Emphysema Awlaf n Teγelaft Tamaγradt by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal in Afeṣṣel n Unuɣ, Tugna d Teywalt Tamulant Competition Category.
UzzalUnuɣ· 2025
Emphysema Awlaf n Teγelaft Tamaγradt
Client: Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio
Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal Winner in Unuɣ Category
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About Emphysema Awlaf n Teγelaft Tamaγradt
Tugna taramdit n yiwen n umaḍal agensas yeččuren s uḍaḍu s tuγzi tagalaktikt i yesnemmal asusem i d-yewwin ibeddilen alemfizimi ɣer yikufan n uḍaḍu n turmiwin (alveoli). Iγraben igensasen n ilvewli ttwaγmaten, ayen i ten-yerran ad rẓen u ad myuddsen akken ad d-xelqen ikufan n uḍaḍu imeqqranen drus. Aya yessenflul-d yiwet n tejumma tameqqrant n uḍaḍu deg wadeg n waṭas n tmecṭaḥ. Ilvewli i d-yeqqimen uγalent-d ameqqranen mebla lqis u ččurnen, ayen i yessenqisen daγen tajumma yellan i umerwes n yigaz. Ibeddilen-a imeṛṛa n yiniwen issiγzafen ur nettwi ttarrant turmiwin ad uγalent drus n telali, ayen i yerran ad yewɛer ad d-yeffeγ uḍaḍu s wudem ameγtu.
The Recognition
About the Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal
Emphysema Awlaf n Teγelaft Tamaγradt d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Uzzal, tagmat i yisnulfa yelhan i yemmalen ayen i d-ttrajun yimdanen seg yisnulfa yelhan. Imerbaḥen n Uzzal ttbanen d tmusni, tmahilt d tazmert n yimahilen-nsen. Emphysema Awlaf n Teγelaft Tamaγradt ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. Isnulfa-a ttwaɛezzen imi ɛawnen deg tudert, rran ddunit ugar n lxir.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- A conceptual illustration of an inner space landscape of emphysemic alveoli, highlighting collapsed bronchioles and damaged alveolar air sacs. The inner walls of the alveoli rupture and create enlarged air sacs, resulting in inefficient oxygen exchange and diminished respiration. Temple Health Lung Center is a national leader in diagnosing and treating lung disease. The Center desired a conceptual illustration of emphysemic changes in alveoli for marketing purposes.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 444.5 mm x Height 292.1 mm, 350 dpi, tiff
- Tags
- medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, emphysema
- Production Technology
- Created using Cinema 4D, a 3D modeling program, 3D models, and hand-painting in Photoshop, using a stylus and tablet on a Mac.
- Design Challenge
- The artist sought to create an air-filled inner landscape with galactic depth conveying the breathlessness that can come with emphysema.
- Research
- The artist reviewed bronchial anatomy and the pathophysiological changes of emphysema by studying radiological images and cat scan images to ensure accuracy. She then built a complex bronchiole tree using rendered 3D models, and hand-painted the structural alterations of the lung’s alveoli air sacs that occur in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease of emphysema. As the walls of the alveoli become thin, they break down and merge, forming larger, fewer air sacs. This creates one larger air space instead of many small ones and reduces the surface area available for gas exchange. The remaining alveoli become abnormally large and inflated, further reducing the surface area for gas exchange. This cumulative structural change in the tissue causes the lungs to become less elastic, making it difficult to exhale air effectively.
- Inspiration
- Developing atmospheric perspective and depth of field was important to convey the inner space scene within the lungs. The image was created with a 3D software model and developed as an illustration in Photoshop.
- Project Duration
- The project was in development for two weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
- Operation Flow
- The work depicts a frozen moment in time reflecting the devastation of lung function wrought by emphysematic changes to the air sacs of the lungs.
- Patents
- Copyright belongs to Cynthia Turner, 2023. VA 2-366-423
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
Image #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner / Alexander and Turner Medical Illustration Studio / Emphysema, 2023
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