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Moment Sculpture by Derya Geylani Vurusan Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
The international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Derya Geylani Vurusan for fine arts and art installation design
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category for Moment Sculpture by Derya Geylani Vurusan, designed for Usta Design. 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Silver A' Design Award Explained
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 Moment Sculpture
Moment is a sculpture series that combines heirloom porcelain with blown borosilicate glass. The antique porcelain cups carry traces of history into the present, while the shaped glass represents a frozen moment. The glass is formed as if a liquid were splashing, so a brief instant is held still. Transparent and opaque colored glass was selected to suit the structure and concept of each cup. Every glass form is blown first and then joined to the porcelain piece. The intent is to preserve special moments within rapidly passing time.
About Derya Geylani Vurusan
Derya Geylani is a contemporary glass artist and a lecturer at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Glass. Her practice involves combining narrative elements with glass as a medium, often addressing environmental and socio-political themes. Through a process that merges conceptual storytelling and material exploration, they create works that aim to engage audiences and encourage awareness. Her approach reflects an ongoing investigation into the relationship between form, content, and context in contemporary glass art.
Award Record
Derya Geylani Vurusan is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2012 - 2013 and the 2020 - 2021 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award
The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Typical entries include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. The awarded art designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/fine-art
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/121113
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/121113
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!121113
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/121462
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.behance.net/birnurderyageylani
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Moment Sculpture
- Function
- Sculpture
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Silver, Gray, Sienna and Dark Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Usta Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Derya Geylani Vurusan
- Country
- Turkiye
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #121113
Credits
- Image Credits
- Derya Geylani Vurusan/ "Moment Series /Story of a long day", 2020 Derya Geylani Vurusan/ "Moment Series /White Night", 2020 Derya Geylani Vurusan/ "Moment Series /Late Day and Early Night", 2020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The heirloom porcelains that make up the work carry the traces of history to the present, while the sculpted glass represents a frozen moment and timelessness. The fact that the glass in antique cups is shaped like it is when a liquid splashes brings together a snapshot of the fluidity with the viewer. Colored glasses preferred as transparent and opaque were selected in accordance with the structure and concept of the cup.
- Inspiration
- Memories are the reflection of life. Being part of a memory makes the soul immortal. Looking back with longing, every moment that catches the eye touches a different feeling. Sometimes a scent, sometimes a light touch. For this reason, the idea was to perpetuate and immortalize the most special moments in the rapidly flowing time, and inspired by the unforgettable moments.
- Research
- During the undergraduate education period, many conceptual and technical trainings were received in response to the question of how to use glass as an artistic expression. During the graduate education period, trends were better explored and determined. In this way, it has been learned more clearly how glass turns into liquid with heat and when combined with concepts, it turns into an artwork. The strong integrity of the contrasts and meanings that emerged when glass was used with different materials during doctorate education attracted attention.
- Challenge
- The most challenging part of creating my "Moment Series" works is combining the right object with the glass and emphasizing the moment.
- Realization and Technology
- Relic porcelains and blown borosilicate glasses are the main materials of the "Moment Series". First of all, we started out by searching for the right non-glass object. Sketches were then made to connect the found relic with the glass. After the glass is shaped, it is combined with the heirloom object in the most aesthetic and physical way.
- Operation and Interaction
- Many important companies attach importance to artist and brand collaborations. At this point, important collaborations and projects that make a difference can be realized for both artists and brands. While brands can take different orientations with the perspective of the artist while determining their strategies, artists can develop different presentation and marketing methods other than exhibiting their works in galleries.
- Project Duration and Location
- "Moment Series" was exhibited in many different galleries. Since October 2020, within the "Hunger Games" installation, the successful porcelain brand Porland has been included in the collection and some of it continues to be exhibited in Istanbul Akmerkez store.
- Specifications
- Real size heirloom porcelains were preferred and the glass that best suits it was blown / shaped. Since the pieces are very sensitive, extra care has been taken in packaging. The mold is made using bubble stretch and rigid foam and the work is fixed to the mold.
- Keywords
- Glass, Glass art, Contemporary Art, Conceptual Art, Porcelain, Glass sculpture
