Fine Art

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Designer: Junse Culture And Art Dev. Co., Ltd Project: Art Installation Tag: Fine Art

Bow and Arrow

Bow and Arrow is an art installation that reinterprets the traditional bow and arrow in a modern manner. The bow integrates the form of the human spine, a shape chosen to suggest both the strength and the fragility of life. The arrowheads are replaceable and are carved to resemble the Four Heavenly Kings of Eastern Buddhism. High quality metal and stainless steel are cut, polished and carved to form the parts. The installation measures 1900 by 300 by 1900 millimetres. Themes of war and peace, and of life and spirit, are conveyed through the combined forms.

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Designer: Nargiza Usmanova Project: Recycled Artistic Installation Tag: Fine Art

Tangled Paths

Tangled Paths is a large art installation made from recycled materials. The work measures three meters in width, depth and height. Cardboard sheets and egg cartons form twisting frames that are joined with glue and supported by steel rods, nuts and washers. Acrylic paint gives the interwoven structures their color. Placed in an office lobby, the sculpture can be viewed from every angle, and visitors may pass through the piece. Tangled Paths reflects the movement of city life and promotes the use of recycled materials.

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Designer: Derya Geylani Vuruşan Project: Artwork Tag: Fine Art

Proof of Rain

Proof of Rain is a contemporary glass sculpture inspired by rainfall. The work is made of hot shaped glass in varying shades of blue. Small droplets, formed through flameworking with a controlled splashing effect, represent raindrops. A blown blue form beneath the droplets represents the accumulation of life experiences. The sculpture measures 380 by 200 by 450 millimeters. Proof of Rain is shown as a static installation, and light reveals the depth and reflections of the glass. The intent is to join nature and craft in one form.

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Designer: doT & associates Project: Installation Art Tag: Fine Art

Wind Crystals

Wind Crystals is an outdoor art installation built in Budai County, Taiwan. The work recalls the local salt industry through forms based on salt crystals. Mahogany wood is cut at two special angles to create tapered polygonal frames, which are joined into a truss structure that can be extended freely. Only two component types form the whole body, so the parts are prepared in a factory and the on-site assembly time is kept short. The installation covers 24 square meters and turns with the sea breeze, following light and shadow along the coast.

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Designer: Ji Qi Project: Biodegradable Chair Tag: Fine Art

Taboo

Inspired by the human female pelvis, the taboo chair is made of a special organic degradable no-fire clay, which is based on the traditional Chinese rammed earth construction concept, using topology optimization algorithms to improve the overall structure to ensure that it can withstand 1000 Nm of downforce while maintaining the bionic structure.The material used in the chair was invented to respond to the current call for energy saving and emission reduction, and can be degraded to organic fertilizer in landfills under suitable conditions.

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Designer: Lai Jiebin Project: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Evolution

The design language of the sculpture is peaceful, with both the simplicity of the straight line and the unique softness and movement of the curve itself. It represents the dynamic and continuous nature of the thinking, contains everything, and has no boundary between space and time, just like the universe; The line does not fill the whole surface, and the space left in the middle is like a door left behind. The door is also not round, and there are increases and decreases, creating evolution.

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Designer: MINJU KANG Project: Bench Tag: Fine Art

Knotted

Knotted is a bench designed as public furniture for indoor and outdoor spaces. The form is tied together like a ribbon to suggest connection and circulation. Discarded wire conduit pipe is bent by hand, bound with cable ties and fixed to structural stainless steel pipe legs. The complete structure is solid and stable, and the finish is unified in matte black. The pipe surface gives a soft impression, and the shape allows several sitting postures. Knotted reflects the idea of generational integration, where diverse lives are joined as one.

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Designer: Atsushi Kobayashi Project: Digital Installation Tag: Fine Art

Germination

Germination is an immersive art installation that combines an industrial robot arm, lighting and plants. The robot arm is choreographed as a sprout that germinates from the ground after a period of dormancy. LED strips form the roots and provide light that appears as nourishment. A light ball is mounted at the top of the arm and is controlled as if alive. Projection mapping is applied to the stage, which is composed of artifacts and natural elements. The three minute show ends as rays of sunlight shine from clouds and the sprout blooms.

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Designer: Ronen Shilo Project: Philosophical Art Tag: Fine Art

Motiva

Motiva is philosophical art on your wall. A patented design concept that brings together inspiring quotes with beautiful artwork to create a new medium for expression. In a process called “visual compression”, Motiva's proprietary algorithm identifies common words within a set of quotes and overlaps them in a way that creates a unique letter grid. This unique grid is matched with striking artwork, printed on fine paper, and harnessed in a wooden frame. As Motiva hangs on your wall, it slowly reveals the quotes hidden within.

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Designer: Fan Bai Project: Art Tag: Fine Art

Beltman

Beltman has a very recognizable style of composition, it has a human form, but his joints are mechanical, as if dominated. He has strong emotions and a personality. The complex lines are intertwined from the center, incredibly suffocating, and gradually diverge and spread to the whole body, becoming easy and straightforward. Its full-body visual presentation conveys a straightforward concept, control. The designer tries to create an aesthetic where stories can be in simplicity, and the order can be in complexity.

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Designer: Jung-Mei Wou Project: Sculpture Installation Tag: Fine Art

Aeon

This work is inspired by the fable at the beginning of the first chapter of Zhuangzi's philosophy, A Happy Excursion. This sculpture is a reflection of the real world in microcosm and explores the nature of time and space, reality and fantasy, instant and eternity, which appear to be opposites but are at the same time interdependent symbiotic phenomena.

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Designer: Rianne Aarts Project: Wall Decor Tag: Fine Art

Seaside

Seaside is a circular textile artwork made for wall display. The piece is handmade from thick natural cotton cord, knotted in lines to add movement and depth and to suggest undulating waves. The cord is hand dyed with a blend of dyes and natural pigments, producing a calm earthy palette with a subtle gradient. The cotton fibers at the lower edge are cut to complete the smooth round form. The round shape contrasts with straight lined geometric art and furniture. Mounting brackets hold the work slightly away from the wall. Seven diameters are offered, from 50 to 127 centimeters.

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