Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Bèlas Arts Competition Category.

BronzeBèlas Arts· 2022

Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica

by Jie Gao and Hengguang Wu

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Bèlas Arts Category

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The Design

About Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica

Estirar e Descobrir es una instalacion artistica facha de quatre produches domestics: un altaparlant, una lampa sus pè, un relòtge e un ventilador. Cada objècte es entièrament envolopat de cuèr, de sòrta que lo son, la lutz, lo temps e lo flux d'aire son escondits. Per utilizar una foncion, lo visitaire deu talhar la cobèrta de cuèr. Lo cuèr e sas etiquetas representan la valor simbolica de las mercandisas, mentre que las pèças interiores provesisson la valor d'usatge. Totas las cobèrtas son formadas a la man a partir de cuèr vegetal de 1,5 mm e mantengudas per de supòrts d'acièr inoxidable. L'òbra questiona la relacion entre signe e foncion dins la consomacion.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze, una reconeissença plan prestigiosa acordada a de designs excellents que se destrian per la creativitat, l'engenh e la finessa. Los ganhaires del Bronze son d'artefactes largament abils e sorprenentament creatius que provan la vasta experiéncia, l'imaginacion e l'engenhositat de lors designers. S'espèra que Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica siá un objècte fòrça considerat, admirat e estimat, notablament professional e innovant. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award de Bronze integra las melhoras practicas de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia e es excellent per son atencion al detalh. Tear and Discover Instalacion Artistica satisfa esplendidament los besonhs, toca los desirs, encanta los sentiments e interèssa la curiositat.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: The work consists of four household products, speaker, floor lamp, clock, and fan, which are covered inside the leather. The leather and labels represent the symbolic value of the goods, while the functional components inside the leather deliver the use-value. This design emphasizes the contradiction between sign and function in the product consumption through a destructive interaction to 'cut' the signed cover and liberate the function.
Dimensions & Packaging: speaker,345*345*1427mm
floor lamp,372*305*1930mm
clock,455*140*100mm
fan，360*200*1610mm
Tags: art, craft, furniture, speaker, floor lamp, clock, fan
Production Technology: This work uses the leather wet shaping craft, the leather surface and stainless steel support form a strong visual tension. The whole set of products is all made of 1.5mm whole vegetable-tanned leather. After soaking for 8 hours, awakening the active protein of the leather and giving the leather better ductility. After it is wrapped on the shaping mold and shaped by hand, giving the product shapes a soft curve and organic sense.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this design is the expression of the mindset.
Firstly, how to express the idea through the design language? After many times discussion, The use of metaphorical forms of wrapping, highlighting and rupture, and contradictory interactions were confirmed.
Secondly, how to shape the leather into the form? This step took many material tests and prototypes before the final form was created.
Research: The work have taken the‘Consumption society’ as our research direction and the commodity as the object for our project. The design want to discuss the relationship between symbol, function, and commodity and reflected on the design. Through research the design aim to express the contradiction between symbolic value and use-value of products in the consumer society where signs are proliferating.
Inspiration: Living in the current era of consumption, symbolic consumption has gradually changed our mindset of on-demand consumption, and the functions of products have been obscured by the virtual signs created by capital. The endless pursuit of the sign has accelerated the waste of material. Therefore the work rethought the relationship among signs, functions, and design.
Project Duration: The project starts in November 2020 in Shanghai and is completed in 2021 in Shanghai, where it will be exhibited in June.
Operation Flow: The work covered by leather, functions are hidden inside——the sound is obscured, the light is covered, the time is hidden, the wind is blocked, in order to use the functions, the user needs to cut the leather through destructive interactions and destroy the complete leather the user's thoughts will be aroused during the interaction.
Patents: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Team Members: Jie Gao
Hengguang Wu
Image Credits: Jie Gao, Hengguang Wu