Chen Yun-Chih studied a bachelor’s in art and design at the Yuan Ze University from 2013-2017, and during August 2016 he participated in the Italian Design Summer School – Art, Society and Industry at the University of Bologna. From 2018 until 2020, Yun-Chih studied for a master's in wood-oriented furniture design at HDK-Valand Campus Steneby, University of Gothenburg.
Yun-Chih's master´s degree project was called Imagery and consisted of three chairs made in laminated wood inspired by traditional Taiwanese calligraphy signs for goat, horse, and snake. Through the design process, Yun-Chih wanted to demonstrate the calligraphy’s movement and, in that way, reinforce his own cultural identity while also incorporating Scandinavian design values. During the autumn of 2020, Imagery was exhibited at the Steneby Art Gallery and the Museum of Furniture Studies as a part of the Ex-Works 2020 exhibition.
Chen Yun-Chih has also designed the Pine Desk table, inspired by the traditional Taiwanese student desk and the Nordic design standards. He has worked as a carpenter, a scale model maker, and a designer for the Långed Park Project. In 2016 Yun-Chih designed and manufactured an affordable canoe, a project that also consisted of workshops to teach people how to make a canoe with limited access to tools.
