤Meta誌屋 (metaverse).
2021, “Remixing Dream 梦境重混,” Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing.
2020, Inside~Out Show, online (New York).
2019, WestEdge Design Fair, Santa Monica, California
2019, Blanc Art Show, New York.
2019, “Change Always: Duyi Han on Mutant Forms,” New York.