Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu in Sumak Ruray Kamay Competition Category.

BurunsiSumak Ruray· 2025

Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu Winner in Sumak Ruray Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana

Elysium Echoes nisqaqa muyuq arte ruwanam, kaqmi kawsay pachapi tikrakuykunapa runa kawsayninwan tinkuyninta qhawachin. Kay ruwanaqa rurasqam resina, metal, acrilicowan, kimsa dimensionpi imprimisqa t'inkikunawan hinaspa muyuchiq motorwan, 45 cm x 45 cm x 50 cm sayaynin. Kimsa t'aqasqan runa, tikrakuy hinaspa runamanta hukman rikch'ayta rikuchin. Sapa kuti muyuykuyqa kay kimsa t'aqakunata t'aqaspa hukmanta tantachin, evolucion tikrakuykunata rikuchinanpaq. Kay ruwanaqa yuyaymanachiwanchik teknologiamanta, ecologiamanta hinaspa runakunaq hamuq pachanmanta.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu

Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana A' Design Award Burunsi Premiu mishak kan, jatun yupaychay, kayta mana shuk shina, mushuk yuyaypi, yuyaypi shinallatak chaskik kaypi riksishka diseñukunaman kun. Burunsi mishak kashkakunaka ruray ushayta charik shinallatak mancharina mushuk rurashkakunami, paykunata rurakkunapak achka yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ruray ushayta rikuchinku. Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana sinchi yupaychashka, kuyashka shinallatak riksishka shuk ruray kanata munanku, ruray yuyaywan shinallatak mushuk yuyaywan. Kay Burunsi Premiu japishka diseñuka arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojíapi ashtawan alli ruraykunata tantachin shinallatak ima ukumanta rikuypi sumak kan. Elysium Echoes Muyuq Kawsay Ruwana mañaykunata alli paktachin, munaykunata llankan, shunkuta kuyachin shinallatak yachayta munayta kallarichin.

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