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Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz in Afeṣṣel n Isenfaren n Tafat d Teẓuri n Tafat Competition Category.


LbrunzIsenfaren n Tafat· 2023

Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat

by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan

Client: MisoSoupDesign

Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz Winner in Isenfaren n Tafat Category

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The Design

About Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat

Hitobito d tazrirt n tafat i d-ttwaxedmen i lɛid n ilamriyen i d-yedrun di temdint n Taipei di 2023. Talɣa-ines tusa-d seg usekkil aciniwi yesɛnan anamek n "amdan", yettwabnan si sin yiseɣbula i yettemsefaḍen wway gar-asen. Sin yibbwaḍen iwezlanen țțawin inebgawen ɣer daxel, anda iberdan țemyagaren deg yiwet n tallunt tameqqrant. Yiwen uneflay deg ammas issuffuɣ-d agraf n tarrayt (motion graphic) ɣef wudem n uḍar. Talɣa n tqecwalt n uzzal yettwaknen s ufus tettwaṣebbeɣ s umellal, tettwaɣlaf s tejlibt n usalaḍ n tektumt n santimeṭr yiwen. Tazrirt tewzen 9.8 imitr tehri, 7.8 imitr talqayt akked 3.5 imitr n teɣzi.

The Recognition

About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz

Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeṭṭafaren tinawt, tamusni d tezmert. Imerbaḥen n Lbrunz d isnulfa yelhan, ttbanen d timusniwin n tmusni n yimahilen-nsen. Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Hitobito Tazrirt n tafat yettemlil ɣef yimawlan, yettwaɛezzen s tmahilt-is.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
HitoBito is the art installation created for the lantern festival in Taipei City in 2023. The structural design draws inspiration from the Chinese character of a person, which is two members supporting each other. The two small entrances, which face one of the main entrances to the festival venue, merge into one space where people can audit the projection on the ground.
Dimensions & Packaging
9.8 meter width, 7.8 meter depth, and 3.5 meter height
Tags
Art Installation, Lighting Installation, Bamboo, Taipei, Taiwan
Production Technology
Manually bent steel pipe structure is cladded with 1cm bamboo dowels in its width. A projector is installed at the center of installation to project the motion graphic onto the floor.
Design Challenge
The installation is the combination of industrial material and traditional Asian bamboo crafting. The organic shape of installation is composed with three dimensional curvature. Thus, the weaved surface with bamboo dowels are adopted with steel pipe structure to wrap the installation.
Research
This art installation is the part of Taiwan lantern festival hosted in Taipei city in February 2023. The event is integrated in the Taipei urban fabric with interaction with the visitors in the city. Hito bito is selected as one of new immigrant installation to celebrate diversity of Taiwan with many nations to work and live together.
Inspiration
The design inspiration is where people gather and feel the diversity of Taipei City. The weaved bamboo façade and white-painted steel pipes represent the traditional Asian crafting method meeting with architectural structure.
Project Duration
The design started in November 2022 and finished construction in January 2023 in Taipei City. The Lantern festival was open to public in February 2023.
Operation Flow
Major flow of visitors is located on the narrow side entrance of the installation. Visitors enter the space individually, and meet at the larger space where has a projection of motion graphic.
Team Members
Daisuke Nagatomo
Minnie Jan
Jenny Yeh
Hao Sung

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