Lu Chen

Lù Chén is an interdisciplinary designer and media artist based in Helsinki, currently pursuing a MA degree in New Media at Aalto University. From 2023 to 2025, Lù works as a research assistant to design and develop the Nokia Design Archive.

With queering as praxis, Lù is interested in the border-crossing potential of information design. By translating between data and physical or (audio-)visual representation, we may facilitate the collaborative learning across disciplines, for example, to bring scientific research and digital cultural heritage closer to a wider audience.

The cross-disciplinary research team consists of Principal Investigator Anna Valtonen, Professor Guy Julier, Kaisu Savola, Michel Nader Sayún, Pauli Pakarinen, Lù Chén, and Betsy Korhonen.