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A Multidisciplinary design and narrative practice bridging architecture, cinematic image, and value creation.
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CREATIVE DIRECTION
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We design the conditions of feeling.
Chen Office is a multidisciplinary practice operating at the intersection of architecture, cinema, and objects. We do not believe in the manipulation of emotion, but in its earnest discovery through rigor and care.
Whether shaping the atmosphere around a body (The Fan Jacket) or the memory within a space (Don’t Tread on Me), our work acts as a conduit for human agency. Our materials are immaterial: gravity, light, time, and affect.
Context is the content. Vulnerability is the luxury.
ADVISORY
Chen Office acts as a creative partner for brands navigating the bridge between US, Japan, and Taiwan markets.
We provide Creative Direction, Visual Narrative, and Spatial Experience Design for those who seek excellence without identity marketing.
Current Partners
ONGOING
A supplemental index of previous work including music videos, interior design, and visual shorts. This is the background noise that became the signal. While Chen Office focuses on strategic creative direction, we continue to offer full-service production for select visual narratives.
Directed and produced by Steve Chen for CHEN OFFICE.
Timeline
Steve Chen/founder
2007
M.Arch
Princeton University
AIA Henry Adams Medal
2014
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Cambodia base established
2015
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, California base established
2015
Dream Land
Feature Film, Locarno World Premiere
2024
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Taiwan base established
2026
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, Tokyo base established
This will hide itself!
INFO@CHENOFFICE.COM
A Multidisciplinary design and narrative practice bridging architecture, cinematic image, and value creation.
EVENT
IMAGE
CREATIVE PARTNER
SPACE
SPACE
SOUND
SOUND
CREATIVE PARTNER
EVENT
IMAGE
SPACE
TEXT
CREATIVE DIRECTION
MANIFESTO
We design the conditions of feeling.
Chen Office is a multidisciplinary practice operating at the intersection of architecture, cinema, and objects. We do not believe in the manipulation of emotion, but in its earnest discovery through rigor and care.
Whether shaping the atmosphere around a body (The Fan Jacket) or the memory within a space (Don’t Tread on Me), our work acts as a conduit for human agency. Our materials are immaterial: gravity, light, time, and affect.
Context is the content. Vulnerability is the luxury.
ADVISORY
Chen Office acts as a creative partner for brands navigating the bridge between US, Japan, and Taiwan markets.
We provide Creative Direction, Visual Narrative, and Spatial Experience Design for those who seek excellence without identity marketing.
Current Partners
ONGOING
A supplemental index of previous work including music videos, interior design, and visual shorts. This is the background noise that became the signal. While Chen Office focuses on strategic creative direction, we continue to offer full-service production for select visual narratives.
Directed and produced by Steve Chen for CHEN OFFICE.
Timeline
Steve Chen/founder
2007
M.Arch
Princeton University
AIA Henry Adams Medal
2014
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Cambodia base established
2015
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, California base established
2015
Dream Land
Feature Film, Locarno World Premiere
2024
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Taiwan base established
2026
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, Tokyo base established
This will hide itself!
INFO@CHENOFFICE.COM
A Multidisciplinary design and narrative practice bridging architecture, cinematic image, and value creation.
EVENT
IMAGE
CREATIVE PARTNER
SPACE
SPACE
SOUND
SOUND
CREATIVE PARTNER
EVENT
IMAGE
SPACE
TEXT
CREATIVE DIRECTION
MANIFESTO
We design the conditions of feeling.
Chen Office is a multidisciplinary practice operating at the intersection of architecture, cinema, and objects. We do not believe in the manipulation of emotion, but in its earnest discovery through rigor and care.
Whether shaping the atmosphere around a body (The Fan Jacket) or the memory within a space (Don’t Tread on Me), our work acts as a conduit for human agency. Our materials are immaterial: gravity, light, time, and affect.
Context is the content. Vulnerability is the luxury.
ADVISORY
Chen Office acts as a creative partner for brands navigating the bridge between US, Japan, and Taiwan markets.
We provide Creative Direction, Visual Narrative, and Spatial Experience Design for those who seek excellence without identity marketing.
Current Partners
ONGOING
A supplemental index of previous work including music videos, interior design, and visual shorts. This is the background noise that became the signal. While Chen Office focuses on strategic creative direction, we continue to offer full-service production for select visual narratives.
Directed and produced by Steve Chen for CHEN OFFICE.
Timeline
Steve Chen/founder
2007
M.Arch
Princeton University
AIA Henry Adams Medal
2014
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Cambodia base established
2015
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, California base established
2015
Dream Land
Feature Film, Locarno World Premiere
2024
Anti-Archive
Film Production Studio, Taiwan base established
2026
Chen Office
Design and Film Office, Tokyo base established