About
Ruohan (Rita) Duan graduated from RISD in 2021 with a MDes degree of interior architecture, and obtained her BFA degree of scenography in Accademia delle Belle Arti di Roma in 2018.
Rita’s work focuses on the space design of interior architecture and its related interdisciplinary studies. These works embody a reflection on abstract philosophical and sociological ideas in the concrete expression of space, exploring the impact of narrative space on human culture, society, and aesthetics.
Ruohan Duan
Interior Architecture
Exhibition Design
Retail Design
Scenography
Theater Costume Design
Project I
Decentralization and democratization in Chinese exhibition design
Spring 2021
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Project III
EMOTIONAL PARASITE
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Project V
AUTOGNOSIS
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Project VII
LIGHT-CHASER
The Scenographer’s Detached House
Fall 2017
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Other Works and Fine Art
2015-2021
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CULTURAL ACUPUNCTURE
Decentralization and democratization in Chinese exhibition design
Spring 2021
Project III
EMOTIONAL PARASITE
Multi-Faith-Space and Meditation Center
Fall 2019
Project V
AUTOGNOSIS
25-Pipe Installation with Faust
Fall 2018
Project VII
LIGHT-CHASER
The Scenographer’s Detached House
Fall 2017
Other Works and Fine Art
2015-2021
Project II
Immersive Exhibition in YCBA
Fall 2019
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Project IV
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Project VI
PERCEPTION
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Project VIII
BOUNDARY
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DREAM OR REALITY
Immersive Exhibition in YCBA
Fall 2019
Project IV
LONELY PLANET
Floating Pavilion in Serpentine Gallery
Spring 2020
Project VI
PERCEPTION
The Bald Girls’ Eden of Wig
Spring 2019
Project VIII
BOUNDARY
Hamletmachine & Postmodern Theatric Space
Spring 2017