Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze in Ubuhanzi Bwiza Competition Category.
BuronzeUbuhanzi Bwiza· 2025
Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze Winner in Ubuhanzi Bwiza Category
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The Design
About Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa
Umwandiko w'Igitabo: Elysium Echoes ni igishushanyo mbonera cy'ubuhanzi kizenguruka gisesengura umubano uri hagati y'impinduka z'ibidukikije n'ubuzima bw'umuntu. Iki gikorwa gikozwe mu ibinyabuzima bya resin, ibyuma na acrylic, hifashishijwe ibice byacapwe mu buryo bwa 3D n'umutwe uzenguruka, kandi kigizwe n'uburebure bwa santimetero 45 ku 45 ku 50. Ibice bitatu bigaragaza imiterere y'umuntu, iy'inzibacyuho, ndetse n'iy'ikiremwamuntu cy'ejo hazaza. Uko kizunguruka bidatuza bisenya kandi bigasubiramo kongera guhuza ibi bice, bigaragaza impinduka z'ihindagurika ry'ibinyabuzima. Iki gishushanyo gitumira abarebe gutekereza ku ikoranabuhanga, ibidukikije, ndetse n'ejo hazaza h'ikiremwamuntu.
The Recognition
About the Igihembo cya A' Design Award cya Buronze
Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa 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. Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa 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. Elysium Echoes Umumaro w'Ibanze: Igishushanyo mbonera cy'Ubuhanzi Bugezweho Gishobora Kwimurwa ishimisha ibyo dukeneye, ikora ku byifuzo byacu, itwara amarangamutima yacu kandi ikurura amatsiko yacu.
Behind the Design
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- 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
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