Fine Art

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Designer: Yingjie Lin Yuanyuan Zhang Project Type: Public Art Space Classification: Fine Art

Dachuan Lane Art Installation

Dachuan lane of Chengdu, West Bank of Jinjiang River, is a historical street linking the ruins of Chengdu East Gate City wall. In the project, the archway of Dachuan Lane in the history was rebuilt by the old way in the original street, and the story of this street was told by the street art installation. The intervention of art installation is a kind of media for the continuation and transmission of stories. It not only reproduces the traces of historical streets and lanes that have been demolished, but also provides a kind of temperature of urban memory for the new streets and lanes.

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Designer: kirin+labs ltd Project Type: Installation Art Sculpture Classification: Fine Art

The Swan

The artwork design expresses the movement of a swan on water – a three-dimensional form of dynamic beauty. The design uses 3D fabrication technology to create the fluid massing using stainless steel material. With the compliment of reflections from water and polished metal surface, the artwork stands out as a masterpiece within the landscape of the clubhouse, showcasing as a beauty of organic curves and strength.

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Designer: Liu Siyu Project Type: Drinking Glass Classification: Fine Art

Mincius

Mincius is a hand-blown drinking glass made of heat-resistant glass. The form simulates stacked Zen rocks, linking nature with daily life. When the liquid reaches several different heights, a naturally formed heart shape can be seen as the glass is turned, supporting a moment of calm reflection. The streamlined body allows people with different hand sizes to hold the glass comfortably. Mincius holds drinks of various temperatures and can be washed in a dishwasher. When empty and inverted, the glass serves as a small ornament. It measures 103 mm in width and 91 mm in height.

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Designer: Mark Melnikov Project Type: Film Set Classification: Fine Art

Rostrus

Today visual effects for films are primarily created using computer technologies. Despite that, Rostrus was made as a real-life film set with an opportunity for 360 degree shooting. The team followed the traditional approach in order to avoid discordance between actors and digital environment. The model is 1:1000 scale and finely detailed, which allows to shoot from a distance of up to 2 centimeters to the surface.

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Designer: Responsive Spaces Project Type: Permanent Media Installation Classification: Fine Art

Top of Austria

The DC Tower 1 is Austria's highest building and provides an outstanding welcome gesture. A webcam at the roof continuously collects photos, over time creating an image-pool. These captured moments are arranged in real-time into vivid time-slice montages. It's all about cherishing every single moment. Sensors deliver position tracking, enabling people to influence the layouts. The LED wall in the foyer celebrates both: the location and every moment at it. Additionally it provides dialogue between the people and the building itself through interactivity.

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Designer: Mohamad ali Vadood Project Type: Vessel Classification: Fine Art

One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights is a decorative wooden vessel made with a method called Irregular Segmenting. Leftover wood cuts of different shapes and sizes are sorted by complementary colors and joined into small sheets. The small sheets are then combined into larger sheets. Discs are cut from the sheets, glued and fixed together, and the whole volume is wood-turned. The vessel is 40 cm in height and 20 cm in diameter, and is accompanied by two cups. The design gives a new use to wood scraps that are usually discarded.

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Designer: Derya Geylani Vuruşan Project Type: Installation Classification: Fine Art

Hunger Games

Hunger Games is an art installation about excessive consumption, food waste, hunger and thirst. The work is composed of porcelain plates, glasses and metal cutlery from various countries, suspended from the ceiling so that the pieces appear to fly. Forms of spaghetti, vegetables and fruit, made of blown transparent glass, are placed inside the porcelain and the cutlery. Giant metal cutlery sculptures stand at the focal point of the arrangement. About 250 separate pieces were drilled and hung one by one with fishing line.

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Designer: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Project Type: Public Art Classification: Fine Art

Dancing With Nature

The Infinity Symbol conveys the concept of endlessness and greatness. "Dancing With Nature" is a public art with wind structure, Pulsating with the breath of nature, the beautiful flowing curves overlap in the space. It was constructed with three sets of Infinity Symbol are transformed and intertwined with the intention of expressing the vitality and energy of National Museum of Natural Science. Its smooth and vivid shapes highlight the infinite freedom of scientific exploration, symbolizing the growth of scientific knowledge without limitation and convey an atmosphere that is fresh and rejuvenating!

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Designer: Liu Siyu Project Type: Tea Cup Classification: Fine Art

Yunlai

Yunlai cup is a handmade product from a hot glass workshop in Guangzhou, China. Yunlai in Chinese means clouds slowly rising. The design comes from the research of combining extra-thick glass-frit and high temperature sandblasting technology with the cloud space from traditional landscape painting. The designer also considered ergonomics in streamlined design, organically combining natural contact and holding angle of palm.

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Designer: Hsin Lee Project Type: Kinetic Light Sculpture Classification: Fine Art

Core

Core is a kinetic light sculpture shaped like a pine cone. Core was made for Kawabata Intcraft, an 84-year-old Japanese-style police office in Taipei. The sculpture is formed of 87 brass leaves that slowly open and close through an inner mechanism. The calm movement resembles breathing and gives the historic building a sense of life. Core hangs from a high ceiling above a spiral staircase, so visitors see the sculpture from changing angles while climbing the stairs. The projected light shifts with each cycle.

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Designer: Maheen Sana Project Type: Digital Painting Classification: Fine Art

Malware

Made entirely digitally using Photoshop and a graphics tablet, Malware displays the result of the dissolution of a relationship. The contrast in the painting is based on the concept of duality in nature, of the contrast between happiness and sorrow. The use of black and white, chaotic foreground and calm background, hardness and softness, all create a romantic, yet somber mood and express the melancholy one is left with following a breakup.

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Designer: Sini Majuri Project Type: Sculpture Classification: Fine Art

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia is a glass sculpture made from recycled and industrial waste glass. The material would otherwise end up in landfill, and instead it is melted and reshaped into a new form. Each piece is mouth blown studio glass, shaped by hand. Rough and organic surfaces reflect Scandinavian aesthetics and light. Every glass dome is slightly illuminated, and the ice like surfaces melt together into a landscape like installation. The sculpture measures 150 by 50 by 30 centimeters. The intent is a poetic interpretation of the contrast between recycled and valuable material.

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