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Emperor's Time Machine Sculpture by Lin Lin Is Granted the A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design

Lin Lin acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category for Emperor's Time Machine Sculpture by Lin Lin, designed for Marriott Group W hotel Xi'an. The recognition forms part of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the A' Design Award Means

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Regarding Emperor's Time Machine Sculpture

This sculpture of the Emperor's Time Machine which is also his time machine was conceived and represent the Emperor’s love of travel. The car was built by using many sculptural techniques including materials such as stainless steel, LED light and poly-chrome. The effect of these materials give the concept of the sculpture pure fantasy. This sculpture is one of the main artistic expressions of Xi’an W hotel. The research into this project gives the sculpture the feeling of a well conceived artistic expression of the Tang Dynasty.

About Lin Lin

Artist Lin Lin has many years of experience in art creation. In his career, he has always been inseparable from art. He has his own pursuit of art and his own unique views on art. He may be casual in his life, but as long as it is related to art, he must ask himself to do his best and never letting go of every detail, leading the team that loves art to never give up exploring the art field, he has done a lot of art projects, including cooperation with top hotel management companies such as Marriott, Hilton etc.

Award Record

This recognition makes Lin Lin a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award

The A' Fine-Art Design Award is an international fine-art design competition recognizing best fine-art works by leading fine-art artists and creators worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to artists, painters, sculptors and ceramicists from all countries. Entries typically include sculptures, paintings, installations, photographs, drawings and mixed media works. Awarded art designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/fine-art

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Emperor's Time Machine Sculpture
Function
Sculpture
Category
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Discipline
Communication Design
Industry
Arts
Colors
Sienna, Brown, Silver, Gainsboro and Dim Gray
Images
5
Client
Marriott Group W hotel Xi'an

The Recognition

Laureate
Lin Lin
Country
China
Recognition
A' Design Award
Edition
2019 - 2020
Design ID
#101716

Credits

Team
Atgbeyond Artistic Team and Creative Director Lin Lin

Design Details

Unique Properties
In the fictional time, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty sat on the time machine, curious about it and travel time to the modern century. His car is combined with wheels and jets which is a interesting contemporary art installation. It is like a time machine that dramatically landed in W. The emperor who stepped on the skateboard wondered where he is. Image the pink flowers of the sky are falling around the car. Chinese contemporary artists and international graffiti artists have worked hard together for several months.
Inspiration
Xi'an W is at the beginning of the great silk road, full of creative art potential, we study through the Tang Dynasty with great enthusiasm and curious. With the vivid culture, we create the unique story of if and tells people a wonderfrul story. This work is inspired by the Emperor's trip mode, we combined the modern idea with it and created this time machine car just let guests feel like the emperor is driving it from Tang Dynasty to our century.
Research
A wormhole appeared in parallel time and space between Xi’an W and Tang Dynasty. We use artistic imagery built to instantly enter the Tang Dynasty. With hundreds of dancing horses, strolling in Chang’an, listening to music, watching from the distance of the smile of the big Ming Palace’s tail, closely watching the Danfengmen’s peach petals flying. Thus, Xi’an W, it is a beautiful floating sky garden.
Challenge
The land of peach blossoms , peach trees, peach blossoms, peaches, and the peach seeds are infinitely transformed. With the contemporary art landscape that will constitutes the architectural space.
Realization and Technology
Stainless steel, Graffiti
Operation and Interaction
This sculpture combined with art and fun, gtuests will attract by its interesting shape, and it is just like a time machine that will make all guests will like to travel back to Tang Dynasty, but with its modern express, guests can not help to take photos, so it could become a hot spot in W hotel. Pepole would love to share this sculpture to their friends.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in the summer of 2017 in Xi'an and finished in August 2018 in Xi'an. By August 2019, the W Hotel has been open for one year.
Specifications
W4140 mm*D2510mm*H3150mm
Keywords
Local art, Hotel art, Fun, Attracted

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