Tear and Discover Art Installation by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

Tear and Discover Art Installation by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award nga Bronse in Disenyo sa Pinong Arte ug Instalasyon sa Arte Competition Category.

BronsePinong Arte· 2022

Tear and Discover Art Installation

by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

A' Design Award nga Bronse Winner in Pinong Arte Category

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The Design

About Tear and Discover Art Installation

Ang Tear and Discover usa ka art installation nga hinimo gikan sa upat ka mga produkto nga ginagamit sa balay: usa ka speaker, usa ka floor lamp, usa ka orasan, ug usa ka fan. Ang matag butang gitabonan sa hingpit og panit, mao nga ang tingog, ang kahayag, ang oras, ug ang agos sa hangin natago. Aron magamit ang usa ka function, kinahanglan nga putlon sa bisita ang tabon nga panit. Ang panit ug ang mga label niini nagrepresentar sa simbolikanhong kantidad sa mga produkto, samtang ang mga parte sa sulod naghatag sa kapuslanan sa paggamit. Ang tanang tabon giporma sa kamot gikan sa 1.5 mm nga vegetable-tanned nga panit ug gisuportahan sa stainless steel nga mga tukod. Ang buhat nangutana sa relasyon tali sa timaan ug function diha sa konsumo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award nga Bronse

Tear and Discover Art Installation usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Bronse, usa ka labihan ka prestihiyoso nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa talagsaon nga mga disenyo nga gipaila sa pagkamamugnaon, kaabtik, ug kamatngon. Ang mga mananaog sa Bronse mga hanas kaayo ug makapahibulong nga mamugnaon nga mga artipakto nga nagpamatuod sa dakong kasinatian, imahinasyon, ug kaabtik sa ilang mga tigdesinyo. Gilauman nga ang Tear and Discover Art Installation mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga butang nga talagsaon ang pagkapropesyonal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Bronse naglakip sa labing maayong mga praktis sa arte, siyensya, disenyo, ug teknolohiya ug maayo kaayo tungod sa pagtagad niini sa mga detalye. Tear and Discover Art Installation nagtagbaw sa mga panginahanglan sa matahom nga paagi, nag-igo sa mga tinguha, nagbihag sa mga pagbati, ug nagdani sa pagkamausisaon.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The work consists of four household products, speaker, floor lamp, clock, and fan, which are covered inside the leather. The leather and labels represent the symbolic value of the goods, while the functional components inside the leather deliver the use-value. This design emphasizes the contradiction between sign and function in the product consumption through a destructive interaction to 'cut' the signed cover and liberate the function.
Dimensions & Packaging: speaker,345*345*1427mm
floor lamp,372*305*1930mm
clock,455*140*100mm
fan，360*200*1610mm
Tags: art, craft, furniture, speaker, floor lamp, clock, fan
Production Technology: This work uses the leather wet shaping craft, the leather surface and stainless steel support form a strong visual tension. The whole set of products is all made of 1.5mm whole vegetable-tanned leather. After soaking for 8 hours, awakening the active protein of the leather and giving the leather better ductility. After it is wrapped on the shaping mold and shaped by hand, giving the product shapes a soft curve and organic sense.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this design is the expression of the mindset.
Firstly, how to express the idea through the design language? After many times discussion, The use of metaphorical forms of wrapping, highlighting and rupture, and contradictory interactions were confirmed.
Secondly, how to shape the leather into the form? This step took many material tests and prototypes before the final form was created.
Research: The work have taken the‘Consumption society’ as our research direction and the commodity as the object for our project. The design want to discuss the relationship between symbol, function, and commodity and reflected on the design. Through research the design aim to express the contradiction between symbolic value and use-value of products in the consumer society where signs are proliferating.
Inspiration: Living in the current era of consumption, symbolic consumption has gradually changed our mindset of on-demand consumption, and the functions of products have been obscured by the virtual signs created by capital. The endless pursuit of the sign has accelerated the waste of material. Therefore the work rethought the relationship among signs, functions, and design.
Project Duration: The project starts in November 2020 in Shanghai and is completed in 2021 in Shanghai, where it will be exhibited in June.
Operation Flow: The work covered by leather, functions are hidden inside——the sound is obscured, the light is covered, the time is hidden, the wind is blocked, in order to use the functions, the user needs to cut the leather through destructive interactions and destroy the complete leather the user's thoughts will be aroused during the interaction.
Patents: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Team Members: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Image Credits: Jie Gao, Hengguang Wu