Shen Yang Xi

Shenyang/Shaun (b.1999) is a Product Designer. He focuses on design by way of behaviour and catalysis. Through the impact of the products he drives people to engage with the topics of protecting the environment, increasing urban biodiversity and urban rewilding.

During his year of study at the Royal College of Art, he remained focused on these themes. Constantly extending his thinking on the topics he approaches. His vision of a possible future ecologically symbiotic city is realised by increasing the inclusiveness of the city towards natural creatures and changing the attitude of its inhabitants towards them.

MA | Design Product | Royal College of Art

BA | Industrial Design | Southwest Petroleum University

He try to think about the future of urban where humans and non-humans live together. What will the urban environment and look like as human technology and consciousness evolves?

The evolution of human civilisation is closely linked to the development of industry, and every progress and leap forward in civilisation is based on the premise that mankind's understanding of nature and its ability to use and transform it are constantly improving, and are inevitably accompanied by changes in ecological security. Human civilisation has reached a stage where it has become aware and conscious of nature. This is evidenced by the fact that current society, including architecture, technology and materials, has already demonstrated this. The future direction and trend of development will inevitably cross the threshold of a symbiosis between industry and nature.

Progressive Touch Insect Glove

Progressive Touch Insect Proof Gloves are a way for people living in cities to embrace a more natural urban environment by accepting insects. By gradually lowering people's psychological defences against insects little by little.Changing attitudes towards nature for those living in an urban environment. To better promote the development of ecological symbiosis in the city.

Medium:

TPU/Decoys

Size:

170*167*50（mm）

gloves

Decoys

To reduce damage to insects during observation. Use attracting insects to hand instead of grabbing them. Ensures insect well-being. Also increases insect dwell time. Helps people to approach insects under human-insect friendly conditions.

The user thinks about the habits of the insects by constantly changing the bait, thus confirming the dietary characteristics of the insects. When the product is in a community-grown scenario, people with low knowledge of natural biology who want to attract insects to their hands. They need guidance from people with a high level of natural biology knowledge on the type of bait they need to attract a particular species of insect. The process of asking and instructing facilitates communication between the two groups of people, enhancing their relationship and allowing them to learn about their experiences of living in different environments.

Material cups – The material is mixed by churning to form a slag.

Herbivorous insect bait – Nutrition agar + Grass juice + Grass clippings

Bumblebee bait – Nutrition agar + Blue natural pigment + Nectar + Pollen + Orchid Pheromones

Fruit-eating insect bait – Nutrition agar + Petals + Rotten fruit + White birch sap

Butterfly bait – Nutrition agar + Nectar + Pollen + Syrup

Medium:

Nutrition agar and other lure recipes

Size:

60*60*12（mm）

materials

Jelly

In order to impart as much flavour as possible to the bait, all the ingredients are broken up. The jelly is formed by adding agar. The translucent jelly shape allows the user to see the insect's form and chewing action more clearly.

System operation diagram

Natural Line: By promoting the spread of community planting activities. Enables cities to significantly increase the availability of wild species. Increasing the inclusiveness of wild species in cities, thereby increasing the effectiveness of urban carbon sequestration and reducing dependence on long-distance transport of fruit and vegetables.

Product Line: The design of the beehive and seed packets makes planting more scientific and easier. Improves the standardisation and promotion of community gardens.

Community Line: With the dramatic increase in population in developed cities, urban high-rise construction is the inevitable trend and direction. Urban green spaces become dull and barren. City dwellers become more isolated, lonely, leading to depression, anxiety and obesity. Community garden activities help social interaction between people, and opportunities for contact with nature. It helps to alleviate and treat symptoms.

Through the companion planting strategy, plants with similar genomes are grown by means of companion planting. The companion plants are highly attractive to bumblebees and attract them to the planting area. This results in undifferentiated pollination. Increased fruit production. By creating 6 groups of companion plants, the entire garden can be flowered to cover all the months that the bumblebees are active. Ensure that bumblebees have access to adequate nutrition in these areas.

As solitary bees, bumblebees prefer to build their nests in 8-15mm diameter round holes and change their nests every two months. In order not to waste materials. The otherwise useless wood chips are passed through the product to form a wasp dwelling tube. After the bumblebees got sick of it. The material can be reprocessed into a new tubular structure or can be a brown fertiliser (carbon to nitrogen ratio >30:1) mixed with green fertiliser to fertilise the soil.

Through a combination of materials, the ceramic printer creates a bee hotel that attracts bumblebees to the urban environment and provides them with essential nutrients. Thus creating a bumblebee bio-bridge in the city. Improving the pollination probability of urban plants and halting the dramatic decline of bumblebee populations.

In Collaboration with:

Xiaoxu Cheng(Textile）

Pollinator water dispenser

Access to moisture in the air by condensation. Gives pollinators such as bumblebees their daily water requirements.

Medium:

Aluminium, dew point sensor, wood, PLA, acrylic

Size:

750*560*450（mm）

water-resources

Sea seeds——Grand challenge

Sea Seeds a circular, eco-hobbying concept that enables kayakers, sailors and other water enthusiasts to plant new seagrass.

Our concept engages the community at different points.To start, we work with local restaurants and takeaways tocolect oyster shells tor the materials.with seeds harvested by our partners in Oban, we put them in our new seedballs, box them up and send them out to water sport clubs. These clubs give the seeds to their water users, who are directed to the right planting spots using GPs on their phones. This process generates more seagrass in areas that need it, and more seagrass means more oysters, and the circle starts again.