Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーション by Hide Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 鉄賞 in 照明製品・器具デザイン Competition Category.

鉄照明· 2022

Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーション

by Hide Lin

Client: doT & associates

A' Design Award 鉄賞 Winner in 照明 Category

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The Design

About Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーション

「豊穣（Fruitfulness）」は、台湾・台中のランタンフェスティバルのために制作された光のインスタレーションです。主構造は、柳杉の無垢材の角材を「田」の字形に積み上げて組んだフレームです。七つの果実を模したランプの塊は、薄く挽いた柳杉を手作業で曲げ加工して形づくられています。台座は黒い玉砂利を敷き詰めた正方形の浅い水盤で、水面が上部で灯る造形を映し出します。接合には釘を用いず、伝統的な相欠き・実（さね）継ぎの仕口とはめ込み式の金物を使用しています。本作品は完全に解体することができ、展示終了後には土に還すことが可能です。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鉄賞

Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーションは、よく設計された創造物に期待される専門的・産業的要件を満たす優れたデザインに授与される、権威ある評価である A' Design Award 鉄賞の受賞作品です。鉄賞の受賞作品は、制作者の高い技量、高度な専門性、専門家としての理解、創造的な能力を示しています。Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーションは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される、実用的で革新的な創造物であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 鉄賞を受賞したデザインは、業界のベストプラクティスを統合し、ノウハウと才能に結びついた有能な技術的特性を備えています。Fruitfulness 光のインスタレーションは、その徹底ぶりで尊敬され、世界をより良い場所にするための生活の質の向上をもたらすよう設計されています。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Taichung. A group of architects, curators, and artists read the pulse of mountains to forests with the creators own life experiences; with the collaboration of curatorial teams and residents from Taiwan and Japan, they experimented with the possibility of natural ecological materials with native wood materials, and at the same time combined with agricultural regeneration to propose another kind of landscape aesthetics New Taiwan Lantern.
Dimensions & Packaging: 25 square meters size.
Tags: lantern, recyclable, light installation, wood, tongue and groove, structure design
Production Technology: The statue is made of a field-shaped stacked frame made of solid willow cedar jambs as the main structure, hung with seven light and fruit lamp clusters made of thinly sliced and bent willow cedar. The base is made of a square shallow water tray covered with black pebbles and covered with black pebbles on a square shallow water tray. Fruitfulness appears to be a large tree of sturdy statues, and the reflection of the water tray reflects the good harvest of the fields.
Design Challenge: It is difficult to analyse the structural mechanics of the various components, and we have used digital design tools to simulate and scale the prototypes to overcome the challenges of three-dimensional construction. We have also achieved excellent results with the help of our traditional staff who are well versed in the art of large wood construction.
Research: With an interest in sustainable construction, we wanted to redefine the lantern festival as an art installation but not a disposable piece of junk.
Drawing on traditional timber construction methods of mortise-and-tenon joints and snap-in hardware, the project is an attempt to create a disassembled installation that is both structurally sound and aesthetically pleasing.
The research process requires an understanding of the properties of wood construction and raw wood materials, and the ability to create new applications within them.
Inspiration: Fruitfulness, willow fir is used as a material to create a reversal of the landscape, and the work can be completely returned to the soil after the exhibition.
This work is a poem of the people of a mountain settlement, listening to the voice of the land and nature, and combining the wisdom of farming: a good cycle between the settlement, the land, and the hydrology, where the fields are aligned with each other, and where the harvest is fruitful and beautiful.
Project Duration: Built in Jan. 2020 in Taichung city in Taiwan.
Operation Flow: Made from willow wood and veneer, the piece is made from a tongue and groove wooden structure with snap-on hardware and shaped by handcrafted veneer bending. No nails are used to achieve a sustainable outcome that can be completely disassembled.
Patents: Copyrights belong to doT & associates, 2020.
Team Members: Design Director : Hide Lin,
Art Director : Yvon Chiu,
Designer : Shau Chang,
Designer : Wen Shen
Image Credits: Vito Photography