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Panda Mask

ImageDecember 6, 2021March 28, 2024taoobjectproduct, 2021, vogue

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Panda mask @ Vogue+ December 2021

New Calendar

December 12, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectproduct, think twice, 2018, design, calendar

Let’s say you would live for 100 years, and you would start to use calendar from day one. In this case, you would use at least 100 normal calendars, maximum 44 Calendar Rolls, or, 1 New Calendar.

quiz: on which date was this photo taken?

And that’s not the end of the story. After 100 years, you can surely pass your New Calendar to someone else who can surely pass the no-longer-yours New Calendar further down.

calendar roll in body memory

StatusJune 4, 2018September 17, 2020taonews, objectproduct, beijing, news, 2018

Calendar roll is now available in Body Memory!

// 29 Chaer Hutong east, Beijing, China
// y.zhou@bodymemory.co / +86 10 63010521
// wed-sun 14-18 pm

Calendar Roll

March 8, 2018March 6, 2024taoobjectproduct, gift, sale, 2018

We rolled two years and three months into one roll. As you expected, it’s called Calendar roll.

We use minimum package to help you avoid thinking on “oh the package is so cute, what should I do with it? it’s a shame to throw away!”. No logos too — you know it’s from us.

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ImageMarch 13, 2018March 6, 2024taoimagegraphic, product, think twice, sale, 2018, poster

Granted Calendar

January 9, 2018March 24, 2024yokoobjectproduct, 2016

People write plans on calendars. That’s why many calendars leave spaces for writing. But it’s boring. That’s why you only do it on the first 2-3 days every year:

1 January: Change myself this year
2 January: Must write down my plan everyday

A horror story: Imagine you are 100 years old and you take out 100(-6) different looking calendars and found the same thing written on the same place, while the rest were left empty.

Monthly Trend-watching by Granted Calendar

January 8, 2018March 24, 2024yokoimage, researchgraphic, product, life, 2017, research, communication

Granted Calendar is not a calendar. Calendar tells people today is Friday, April has 30 days and 5th is Saturday. Granted Calendar goes deeper, unveiling the underlying patterns of time that nobody has ever seen. These hidden messages could possibly assist you on study, career, thinking, relationship, and almost any human activity. In a word, smart people follow Granted Calendar.

Granted Calendar grants us to do trend-watching of any given week, month, and year. From January to May of 2017, we have tried to predict what would happen in each month by looking carefully at Granted Calendar.

Strange faucet

ImageJanuary 17, 2018September 17, 2020taoobject, researchgif, experiment, product, diy, life, think twice, 2013, appropriation, prototype

Cover Me!

January 7, 2018March 22, 2024yokoobject, researchproduct, diy, think twice, 2013, appropriation

Tao got an iPhone from his uncle ages ago. It ended the good old days of using his B&W NOKIA. Tao had thought to get a cover, but the price made him hesitant.

Rooming a Space

January 15, 2018March 22, 2024taoobject, researchpublic space, 2012, product, workshop, milan, research, user participation, communication, italy

In the limited time of site survey, architects collect information by observing, taking notes, sketching, photographing, taking video, talking to locals etc.. When they are back in the office, they make sense out of them, giving birth to reports, diagrams and site models. By then, the whole team get a good understanding of the site especially by looking at the site model talking about the site, away from the site.

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ImageJanuary 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoimage, researchgraphic, product, think twice, 2013, communication, new media, screen

Lamp B

ImageJanuary 11, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectproduct, diy, life, milan, 2011, italy, appropriation

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Lamp B, 2011

Lamp A

January 7, 2018March 18, 2024yokoobject2012, product, diy, milan, think twice, italy, appropriation

The second house we lived in Milan was a super tiny one, about just 20 m². Small as it was, everything had to go vertical: Washing machine on top of fridge; bed on top of a slab across bathroom and wardrobe, connected with the living room with a moveable wooden ladder; orange tile on top of bathroom, indicating you could sit there eating watermelon in summer; of course, you could lie or sit or put things on top of the wardrobe too.

Although it was so small, it had almost everything to support our life: except the fridge and the washing machine we talked before, there were a tiny balcony, a ceiling fan, an oven, a shower room, a bidet, and so on. We loved it.

It only lacked of a lamp.

Door Garden

January 11, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectexperiment, public space, product, diy, cat, garden, nature, italy, appropriation, 2010, plant

Our first home in Milan was the left one above, with a big door facing street directly. Functioning as both door and window, most of its surface was made of glass; concerning privacy, translucent glass was used.

Pausa Café

January 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectpublic space, product, workshop, milan, think twice, interior, italy, appropriation, 2010, furniture

In response to the theme “re-appropriation” of MIAW 2010, we wanted to dig out some hidden values in the campus. In the building of architecture school, during breaks, people chat outside the classroom while lean against handrails, on which coffee cups or coke tins can always be found. People do it naturally. But the performance of handrail could be better. By just adding wooden boards, we found the potential of handrail lying in its width. Finally, it was proved to be highly welcomed.

mask

ImageJanuary 1, 2018March 18, 2024taoobject2012, product

Merlo

ImageDecember 20, 2017September 17, 2020taoobject2012, product, diy, life, milan, italy, appropriation

Emergency Shelter

January 15, 2018March 18, 2024taospacepublic space, product, architecture, user participation, 2009

For an easier and faster construction during emergency, we tried to minimise an individual’s private space into two insulated boxes, one vertical and one horizontal—something in-between a tent and a sleeping bag. More units could be stacked and arranged in various ways, hosting families in different sizes, with public spaces naturally created.

Sticks

January 15, 2018March 20, 2024taoobjectpublic space, product, user participation, 2008, urban, china

It was the third year of our undergraduate program, a new café called C6 opened near our dormitory. Soon, it became a gathering place for students. They came here for dating, chatting, reading, and partying. The owner, Zhang Fan, was also an university student, majoring in marketing.