Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan by Dian Chen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Wesi in Desain Rerenggan Competition Category.

WesiRerenggan· 2021

Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan

by Dian Chen

Client: Dian Chen

A' Design Award Wesi Winner in Rerenggan Category

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The Design

About Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan

Diilhami déning para filsuf kaya Rosi Braidotti lan Donna Haraway, proyèk iki nggunakaké unsur Cyborg lan Cyber-punk ing budaya pop kanggo mbangun seri super surreal iki. Kanthi panggunaan fleksibel materi manufaktur industri, karya-karya ing proyèk iki kabèh dibangun saka komponen-komponen sing bisa diganti-ganti, sing ngidini sing nganggo bisa ngganti lan malah nggawé manèh perhiasan iki nggunakaké kabèh "chips lan bars" cadangan kuwi. Koleksi iki nduwèni tujuan kanggo mbangun kontèks sing ngidini sing nganggo bisa ngalami fantasi masa depan post-human kanggo mecah persepsi tradhisional babagan gender lan identitas.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Wesi

Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan menang A' Design Award Wesi, pangenalan sing prestisius sing diparingake marang desain sing apik sing nyukupi kabutuhan profesional lan industri sing dikarepake saka ciptaan sing dirancang kanthi apik. Pemenang Wesi nuduhake katrampilan sing gedhe, spesialisasi sing dhuwur, pangerten ahli lan kapasitas kreatif para penciptane. Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan dikarepake dadi ciptaan sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani sing praktis lan inovatif. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Wesi iki nggabungake praktik industri sing paling apik lan nduweni ciri teknis sing kompeten sing disambung karo kawruh lan bakat. Cyborg Rainbow Perhiasan diajeni amarga ketelitiane lan dirancang kanggo nyedhiyakake paningkatan kualitas urip sing mbiyantu ndadekake donya panggonan sing luwih apik.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is a participatory piece which basic frames and interchangeable spare-parts are manufactured using industrial materials, like aluminum, acrylic, stainless steel. That allows the wearers to replace and even remake the jewellery using all those spare "chips and bars". In this process of self-controlled changing and overall infinity of possibilities, Dian intends to construct a context in which the wearer can, not only wear but can also participate and experience a fluid relationship between body, objects, and identity. It now a materialized imagination, it might be material experience in an expectable future.
Dimensions & Packaging: Necklace: 270* 60* 280mm.
Tags: Posthuman, Cyborg, Science Fiction, Participation, Gender, Identity, Fantasy
Production Technology: Materials: electroplated copper, aluminum alloy, acrylic, stainless steel, rubber, latex.
Design Challenge: The main challenge in her project is to materialize cyborg and posthuman theories not only in the "object" that she designed but how it can create an ongoing and firsthand experience to her customers.
Research: Dian combined desktop research and practice as research in her project. Particularly, theories about Post-humanism and themes of science fiction and pop-culture were studied, then she embody her research enquiries in her design practice and the final product as a materialized exploration of cyborg theory that she researched.
Inspiration: Informed by philosophers like Rosi Braidotti and Donna Haraway, Dian developed a deep interest in approaching gender identity issues through the concepts of the post-humanism, cyborg, cyber-punk and science fictions in pop culture to construct the super surreal series to discuss the question of fluidity of gender and identity in post-human age.
Project Duration: The project started in April 2018 in London and finished in April 2019 in London, and was exhibited in Central Saint Martins in June 2019 and AN+ ART and Design Museum in March to June 2020.
Operation Flow: This series of jewellery uses interchangeable parts to create imaginations and experiences of cyber-organic science fiction.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Kayuet Lau, Cyborg Rainbow, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Kayuet Lau, Cyborg Rainbow, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Kayuet Lau, Cyborg Rainbow, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Kayuet Lau, Cyborg Rainbow, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Kayuet Lau, Cyborg Rainbow, 2019.