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Lin Ching Ke Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Incense Bamboo Art Installation in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
Lin Ching Ke acknowledged for fine arts and art installation design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 15, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ Incense Bamboo Art Installation by Lin Ching Ke, designed for Shilin Shennong Temple, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Incense Bamboo Art Installation
Incense is a large scale bamboo art installation created for a temple in Taipei. The work reinterprets the traditional ritual of incense burning. Locally sourced Taiwanese bamboo is heat bent and woven in multiple layers, and translucent textiles are added. The spiraling form recalls the movement of rising smoke. The installation measures 3000 millimeters in width, 3000 millimeters in depth and 4000 millimeters in height. Visitors can move around and beneath the structure and observe sunlight passing through the bamboo weave.
About Lin Ching Ke
Ching Ke Lin explores the relationship between humans and bamboo. His work spans installations and landscape projects, challenging conventional perceptions of bamboo craftsmanship. Lin's practice integrates natural materials with contemporary design, reflecting an observation of everyday life. He collaborates with various industries, applying his approach to diverse projects. His process involves experimentation and practice, aiming to bridge traditional techniques with modern applications. Lin's work seeks to dissolve perceived boundaries between people, materials, and time. He examines the material's historical context while developing new forms and functions.
Award Record
With this recognition, Lin Ching Ke is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. All of the awards belong to the 2025 - 2026 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
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/173311
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/173311
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!173311
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/360845
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://reurl.cc/dQO2v2
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Incense Bamboo Art Installation
- Function
- Bamboo Art Installation
- Category
- Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Discipline
- Communication Design
- Industry
- Arts
- Colors
- Sienna, Saddle Brown, Peru, Gray and Dark Khaki
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Shilin Shennong Temple
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Lin Ching Ke
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #173311
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Incense is a large scale bamboo installation that reinterprets the ritual of incense burning through contemporary spatial art. By integrating translucent textiles with organic bamboo structures, the work captures the ephemeral quality of rising smoke. The installation invites viewers into a quiet encounter with spiritual transcendence, bridging traditional cultural practices and modern aesthetics.
- Inspiration
- Incense draws inspiration from the intangible cultural tradition of incense burning in Taiwanese temples. The ephemeral movement of smoke and its spiritual connotation are reimagined through contemporary spatial design, transforming invisible rituals into a meditative and immersive visual experience that connects memory, faith, and modern life.
- Research
- This project involved design research focused on reinterpreting incense rituals through the use of sustainable materials. The objective was to visualize ephemeral smoke using stable spatial forms. The process included material experimentation, digital simulation, and structural prototyping. The results highlighted bamboo’s potential to express intangible cultural heritage within a contemporary design framework.
- Challenge
- The primary challenge was achieving structural balance between visual lightness and physical stability. Traditional bamboo techniques were adapted for large scale application, requiring iterative experimentation, sensitivity to environmental factors, and thoughtful integration with the historical context of the sacred site.
- Realization and Technology
- Crafted from locally sourced Taiwanese bamboo, the installation utilizes original weaving techniques developed by the artist. Through heat-bending, multi layered weaving, and precise structural calculations, the design forms a spiraling shape that echoes the movement of smoke. The work harmonizes engineering precision with the natural flexibility of bamboo, resulting in a structure that is both stable and ethereal.
- Operation and Interaction
- Viewers are invited to move around and beneath the installation, observing shifting patterns of light and shadow as natural sunlight filters through the bamboo weave. This dynamic interaction encourages quiet contemplation, evoking the transience of incense smoke and establishing a dialogue between spiritual ritual and contemporary interpretation.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was developed over a six month period in Taipei, with installation completed at Shilin Shen Nong Temple between August 8 and September 8, 2024.
- Specifications
- The installation measures 3000 millimeters in width, 3000 millimeters in depth, and 4000 millimeters in height.
- Keywords
- Bamboo installation, ritual art, incense culture, temple-inspired, spiritual design, contemporary craft, Taiwanese bamboo, ephemeral forms, faith and memory, sustainable installation
