As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas by Bowen Shen

As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas by Bowen Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award in Generatyvinis, algoritminis, parametrinis ir DI dizainas Competition Category.

BronzinisGeneratyvinis· 2026

As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas

by Bowen Shen

Client: Bowen Shen

Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award Winner in Generatyvinis Category

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The Design

About As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas

Ši generatyviojo meno serija vaizduoja kasdienes vaikystės akimirkas, kurtas naudojant dirbtinio intelekto pagalba sukurtus vaizdus. Darbas sutelkia dėmesį į tokias scenas kaip mokyklos pertraukos, ramūs vasaros popietės namuose ir Naujųjų metų šventimas, įkvėptas išgyventos patirties Šiaurės Kinijoje. Sukurta naudojant kreipiamuosius nurodymus ir rankinį vizualinį redagavimą, serija pirmenybę teikia realizmui, kartu leisdama subtilius vizualinius netobulumus, kurie atspindi, kaip atmintis išsaugo jausmą, o ne tikslias detales.

The Recognition

About the Bronzinis apdovanojimas A' Design Award

As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas laimėjo Bronzinį apdovanojimą A' Design Award, labai prestižinį pripažinimą, skiriamą išskirtiniams dizainams, kuriuos žymi kūrybiškumas, išradingumas ir sumanumas. Bronzos laureatai yra pakankamai įgudę ir stulbinamai kūrybingi dirbiniai, patvirtinantys jų kūrėjų didelę patirtį, vaizduotę ir išteklių gausą. Tikimasi, kad As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas bus aukštai vertinamas, žavimas ir brangus daiktas, žymiai profesionalus ir novatoriškas. Šis Bronziniu apdovanojimu įvertintas dizainas įtraukia geriausias praktikas mene, moksle, dizaine ir technologijose ir yra puikus dėl dėmesio detalėms. As I Remember Them Generatyvusis menas puikiai tenkina poreikius, paliečia troškimus, žavi jausmus ir traukia smalsumą.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: As I Remember Them is a generative art series that visualizes fragments of memory, emotion, and longing. It is an attempt to reconstruct the past through the lens of imagination.
Dimensions & Packaging: 1856 x 2464px image series
Tags: Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
Production Technology: This series was created with MidJourney, using iterative prompting and reference-based descriptions to shape culturally specific scenes. Outputs were then refined in Photoshop through compositing, retouching, and color adjustments, ensuring the final work aligned with my artistic vision and emotional intent.
Design Challenge: The greatest challenge was translating personal, culturally specific memories into AI-generated images. MidJourney lacked context for the textures of Northern Chinese life, requiring me to break scenes into elements, source references, and iteratively refine prompts. Balancing realism with the quirks of AI output, and deciding when to embrace its distortions, was both the obstacle and the creative breakthrough.
Research: Process documentation: https://bit.ly/49OvkvG

Type of Research: Practice-based creative research.
Research Objectives: To explore how AI can represent personal and culturally specific memories.
Methodology: Iterative visual experimentation and technical study.
Data Collection and Tools: Memory recall, curated reference images, MidJourney style parameters, prompting techniques, Photoshop.
Participants or Experiments: Repeated prompt and image generation cycles.
Results: Increased control over style, detail, and emotional accuracy.
Insights and Impacts: Structured prompting reduces emotional flatness in AI art.
Real Life Effects: Encourages more human-centered AI use in design and visual storytelling.
Inspiration: Bothered by how often GenAI outputs felt soulless, the project set out to render a deeply soulful subject, the emotional landscape of childhood.

I grew up in Northern China, in a hometown changed by time and distance. Through prompting, storytelling, and hands-on editing, I recreated scenes that linger in me: recess, summer solitude, New Year warmth, while embracing GenAI quirks that reflect how memory distorts and softens.
Project Duration: The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
Operation Flow: The generative art is experienced through sequential viewing. Each image presents a self-contained moment, allowing viewers to pause, observe, and form personal associations. The series encourages slow viewing rather than interaction through controls, inviting audiences to connect individual scenes to their own memories and emotional experiences.