Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Papahana Kukui a me Hana Noʻeau Kukui Competition Category.

KeleawePapahana Kukui· 2023

Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui

by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Client: MisoSoupDesign

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Papahana Kukui Category

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The Design

About Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui

Kikokikona Puke: ʻO Hitobito he hoʻonohonoho kukui i hana ʻia no kekahi ʻahaʻaina kukui kīkaha i mālama ʻia ma Taipei City i ka makahiki 2023. Hoʻoulu ʻia ke kūkulu e ka huaʻōlelo Kina no ke kanaka, i hana ʻia e nā lālā ʻelua e kākoʻo ana kekahi i kekahi. ʻElua ala komo lāʻiki e alakaʻi ana i nā mea kipa i loko, kahi e hui ai nā ala i loko o kekahi wahi nui hoʻokahi. Hoʻolei akula kekahi mīkini hoʻolele kiʻi ma waena i kekahi kiʻi neʻe ma luna o ka papahele. Ua hana ʻia kekahi anowai kila i pelu lima ʻia a pena ʻia i ke keʻokeʻo, a uhi ʻia me nā lāʻau ʻohe ulana he hoʻokahi kenimika ka laulā. Ua ana ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho i 9.8 mika ka laulā, 7.8 mika ka hohonu, a me 3.5 mika ke kiʻekiʻe.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kumu: Hoʻonohonoho Kukui i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: HitoBito is the art installation created for the lantern festival in Taipei City in 2023. The structural design draws inspiration from the Chinese character of a person, which is two members supporting each other. The two small entrances, which face one of the main entrances to the festival venue, merge into one space where people can audit the projection on the ground.
Dimensions & Packaging: 9.8 meter width, 7.8 meter depth, and 3.5 meter height
Tags: Art Installation, Lighting Installation, Bamboo, Taipei, Taiwan
Production Technology: Manually bent steel pipe structure is cladded with 1cm bamboo dowels in its width. A projector is installed at the center of installation to project the motion graphic onto the floor.
Design Challenge: The installation is the combination of industrial material and traditional Asian bamboo crafting. The organic shape of installation is composed with three dimensional curvature. Thus, the weaved surface with bamboo dowels are adopted with steel pipe structure to wrap the installation.
Research: This art installation is the part of Taiwan lantern festival hosted in Taipei city in February 2023. The event is integrated in the Taipei urban fabric with interaction with the visitors in the city. Hito bito is selected as one of new immigrant installation to celebrate diversity of Taiwan with many nations to work and live together.
Inspiration: The design inspiration is where people gather and feel the diversity of Taipei City. The weaved bamboo façade and white-painted steel pipes represent the traditional Asian crafting method meeting with architectural structure.
Project Duration: The design started in November 2022 and finished construction in January 2023 in Taipei City. The Lantern festival was open to public in February 2023.
Operation Flow: Major flow of visitors is located on the narrow side entrance of the installation. Visitors enter the space individually, and meet at the larger space where has a projection of motion graphic.
Team Members: Daisuke Nagatomo
Minnie Jan
Jenny Yeh
Hao Sung