Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali by Midori Yamazaki

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali by Midori Yamazaki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ubuhanzi bwa Murandasi Competition Category.

BuronzeUbuhanzi bwa Murandasi· 2024

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali

by Midori Yamazaki

Client: Out of Blue

Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ubuhanzi bwa Murandasi Category

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The Design

About Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali

Iki gihangano ni ishusho yerekana imiterere y'akanya y'umuraba w'amazi ufite imiterere nziza ku bakina ku mazi, bishimisha ku maso kandi bigatanga abareba urujijo rwiza icyarimwe. Byakozwe binyuze mu nzira yo guhanga ihurira hagati y'ikoranabuhanga n'ibintu bifatika, bivanga ukuri n'ukuri rwa digitali mu bufatanye na EPFL. Bigamije gutanga uburambe mu isi kamere kandi bikemeza imbaraga zinoze z'ubushobozi bw'umuntu bwo gutekereza buhitamo uburambe bw'ubugeni mu buryo bukomeye kugira ngo twubake ejo hazaza heza. Kumva ko umuntu ahari bizahoraho buhoraho, ndetse no mu gihe kizaza aho ukuri kuzaba mu ruzuzu.

The Recognition

About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze

Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali ni uwegukanye Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze, ishimwe ry'agaciro gakomeye ritangwa ku bishushanyo by'indashyikirwa birangwa no guhanga, ubwenge n'ubushishozi. Abegukanye Buronze ni ibihangano bifite ubuhanga bwinshi kandi bihanga cyane, bishimangira uburambe, ubwenge n'ubushobozi bw'ababihanze. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali biteganyijwe ko izaba ikintu cyubahwa, gishimwa kandi gikundwa, gifite ubunyamwuga n'udushya. Iki gishushanyo cyegukanye Buronze gikoresha uburyo bwiza mu buhanzi, ubumenyi, ubushushanyo n'ikoranabuhanga kandi kirarenze mu gutaha ku tuntu duto. Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse Ibihangano bya Dijitali ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: This artwork is a visualisation of the momentary shape of a wave in perfect shape for surfing, which retains its aesthetics forever, through a creative process that mixes reality and virtual reality. It attempts to generate an experience in nature and reaffirms the supple strength of human cognitive abilities that select actively beautiful experiences to create a better future, and a sense of human existence that will remain unchanged forever, even in a future where reality is in chaos.
Dimensions & Packaging: Video: Width 1920px X Height 1080px Static image: Width 460mm X Height 305mm
Tags: wave, nature, science, visualization, digitalart, digitalfabrication
Production Technology: The artwork was created through a playful creative process, between digital and physical, 2D and 3D, mixing reality and virtual reality. The hand-drawn intuitive sketches of waves and the simulation of ‘good waves’ suitable for surfing using ocean physics were combined to create the shape using stone powder in collaboration with EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne). The three-views that merged the two methods were used to create the hand-formed shapes. Surprisingly the aesthetic curves from the skilled hand-drawn sketches were very close to the simulation. And the sculptures were 3D scanned, output onto transparent materials, and photographed in the actual sea to create the digital artwork.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge in this research was to design an interaction that generates an awareness of what could reaffirm the supple strength of human cognitive abilities that actively select beautiful experiences to create a better future and a sense of human existence that will remain unchanged forever in the chaotic era. To this end, we attempted to create the artwork through a playful creative process between digital and physical, 2D and 3D, mixing reality and virtual reality.
Research: The research question for this artwork is what design can help to make you connected to nature in order to live better in the chaotic era of reality and intended to express the momentary shape of a wave in perfect shape for surfing, which retains its aesthetics forever. It was created by mixing reality and virtual reality in collaboration with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. It generates the experience in nature and reaffirms the supple strength of human cognitive abilities.
Inspiration: Modern technology makes it easy to replicate visual representations that are indistinguishable from reality these days. The metaverse has become one of the spaces in which we humans exist, and the definition of existence is being distorted. However, we live in ever-changing times and continue to evolve, recognising and accepting flexibly the chaos of reality and the unreality that technology brings. The artwork attempts to express eternal existence with positive hope.
Project Duration: This artwork was launched worldwide, in May 2023. It will be open to the public for a minimum of five years. (It will be extended wherever possible).
Operation Flow: These are videos and static images as digital artworks.
Image Credits: Image #1: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #2: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #3: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #4: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.
Image #5: Image Midori Yamazaki, Waiting for the Wave in Metaverse, 2023.