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Spirit of Earth 실외 조명 by Jingyi Miao and Zou Hu

Spirit of Earth 실외 조명 by Jingyi Miao and Zou Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 동상 in 조명 제품 및 기구 디자인 Competition Category.


동조명· 2024

Spirit of Earth 실외 조명

by Jingyi Miao and Zou Hu

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 조명 Category

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The Design

About Spirit of Earth 실외 조명

야외 공사 중, 디자인 팀은 레이저 수평기의 레이저가 잔디를 가로지를 때 장엄한 시각적 광경을 만들어낸다는 것을 관찰했습니다. 이 실외 조명은 선형 레이저를 사용하여 잔디밭을 평행하게 가로지르며 비추고, 잔디밭 전체가 산란된 녹색 광점으로 빛나게 합니다. 사용 시 광점들이 위아래로 요동치며 마치 잔디가 우아하게 춤추는 듯, 대지의 정령 같습니다. 이 디자인은 지속 가능한 발전 개념에 따라 더 적은 에너지로 더 넓은 잔디밭을 조명하고 더 풍부한 시각적 경험을 제공하는 것을 목표로 합니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Spirit of Earth 실외 조명, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Spirit of Earth 실외 조명, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Spirit of Earth 실외 조명, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
This design aims to achieve more grassland lighting and richer visual experience with less energy, adhering to the concept of sustainable development.
This outdoor lighting uses a linear laser to sweep across the grassland in parallel and illuminate it, causing the entire grassland to shine with scattered green light spots. When in use, the light dots fluctuate up and down, as if the grass is dancing gracefully, like the spirit of earth.
Dimensions & Packaging
During the design process, we created product models of different sizes and screened them based on outdoor visual effects and interaction with lasers to obtain the best product size. After ergonomic testing, the product was selected in the following dimensions: 180 mm x 130 mm x 230 mm.
This size allows the product to have a sense of volume and presentation outdoors, and can blend with the surrounding green light spots to present a magnificent visual effect together.
Tags
Outdoor Lighting, Sustainable Design, Natural Beauty, Art Installations, Design for Impoverished Areas
Production Technology
The core structure of this product is a glass bottle with an LED screen and a laser irradiation device inside, which are respectively used to simulate the effect of sprites flying in the bottle and emit laser light to illuminate the grass. The laser irradiation device is fixed on a "dual track servo structure", so that the emitted laser can flexibly swing in both horizontal and vertical directions, allowing the light dots on the grass to fly up and down gracefully.
Design Challenge
The difficulties in project mainly focus on the dynamic effects of lasers, as we hope that the light spots on the grass should look like the spirits of earth are dancing dynamically and naturally. The light effect of the LED screen simulating the sprites flying around in the jar also needs to be coordinated with the dynamic light spots on the grass to present the visual scene collectively. After multiple adjustments to the programming, the overall lighting has achieved a unified visual effect.
Research
In the early stages of design, by consulting academic papers related to camping economy and rural construction, and conducting investigations in landscape and rural areas, we found that the utilization rate of grassland at night is low, which is a waste of land resources. At present, China is developing the economy of rural areas through tourism. We conducted experiments in "Nanting Village" in Guangzhou, using the existing grassland for light show and improved the economy of the village by 20%.
Inspiration
During an outdoor building construction, we observed that when a laser from gradienter sweeps across the grass, it can create a magnificent visual spectacle. The linear laser will penetrate through the grass leaves, illuminating the entire grassland, producing scattered light dots, like a large area of fireflies. We hope to use this stunning effect to design an outdoor lighting product and apply it to rural places, in order to drive the tourism and economic development of impoverished areas.
Project Duration
The project started in July 2022 and finished in April 2023 in Guangzhou, China, and was exhibited in the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in June 2023.
Operation Flow
This product uses a linear laser to sweep across the grass in parallel, causing the entire grassland to shine with scattered green light spots. When in use, open the lid of bottle to turn on the product. The bottle would slowly lights up with a green light, as if the spirits are curiously pouring into the jar and flying in it. Then, as the light dots gushed out of the jar, the laser began to sweep across the grass, emitting light spots on the grass, as if the grass is dancing gracefully.

According to the assessment by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC 60825-1), Class 1 lasers, like the one utilized in this design, are considered safe under all conditions and pose no harm to living beings' eyes or bodies and the ecosystem.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Jingyi Miao, 2023.
Team Members
Miao Jingyi
Zou Hu
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Qian Kai, Spirit of Earth, 2023.
Image #2: Photographer Qian Kai, Spirit of Earth, 2023.
Image #3: Photographer Qian Kai, Spirit of Earth, 2023.
Image #4: Photographer Qian Kai, Spirit of Earth, 2023.
Image #5: Photographer Qian Kai, Spirit of Earth, 2023.

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