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Hubert Roguski's CityWood Artwork presents a masterfully executed laser-cut wooden relief depicting an intricate urban cartographic study, where the warm honey-toned birch plywood creates a…

CityWood Artwork by Hubert Roguski is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Golden A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Competition Category.


GoldFine Art· 2018

CityWood Artwork

by Hubert Roguski

Client: Hubert Roguski

Golden A' Design Award Winner in Fine Art Category

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The Design

About CityWood Artwork

CityWood is a wooden map artwork that presents a city as a three dimensional object. City streets, water and landscape are represented by separate wooden layers, and the layers create depth. Each layer of fine quality plywood is cut with laser technology, polished for a smooth surface and assembled by hand. The layers are set in a wooden frame that measures 450 mm in width, 450 mm in height and 30 mm in depth. The artwork can hang on a wall or stand on a desk. The natural grain of the wood makes each map different.

The Recognition

About the Golden A' Design Award

CityWood Artwork is a Golden A' Design Award winner, an immensely prestigious recognition granted to first-rate, marvelous, and outstanding designs. Golden winners are exceedingly innovative, visionary, and glamorously dazzling creations that reflect the prodigy, wisdom, and prowess of their designers. CityWood Artwork is expected to be a highly praised, trendsetting, and monumental invention that delivers unprecedented value. This Golden A' Design Award-winning design is a spectacular, respected project that highly benefits and advances the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. CityWood Artwork creates intense feelings of desire, evokes passion, encourages creativity, and fascinates us.

Where to Get It

Custom Wooden City Map Artworks

We transform your favorite cities into stunning three-dimensional wooden artworks. Each handcrafted map features precision laser-cut layers revealing intricate street patterns, creating sophisticated wall art that celebrates urban beauty through natural wood grain.

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Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
CityWood is a wooden map artwork. City streets, water and landscape are represented by separate wooden layers. Each layer is precisely cut using laser technology. It is a three dimensional design that combines modern technology (laser cutting, GIS, OSM Data) with the beauty of wood and craftsmanship.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 450 mm x Depth 30 mm x Height 450 mm
Tags
laser, cut, map ,street, city, new york,wood,citywood
Production Technology
The design is a multilayered city pattern object framed in wooden frame. Each layer of polished fine quality plywood is cut using laser technology.
Design Challenge
The final design is a product of a long battle between wood and city pattern. To find this unique proportion of width and depth of the each street, many prototypes were created. The color of the wood of each layer makes the whole design readable and visible as a city map.
Research
The map itself is a beauty. I wanted to transfer it to a three dimensional object. My long study of maps and GIS technology made it possible to acquire a current maps of the cities. Using laser technology I was able to create a layered model of a city. Wood is a uniquely patterned natural material and it was chosen for this design. It gives an additional rare value for each work.
Inspiration
Inspired by a actual city the project shows a city space as a 3d object. Thin yet very complex street pattern, cut in wood layers looks like minimalist modern abstract art.
Project Duration
The project started in May 2017 in Warsaw, Poland.
Operation Flow
The wood art depending on its size can hang or stand on the desk. Whether in the living room, dining room or office space.
Team Members
Art Director: Hubert Roguski

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