Zero Circular Light・Zero by Hsin-Kai Tai and Wan-Ting Lin

Zero Circular Light・Zero by Hsin-Kai Tai and Wan-Ting Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 은상 in 조명 제품 및 기구 디자인 Competition Category.

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Zero Circular Light・Zero

by Hsin-Kai Tai and Wan-Ting Lin

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 조명 Category

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The Design

About Zero Circular Light・Zero

이 제품은 빛과 시간, 물과 투명한 유동성을 담아 시간을 보고 만질 수 있게 합니다. 침은 매초 물을 튀기며 작은 파문을 일으키는데, 이는 반복되는 모든 순간이 촉발되는 것과 같습니다. 시간의 완전한 순환 속에서 우리는 물의 다양한 모습을 통해 일상의 독특함과 아름다움을 발견할 수 있습니다. 제로로 끝나고 제로로 태어난다는 말처럼, 우리는 100% 재활용 가능한 유리를 일상 속에 담고자 합니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Zero Circular Light・Zero, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Zero Circular Light・Zero, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Zero Circular Light・Zero, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The variety of this product carries the light and time, water and the transparency of plasticity which makes it can see and touch the time. The pointer will splash the water and cause small ripples per second, like every recurring event which is being triggered. In a whole circle of time, it finds the uniqueness and beautifulness in daily lives from every perspective of water. It uses 100 percent recyclable glass from daily lives, as a saying goes it ends to zero and be born to zero.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 235mm x Depth 235mm x Height 164mm
Tags: circular, light, relax, glass, water, time
Production Technology: This product is cooperated with Spring Pool Glass. It is made of recycled glass and combined with soft light which touches the users’ heart.
Expect to place this product at Spring Pool Glass's cooperative store, such as SIDOLI RADIO and Akau Coffee which have experiential activities regularly. It can attract the target customers who focus on spiritual enjoyment and make the house more comfortable. It not only creates the commercial value but also promotes the sustainability.
Design Challenge: Solving the limitations of shape and modularity in the glass product, finding out the meaning and expression of circular glass, and experiment the different effect between water and light.
Research: The process of recycling glass is quite complex. We try to find materials which similar with glass's characteristics, showing its value of glass in circulation, and bring it into our daily lives. Compared with transparent materials, acrylic shows the advantages of easy processing, but it cannot be recycled like glass. In addition, we find that light, water and time are all changeable media in the relationship between transparency and glass. They exist in various forms in nature. It is hoped that this product will be presented in a way that can produce light and shadow changes, such as ripples spreading and water droplets falling, etc. Finally, we removed the scale and tick tock to prevent people feeling stressed.
Inspiration: Glass is 100 percent recyclable, just like nature and the endless cycle of life. When the glass sand melts at high temperatures, it becomes as soft as water, revealing the subtle relationship between water, transparency and time.
Hope to present all values through the light, and bring the resonance of heart and glass into the products. When light and shadow get into the mind, it brings out the romantic meaning of glass regeneration.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2022 and finished in May 2023.
Exhibited at YODEX Industry-Academia Cooperation in May 2023.
Operation Flow: 1. Stack and assemble from bottom to top.
2. Insert the battery and plug it.
3. Insert the pointer.
4. Pour water into the glass dish and cover it with the glass lid. 5. Feel the changes of light and shadow in a relaxing way.
Team Members: Designer：HSINKAI TAI
Designer：WANTING LIN
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer HSINKAI TAI, Display, 2023. Image #2: Photographer HSINKAI TAI, Shadow, 2023. Image #3: Photographer WANTING LIN, Ripples, 2023. Image #4: Photographer HSINKAI TAI, Atmosphere, 2023. Image #5: Photographer WANTING LIN, Display, 2023.