CoCo C. Tin 田智婷 (b. Hong Kong) is a Cantonese designer, writer, and scholar specializing in ecological systems and cross-cultural relations. She is the founder of CO2 PROJECTS, a practice researching regeneration through aquatic media, climate technologies, and new commons.

Her interdisciplinary approach spans Design, Strategy, and Editorial, collaborating with international studios and clients on special projects in luxury fashion, arts & culture, and urban development, including Prada, Miu Miu, WSA, Aspen Art Museum, Canadian Centre for Architecture, OMA/AMO, alongside institutions like Harvard GSD, Princeton SoA, and Cornell AAP. 

Her writing has appeared in The Architect’s Newspaper, FAR-NEAR, Rumor Review, DISC, Pairs, and other publications. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Architectural Association, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the UN Climate Change Conference, and the Évora Museum.

She holds a post-professional M.Des from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a professional B.Arch from Cornell University AAP, both with Distinction and Awards. 

She currently lives in New York, is Associate Director of Strategy at 2x4, and most recently taught at Yale University.


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Oceanic Protocols: Navigating Leaks and Troubled Waters

Category: Editorial, Research & Visual Identity
Location: Boston, US
Year:
2023


Oceanic protocols steer us toward decolonial ecologies of more-than-human onto-epistemologies. Taking the form of  a micropedia, 28 figures proposes a shift in the design field from terra firma to aqua firma. Three central case studies of the Feejee Mermaid, Ocean Floor Maps, and the Dolphin Embassy elaborate on how seawater has always affected design histories and vice versa. The project critically and playfully explores the characteristics of oceans as a medium/a, their materiality, representations, and limits.

Harvard Graduate School of Design M.Des Award









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