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Pride Of The City Public Art by Jung-Mei Wou Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Jung-Mei Wou acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Pride Of The City Public Art by Jung-Mei Wou, designed for JMW Art Studio, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Pride Of The City Public Art
Pride of the City is the Public Art in Maple Garden, the urban oasis and an ecological park in Taichung City. This work expresses the image of four birds flying upward and presents multiple images similar to trees, flowers, and birds from different angles to show the cycle of four seasons and the harmonious coexistence of all living things. This public sculpture leads the visitors to approach nature and brighten nights in Maple Garden.
About Jung-Mei Wou
An internationally renowned artist, Jung-Mei Wou specializes in sculpture, public art, photography, and installation. Since founding her studio in 2011, she has garnered widespread acclaim across the global art and design community. Inspired by the organic elegance of nature, her work is distinguished by flowing forms, poetic abstraction, and refined spatial sensibility. Her creations have received numerous prestigious accolades, including the A’ Design Award, HRD Design Award (2011), MUSE Design Award, and MUSE Photography Awards, and have been exhibited globally and included in both public and private collections.
Award Record
This recognition makes Jung-Mei Wou a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/fine-art
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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/135954
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135954
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135954
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/326173
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.facebook.com/publicart.PrideOfTheCity/
Media Contact
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Pride Of The City Public Art
- Function
- Public Art
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Lavender, Powder Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- JMW Art Studio
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jung-Mei Wou
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #135954
Credits
- Image Credits
- Jung-Mei Wou
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Pride of the City is the Public Art in Maple Garden in Taichung City. Maple Garden is a precious urban oasis and a distinctive ecological park in Taiwan. The green ecology of the garden provides living space for animals and plants, and it is also a place for people to relax their spirit. This sculpture with a spiritual symbol has been embodied in the public space. This work expresses the thought and sense of the beauty of the garden and to rich the culture, art, and life in Taichung City.
- Inspiration
- The oasis of cities is like a mirror to the soul. Facing the greatness of nature, people learn to be humble. Only by being in nature can human beings be truly spiritually prosperous. Moved by the sunlight shining on the leaves among the birds playing, the colorful flowers swaying by the lake, the changing scene of seasons being awakened in the park, this is the beautiful life in the city.
- Research
- The wind load influences the shape of sculpture and surfaces optimization method. Aerodynamic shape optimization has helped to reach optimum design for a sculpture while minimizing the wind load.
- Challenge
- This stainless steel sculpture presents the lightness of structural mechanics and the sculptural shape that must withstand the challenges of wind load.
- Realization and Technology
- Made of stainless steel forging technology
- Operation and Interaction
- The work expresses the image of four birds flying upward, and it presents multiple images similar to trees, flowers, and birds from different angles to show the cycle of four seasons and the harmonious coexistence of all living things. This work is the park's landmark that guides the entrance to visitors. The position of the public sculpture is at the center point of three cross-moving lines. Pride of the City leads everyone to approach nature and hopes to brighten nights in Maple Garden.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project finished in November 2014 in Taichung City, Taiwan. This sculpture is a permanent piece of Public Art in Maple Garden in Taichung City.
- Specifications
- Work Dimension: 4300mmx2620mmx4250mm Material: Stainless Steel
- Keywords
- Public Art, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Installation Art
