Cava Whakaurunga Maama by Yingri Guan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Hanga, Hātepe, Tawhā me te AI-Āwhina Competition Category.

ParahiHoahoa Hanga· 2020

Cava Whakaurunga Maama

by Yingri Guan

Client: ARiceStudio

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Hoahoa Hanga Category

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The Design

About Cava Whakaurunga Maama

Na roto i te whakakotahi i nga tauira paerau, ko nga kokonga hanganga kohanga o te kohuke, he kohinga kohinga kohinga, he maha nga whakaahua vector i hangaia ma te hoahoa whakahiato. Kei te whakaatu a Yingri Guan i nga tauira raima na roto i nga hoahoa whakaputa. Ka hurihia e ia enei raraunga kia toru nga waahanga whakaurunga.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Cava Whakaurunga Maama te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Cava Whakaurunga Maama he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Cava Whakaurunga Maama i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This project is generated using mathematical methods to visualize cave patterns and formation. Caves are formed by water going through rocks and deposit minerals through this process. This piece expresses this formation process while abstract the relationship between the patterns in the cave and also different rocks.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 228 mm x Depth 62 mm x Height 508 mm
Tags: generative, abstract, light, LED, cave, imagination, design, art, visualization
Production Technology: This Cava series is realized through, first generating a series of images and vectors based on the analytical processes of the cave formations. Then those shapes are etched onto acrylic glass using a laser cutter. The final process is to assemble together the etched acrylic glass, LED lights and the pedestals.
Design Challenge: During the process, the most challenging aspect was how to abstract naturally occurring visual patterns and formations into an abstract mathematical formula that can be implemented and substitute using different values to create different images.
Research: The initial research was carried out through traveling to the mountains and seeing the physical caves myself. I was totally in awe of how these rocks were formed. Afterward, a few sessions of online reading and coding explorations were carried out. Once I have figured out the situation, then mathematical formula was applied to the different values to figure out the actual cave objects.
Inspiration: This piece is inspired by the cave formations and different patterns in the caves. The cave generation is a long and iterative process. It's completely organic.
Project Duration: This series of artwork spans across 6 months to complete and was created in the San Francisco Bay Area
Operation Flow: These lights could be installed in houses, interior spaces and so on. They can be installed singularly or in different numbers to accommodate what's the best spatially.
Patents: IP pending
Team Members: Yingri Guan
Image Credits: Yingri Guan, 2019