Aric Chen Aric Chen is an architecture and design curator and writer. He is the artistic director of Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut and a professor and founding director of the Curatorial Lab at the College of Design & Innovation at Tongji University in Shanghai. Previously, Aric was the curatorial director for the Design Miami fairs in Miami Beach and Basel, Switzerland. He was also a curator-at-large of the M+ museum in Hong Kong and the creative director of Beijing Design Week. Aric's work has been featured in Vogue, Wallpaper, The New York Times, and Architectural Record, among other publications• 20+ years of experience working in the design and architecture industries• Received a bachelor’s degree in architecture and anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley• Received a master’s degree in history of decorative arts and design from Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process