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Chia Yu Lin and Hsin Mo Tsai Receives the Silver A' Design Award for High Heel Church Lighting Design in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design

Chia Yu Lin and Hsin Mo Tsai recognized for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category for High Heel Church Lighting Design by Chia Yu Lin and Hsin Mo Tsai, designed for HowFun International co.. The recognition forms part of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Silver A' Design Award Means

The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.

More About High Heel Church Lighting Design

High Heel Church is a lighting design for a shoe-shaped building in a seaside park in Chiayi, Taiwan. The structure is about 17 meters high and 11 meters wide. Nearly 300,000 small glass pieces and 101 light fixtures are applied to the steel frame. Sunlight makes the glass flash during the day, while the wind moves the small pieces naturally. At night, calculated light angles give the building the look of a galaxy and make the heavy structure appear lighter. A light show with music is presented every hour, controlled by a DMX Art-Net system.

Award Record

With this recognition, Chia Yu Lin and Hsin Mo Tsai is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award

The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Entries typically include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. Awarded lighting designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/lighting

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
High Heel Church Lighting Design
Function
Lighting Design
Category
Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
Colors
Black, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Slate Gray and Midnight Blue
Images
5
Client
HowFun International co.

The Recognition

Laureate
Chia Yu Lin and Hsin Mo Tsai
Country
Taiwan (China)
Recognition
Silver A' Design Award
Edition
2020 - 2021
Design ID
#108731

Credits

Team
Hsin Mo Tsai., Hsin Mo Tsai/Yu Hsuan Hsiao., Chia Yu Lin. and Yi Xuan Chen.
Image Credits
Copright by HowFun international Co., incould photo sound and Vedio credits

Design Details

Unique Properties
We want connect with this beautiful building in terms of texture and present a design coexist the nature of the park.How to shine the church how to galaxy church no matter day or night. And how to let people can feel romantic with the church.
Inspiration
For present galaxy.We use same material glass to connect with this church.Use 300K pieces glass and 101 pieces lightings to decorated structure.Sun shines will give dazzling light flash.Calculated the weight let win blows the glass will move naturally.At night,calculate light angle,the whole church present galaxy vision.The light spots make the heavy structural more light.Every hour we present a light show with a romantic music. People whether outside or inside can have a romantic waltz
Research
We get the basic information from the website first . Then we Interviewed local residents , their basic treatment of high heels church. We check the design before , which designs have disadvantages and which designs are good . We analyzed the light , the win , landscape vision , especially the combination of every angle of sight and surrounding buildings.
Challenge
How to connect with this beautiful building in terms of texture . How to break through the existing body, make the heavy structure light and not crushed. In the Park, during the day is a place where the sun shines brightly, in the evening there is a beautiful sunset and relaxing sea breeze, and there is a beautiful starry sky at night. How to coexist with the natural beauty during the day and night, And how to use the sun,the win and the sky in the night .
Realization and Technology
We used nearly 300,000 pieces of small glass and use 101 pieces lighting the make the church different. The Lighting control by DMX Art-Net System.
Operation and Interaction
Every hour we present a light show with a romantic music .(Shadow 2) Let the people , whether outside or inside of the church, can have a romantic waltz . The lighting design we create an immersive performance space , during the show people can walk inside the church , to feel relax , romantic and immersive experience here. We create the sound , lighting and smoke around the speace.
Project Duration and Location
From July 24, 2020 to July 24, 2021 in Chia Yi,Taiwan
Specifications
The Size of the high heel church is about 17 meters high and 11 meters wide. It is certified by the Guinness World Records as "the largest building in the shape of shoes".The structure is 1,269 steel frames and the exterior is composed of 320 pieces of blue glass,access to internal browsing.Bringing over poverty,out of the meaning of happiness. This building is located on a seaside in Chiayi, Taiwan.
Keywords
Lighting Design, High Heel Church, immersive lighting, lighting show, lighting atmosphere create

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