Wind Crystals Installation artistique by Hide Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award d'Argent in Beaux-Arts Competition Category.
ArgentBeaux-Arts· 2022
Wind Crystals Installation artistique
by Hide Lin
Client: doT & associates
A' Design Award d'Argent Winner in Beaux-Arts Category
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The Design
About Wind Crystals Installation artistique
Wind Crystals est une installation artistique en plein air réalisée dans le canton de Budai, à Taïwan. L'œuvre évoque l'industrie salinière locale à travers des formes inspirées des cristaux de sel. Le bois d'acajou est découpé selon deux angles particuliers afin de créer des cadres polygonaux effilés, assemblés en une structure en treillis pouvant être prolongée librement. Deux types de composants seulement constituent l'ensemble de l'œuvre : les pièces sont ainsi préfabriquées en usine et le temps de montage sur site demeure réduit. L'installation occupe 24 mètres carrés et pivote au gré de la brise marine, suivant la lumière et les ombres le long du littoral.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award d'Argent
Wind Crystals Installation artistique est lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent, une reconnaissance énormément prestigieuse décernée à des designs haut de gamme, superbes et impressionnants. Les lauréats Argent sont des œuvres tout à fait brillantes et extrêmement créatives qui illustrent l'expertise, le talent et la perspicacité remarquables de leurs concepteurs. Wind Crystals Installation artistique est censé être une œuvre merveilleuse, une vitrine de savoir-faire, remarquablement professionnelle et profondément innovante. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award d'Argent est une invention très notable et admirée, qui sert l'art, la science, le design et la technologie et en repousse les limites. Wind Crystals Installation artistique est une création très enviée qui éveille les désirs, apporte des sentiments positifs et suscite émerveillement et étonnement.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- At the invitation of government, we designed this installation using salt crystals. The salt industry in BuDai County has become a memory, while the sea breeze and sun are still present. The mahogany wood is used to create a tapered frame that connects the crystallized salt to form a truss structure that can be extended freely. When the sea breeze blows, it rotates according to the wind direction and strength of the wind, chasing the light and the shadow, and the murmur of BuDai County.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 24 square meters in full size.
- Tags
- installation art, light installation, salt crystal, culture
- Production Technology
- The salt crystals are polygonal in shape, so the overall shape is a combination of polygons constructed from wood, arranged in an irregular way to show the natural composition of the salt as it is pushed into a pile. The polygon is made of wood to create an outer contour and an inner structure that can interact with the wind, giving the whole piece not only an image of salt crystals, but also a sense of the importance of natural elements to the salt industry in terms of finishing.
- Design Challenge
- Considering the convenience of fabrication, the design of the whole body is composed of only two different components: component A, which is composed of the top and bottom, and component B, which is composed of the middle.
- Research
- Because the module is not a cube, it will present a multi-angle organic shape after assembly. In production, the wood is not cut at a complete 90 degree angle, but at two special angles that allow the triangular surfaces to be completely reunited. Through the modular approach, the basic shapes are processed in the factory, keeping the on-site assembly time to a minimum.
- Inspiration
- In order to stimulate the local tourism industry, the government in Taiwan planned a landscape art season and invited four Taiwanese artists to create landscape artworks using a variety of materials such as bamboo, wood, wood chips, iron, woven string, and laser light to illustrate the dialogue between light and shadow. Therefore, we use salt crystals to describe the salt industry scene in the past.
- Project Duration
- It was built in July 2020 in Taiwan.
- Operation Flow
- In addition to boosting the tourism industry, we hope that through this art installation, people can learn about the local culture and history in a short period of time. Southwest Coast is a coastal township by the Taiwan Strait. The area is mainly a rural area in western Taiwan, with agriculture, fishing, and salt as the main industries. The people who have participated in the salt industry for 338 years have not only left behind a fascinating history of salt industry and a touching salt literature, but also the salt relics that have added a touch of white tone to the southwest coastal sea.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to doT & associates, 2020.
- Team Members
- Design Director : Hide Lin,
Art Director : Yvon Chiu,
Designer : Andy Liao - Image Credits
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