Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Varahina in Famolavolana Zavakanto sy Fampisehoana Zavakanto Competition Category.

VarahinaZavakanto· 2025

Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

A' Design Award Varahina Winner in Zavakanto Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina

Elysium Echoes dia fikirakirana zavakanto miolikolika izay mikaroka ny fifandraisan'ny fiovan'ny tontolo iainana sy ny fahavelomana maharitry ny olombelona. Vita amin'ny resin, metaly ary acrylic ny asa soratra, misy singa nasiam-panontam-boninkazo telo-dimansiona ary maotera miolikolika, ary ny refiny dia 45 amin'ny 45 amin'ny 50 santimetatra. Misy fizarana telo maneho ny endrik'olombelona, ny endrika mifandrindra, ary ny endrika aorian'ny olombelona. Ny fihodinana tsy tapaka dia manova sy mampiray indray ireo dingana ireo mba hanoro ny fivadiam-pihavian-javamananaina. Ny fikirakirana dia manasa ny mpijery hisaintsaina momba ny teknolojia, ny tontolo iainana, ary ny hoavin'ny olombelona.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Varahina

Nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ny famolavolana Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina, fankasitrahana malaza be omena ny famolavolana miavaka izay mampiavaka ny fahaiza-mamorona, ny fahazotoana ary ny fahamaotinan-tsaina. Ny mpandresy Varahina dia zavatra vita tanana mahay dia mahay ary mamorona mivantana izay manamafy ny traikefa be dia be, ny sarintsaina ary ny fahaizan-kafoy an'ny mpamolavola azy. Andrasana ho zavatra ankasitrahana be, ankafizina ary tiana, mahay amin'ny asa sady vaovao ny famolavolana Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina. Ity famolavolana nandresy ny A' Design Award Varahina ity dia mitahiry ny fomba fanao tsara indrindra amin'ny zavakanto, ny siansa, ny famolavolana ary ny teknolojia, ary tsara indrindra amin'ny fitandremana ny antsipirihany. Ny famolavolana Elysium Echoes Fikirakirana Zavakanto Miolikolika Maoderina dia mahafa-po ny filana tsara, mikasika ny faniriana, mahasarika ny fihetseham-po ary misarika ny fahalianana.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Elysium Echoes explores the complex relationship between environmental change and human survival in a post-humanist era. It examines how humanity's evolving bond with the environment is influenced by the balance between technological progress and ecological sustainability.
Dimensions & Packaging: 45*45*50cm
Tags: 3D Printing, Art Installation, Interdisciplinary Art, FutureEcology, ContemporaryTechArt
Production Technology: Rotating Motor, 3D Printing, Resin, Metal, Acrylic
Design Challenge: Elysium Echoes deconstructs the complex bond between humans and nature, prompting reflection on technological progress and its impact on life and evolution. As humanity's influence grows, a crucial question arises: should we reshape nature in the name of technology? Though the "post-human era" remains uncertain, it echoes a warning—our pursuit to replace the Creator may not unfold as envisioned.
Research: This research uses a speculative, practice-led approach to explore how technological progress reshapes humanity’s relationship with nature in the Anthropocene. Grounded in post-humanist theory, it critiques ethical ambiguities of ecological intervention and envisions alternative evolutionary paths. Through immersive installation art, kinetic prototyping, and participatory observation, a rotating structure (human/transitional/post-human) simulates evolutionary disruption. Data from 87 interviews, audience analytics, and impact simulations reveal a tension between techno-optimism and ecological humility, with 73% reconsidering humanity’s stewardship. The work advocates for ethical, interdisciplinary governance and positions design as a mediator between science and societal values.
Inspiration: In the post-human era, I explore how shifting environments and productivity levels shape human gene selection. Technological progress aids adaptation, yet sudden ecological upheaval risks collapsing our systems, regressing productivity and forcing genetic adaptation to dominate survival. Here, mutation emerges as life’s most reliable tool.
Project Duration: London Design Week 14–21 September 2024
Dutch Design Week 19–27 October 2024
Operation Flow: This dynamic installation explores biodiversity and evolution in the transition from humans to post-humans. Comprising three parts—human, transitional forms, and post-human—it rotates continuously, disrupting and recombining stages to simulate evolutionary shifts and new species. The work challenges biological boundaries and provokes thought on evolution, technology, and humanity’s future.
Team Members: YIRU WANG