Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Tooj in Kev Kos Duab Zoo thiab Kev Teeb Tsa Duab Kos Competition Category.

ToojKev Kos Duab Zoo· 2025

Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

A' Design Award Tooj Winner in Kev Kos Duab Zoo Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau

Ntawv Phau Ntawv: Elysium Echoes yog ib qho khoom kos duab kev sib txuas uas hloov mus los uas tshawb nrhiav txog kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev hloov pauv ib puag ncig thiab kev sib nqus kom neeg tau txoj sia nyob. Qhov haujlwm no ua los ntawm resin, hlau thiab acrylic, muaj cov khoom siv luam ntawm peb sab (three-dimensional printed parts) thiab lub cav hloov, thiab ntev 45 los ntawm 45 los ntawm 50 centimeters. Peb theem sib txawv qhia txog tib neeg, kev hloov pauv, thiab tib neeg tom qab. Kev sib hloov tsis tu ncua ua rau cov theem no sib tsoo thiab rov sib txuas ua ib yam tshiab, qhia txog kev hloov paub ntawm evolution. Qhov khoom kos duab no caw sawvdaws xav txog thev naus laus zis, ib puag ncig, thiab lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm tib neeg.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Tooj

Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau yog tus yeej ntawm A' Design Award Tooj, ib qho kev lees paub muaj meej mom heev uas muab rau cov qauv tsim tshwj xeeb uas txawv los ntawm kev tsim tshiab, kev txawj tsim thiab kev ntse. Cov neeg yeej Tooj yog cov khoom muaj txuj ci heev thiab tsim tshiab heev uas ua pov thawj txog kev paub ntau, kev xav thiab kev txawj ua ntawm cov kws tsim qauv. Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau xav tias yuav yog ib qho khoom uas neeg hwm, qhuas thiab hlub, uas tshaj lij heev thiab tsim tshiab. Cov qauv tsim yeej A' Design Award Tooj no siv cov kev coj ua zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev kos duab, kev tshawb fawb, kev tsim qauv thiab thev naus laus zis thiab zoo heev vim nws saib xyuas cov ntsiab lus. Elysium Echoes Kev Ua Haujlwm Tseem Ceeb: Khoom Kos Duab Kev Sib Txuas Uas Txav Tau ua tau raws li cov kev xav tau zoo kawg, kov cov kev xav, ntxias cov kev xav thiab txhawb kev xav paub.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Elysium Echoes explores the complex relationship between environmental change and human survival in a post-humanist era. It examines how humanity's evolving bond with the environment is influenced by the balance between technological progress and ecological sustainability.
Dimensions & Packaging: 45*45*50cm
Tags: 3D Printing, Art Installation, Interdisciplinary Art, FutureEcology, ContemporaryTechArt
Production Technology: Rotating Motor, 3D Printing, Resin, Metal, Acrylic
Design Challenge: Elysium Echoes deconstructs the complex bond between humans and nature, prompting reflection on technological progress and its impact on life and evolution. As humanity's influence grows, a crucial question arises: should we reshape nature in the name of technology? Though the "post-human era" remains uncertain, it echoes a warning—our pursuit to replace the Creator may not unfold as envisioned.
Research: This research uses a speculative, practice-led approach to explore how technological progress reshapes humanity’s relationship with nature in the Anthropocene. Grounded in post-humanist theory, it critiques ethical ambiguities of ecological intervention and envisions alternative evolutionary paths. Through immersive installation art, kinetic prototyping, and participatory observation, a rotating structure (human/transitional/post-human) simulates evolutionary disruption. Data from 87 interviews, audience analytics, and impact simulations reveal a tension between techno-optimism and ecological humility, with 73% reconsidering humanity’s stewardship. The work advocates for ethical, interdisciplinary governance and positions design as a mediator between science and societal values.
Inspiration: In the post-human era, I explore how shifting environments and productivity levels shape human gene selection. Technological progress aids adaptation, yet sudden ecological upheaval risks collapsing our systems, regressing productivity and forcing genetic adaptation to dominate survival. Here, mutation emerges as life’s most reliable tool.
Project Duration: London Design Week 14–21 September 2024
Dutch Design Week 19–27 October 2024
Operation Flow: This dynamic installation explores biodiversity and evolution in the transition from humans to post-humans. Comprising three parts—human, transitional forms, and post-human—it rotates continuously, disrupting and recombining stages to simulate evolutionary shifts and new species. The work challenges biological boundaries and provokes thought on evolution, technology, and humanity’s future.
Team Members: YIRU WANG