A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel by Naai-Jung Shih

A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel by Naai-Jung Shih is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Skoane Keunsten en Keunstynstalaasje Ûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsSkoane Keunst· 2017

A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel

by Naai-Jung Shih

Client: Naai-Jung Shih

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Skoane Keunst Category

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The Design

About A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel

De ûntwerper beskôget dat in dream gewichtloos en transparant is. It kin amper fongen wurde, en dochs is it sa realistysk. Hy ûntwerpt dizze ynstallaasje as in manier om de metafoar fan 'e surrealistyske natuer yn in dream te visualisearjen. Elk kromme lid draacht by oan in diel fan in propagearjende dream. Hy pleatst folsleine ûntwerpynstellingen op in transparante basis mei in ljochtboarne dy't nei boppen projekteart om it gewichtloos te fielen lykas yn 'e loft driuwt.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. A Dream Ynstallaasje Foar Ljochttafel foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: A dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. The entire setting is placed on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air. The installation is also a metaphor of the surrealistic nature of a dream. Each curved linear form contributes to a part of a propagating dream.
Dimensions & Packaging: 80*70*35 cm
Tags: lighting installation, dynamic form, metaphor
Production Technology: The design needs a free-form linear member to mimic the blurred boundary of a metaphor. The member needs to be functioned like a canvas for a dreamer to paint upon. The color should be white. After a series of brainstorming searches, a hanger seems a perfect choice.
The installation is hand-chained. Several tests were conducted to the possible connectors, such as steel cables, abs RP filaments, and general ropes. Cable was a good choice at the first place because it held each hanger in position. But it is not transparent. Eventually a transparent 3 mm plastic string was used and surprisingly it held each member in position under tension.
Design Challenge: A pair of linear form is interlocked with two holes on each component for connection. There should be four cables and eight connections when the head and end of the installation meets each other. A new method is developed to layout all four cables on the same path and to chain all the components in one single cable as a closed loop. The development of a close loop has a significant meaning, since a dream seems does not have a specific starting point or ending point.
Research: This is the third design of a series sincerely devotions. Each design contributes a profound study of orders, for elements and light sources. The first two were conducted in a linear form to contrast the body curvature and the end section. The composition of different shapes was also applied. The last one selected a loop to represent an order of form.
Inspiration: The inspiration came from the metaphor of a dream.
Project Duration: This project took about one month and was made in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow: This light installation is designed to put on a table with the top part slightly lower than eye level. By following the profile, a person can traverse the entire setting inside and outside, up and down, or from any orientation. The relative location between the box and the installation is changeable.
Image Credits: all by Naai Jung Shih