Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Hana Noʻeau a me Hoʻokomo Hana Noʻeau Competition Category.

HaoHana Noʻeau· 2023

Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu

by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Client: MisoSoupDesign

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu

ʻO Hitobito kahi hana kiʻi kūkulu i haku ʻia no ka ʻahaʻaina kukui i mālama ʻia ma ke Kūlanakauhale ʻo Taipei i ka makahiki 2023. Loaʻa ka hoʻoulu manaʻo o ke kūkulu mai ka hua kiʻi Pākē no ke kanaka, i hana ʻia e ʻelua mau lālā e kākoʻo ana kekahi i kekahi. Hui pū ʻia ʻelua puka komo liʻiliʻi i loko o hoʻokahi wahi nui aʻe, kahi e hoʻolele ai kekahi mīkini pahu kiʻi ma ke kikowaena i nā kiʻi neʻe ma luna o ka honua. Ua uhi ʻia ke anuenue paipu kila i pēlū lima ʻia me nā lāʻau ʻohe lāʻī hapa ʻumi kenimika ka laulā, e hoʻohui ana i ka ʻulana kuʻuna ʻAsia me kahi kūkulu ʻoihana. He 9.8 mika ka laulā, 7.8 mika ka hohonu, a me 3.5 mika ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia hana kūkulu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Hitobito Hana Kiʻi Kūkulu no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

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 facade 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