Bronzová Generatívny dizajn · 2026
As I Remember Them Generatívne umenie
by Bowen Shen
- Bronzová cena A' Design Award 2026 in Generatívny dizajn
- CLIENT: Bowen Shen
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 11,969
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About As I Remember Them Generatívne umenie
Táto séria generatívneho umenia zobrazuje každodenné chvíle z detstva prostredníctvom tvorby obrazov s podporou umelej inteligencie. Dielo sa zameriava na výjavy ako školská prestávka, tiché letné popoludnia doma a oslavy Nového roka, čerpajúc zo skutočných zážitkov zo severnej Číny. Séria, vytvorená pomocou riadeného zadávania pokynov a manuálnej vizuálnej úpravy, kladie dôraz na realizmus, no zároveň pripúšťa jemné vizuálne nepravidelnosti, ktoré odrážajú, ako spomienky uchovávajú skôr pocit než presný detail.
About the Bronzová cena A' Design Award
As I Remember Them Generatívne umenie je laureát Bronzovej ceny A' Design Award, vysoko prestížneho uznania udeľovaného vynikajúcim dizajnom, ktoré sa vyznačujú kreativitou, vynaliezavosťou a bystrosťou. Laureáti Bronzovej ceny sú plne zručné a nápadne kreatívne artefakty, ktoré potvrdzujú rozsiahle skúsenosti, predstavivosť a zdatnosť svojich dizajnérov. Od As I Remember Them Generatívne umenie sa očakáva, že bude vysoko cenený, obdivovaný a milovaný predmet, pozoruhodne profesionálny a inovatívny. Tento dizajn ocenený Bronzovou cenou A' Design Award zahŕňa najlepšie postupy v umení, vede, dizajne a technológii a vyniká pozornosťou k detailom. As I Remember Them Generatívne umenie skvele uspokojuje potreby, dotýka sa túžob, očarúva city a vzbudzuje zvedavosť.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- As I Remember Them is a generative art series that visualizes fragments of memory, emotion, and longing. It is an attempt to reconstruct the past through the lens of imagination.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1856 x 2464px image series
- Tags
- Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
- Production Technology
- This series was created with MidJourney, using iterative prompting and reference-based descriptions to shape culturally specific scenes. Outputs were then refined in Photoshop through compositing, retouching, and color adjustments, ensuring the final work aligned with my artistic vision and emotional intent.
- Design Challenge
- The greatest challenge was translating personal, culturally specific memories into AI-generated images. MidJourney lacked context for the textures of Northern Chinese life, requiring me to break scenes into elements, source references, and iteratively refine prompts. Balancing realism with the quirks of AI output, and deciding when to embrace its distortions, was both the obstacle and the creative breakthrough.
- Research
- Process documentation: https://bit.ly/49OvkvG
Type of Research: Practice-based creative research.
Research Objectives: To explore how AI can represent personal and culturally specific memories.
Methodology: Iterative visual experimentation and technical study.
Data Collection and Tools: Memory recall, curated reference images, MidJourney style parameters, prompting techniques, Photoshop.
Participants or Experiments: Repeated prompt and image generation cycles.
Results: Increased control over style, detail, and emotional accuracy.
Insights and Impacts: Structured prompting reduces emotional flatness in AI art.
Real Life Effects: Encourages more human-centered AI use in design and visual storytelling. - Inspiration
- Bothered by how often GenAI outputs felt soulless, the project set out to render a deeply soulful subject, the emotional landscape of childhood.
I grew up in Northern China, in a hometown changed by time and distance. Through prompting, storytelling, and hands-on editing, I recreated scenes that linger in me: recess, summer solitude, New Year warmth, while embracing GenAI quirks that reflect how memory distorts and softens. - Project Duration
- The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
- Operation Flow
- The generative art is experienced through sequential viewing. Each image presents a self-contained moment, allowing viewers to pause, observe, and form personal associations. The series encourages slow viewing rather than interaction through controls, inviting audiences to connect individual scenes to their own memories and emotional experiences.
