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A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie by Naai-Jung Shih

A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie by Naai-Jung Shih is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award in Brons in Beeldende Kunst en Kunstinstallatie Ontwerp Competition Category.


BronsBeeldende Kunst· 2017

A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie

by Naai-Jung Shih

Client: Naai-Jung Shih

A' Design Award in Brons Winner in Beeldende Kunst Category

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The Design

About A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie

De ontwerper beschouwt een droom als gewichtloos en transparant. Het is nauwelijks te vangen en toch is het zo realistisch. Hij ontwerpt deze installatie als een manier om de metafoor van de surrealistische aard in een droom te visualiseren. Elk gebogen lid draagt bij aan een deel van een zich voortplantende droom. Hij plaatst de hele ontwerpopstelling op een transparante basis met een lichtbron die naar boven uitsteekt om het gewichtloos te laten aanvoelen alsof het in de lucht zweeft.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Brons

A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie is winnaar van de A' Design Award in Brons, een hoogst prestigieuze erkenning die wordt toegekend aan uitstekende ontwerpen die zich onderscheiden door creativiteit, vindingrijkheid en scherpzinnigheid. Winnaars in Brons zijn ruimschoots vaardige en opvallend creatieve artefacten die de grote ervaring, verbeelding en het vernuft van hun ontwerpers bevestigen. A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie wordt verwacht een hooggewaardeerd, bewonderd en gekoesterd object te zijn dat opmerkelijk professioneel en innovatief is. Dit ontwerp dat de A' Design Award in Brons heeft gewonnen, verwerkt de beste praktijken in kunst, wetenschap, ontwerp en technologie en is uitstekend door zijn aandacht voor detail. A Dream Tafelblad Verlichtingsinstallatie bevredigt schitterend behoeften, raakt verlangens, charmeert gevoelens en spreekt de nieuwsgierigheid aan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
A dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. The entire setting is placed on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air. The installation is also a metaphor of the surrealistic nature of a dream. Each curved linear form contributes to a part of a propagating dream.
Dimensions & Packaging
80*70*35 cm
Tags
lighting installation, dynamic form, metaphor
Production Technology
The design needs a free-form linear member to mimic the blurred boundary of a metaphor. The member needs to be functioned like a canvas for a dreamer to paint upon. The color should be white. After a series of brainstorming searches, a hanger seems a perfect choice.
The installation is hand-chained. Several tests were conducted to the possible connectors, such as steel cables, abs RP filaments, and general ropes. Cable was a good choice at the first place because it held each hanger in position. But it is not transparent. Eventually a transparent 3 mm plastic string was used and surprisingly it held each member in position under tension.
Design Challenge
A pair of linear form is interlocked with two holes on each component for connection. There should be four cables and eight connections when the head and end of the installation meets each other. A new method is developed to layout all four cables on the same path and to chain all the components in one single cable as a closed loop. The development of a close loop has a significant meaning, since a dream seems does not have a specific starting point or ending point.
Research
This is the third design of a series sincerely devotions. Each design contributes a profound study of orders, for elements and light sources. The first two were conducted in a linear form to contrast the body curvature and the end section. The composition of different shapes was also applied. The last one selected a loop to represent an order of form.
Inspiration
The inspiration came from the metaphor of a dream.
Project Duration
This project took about one month and was made in Taipei, Taiwan.
Operation Flow
This light installation is designed to put on a table with the top part slightly lower than eye level. By following the profile, a person can traverse the entire setting inside and outside, up and down, or from any orientation. The relative location between the box and the installation is changeable.
Image Credits
all by Naai Jung Shih

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