Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina by Yingri Guan

Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina by Yingri Guan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Apamemea in Mamanu Fa'atupu Competition Category.

ApamemeaMamanu Fa'atupu· 2020

Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina

by Yingri Guan

Client: ARiceStudio

A' Design Award Apamemea Winner in Mamanu Fa'atupu Category

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The Design

About Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina

E ala i le tuʻufaʻatasiga o fuainumera matatiʻa, ana o le fausaga faʻatulagaina o fausaga faʻatulagaina, o faʻatusatusaina o faʻamatalaga fuainumera, o se faʻasologa o faʻatusa ata na faia e ala i le faʻatulagaina o mamanu. O le Yingri Guan e vaai faalemafaufau i mamanu o le ana e ala i le gaosia fausaga. Na ia suia ia faʻamatalaga i totonu o le tolu-dimensional faapipiiina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Apamemea

O le A' Design Award Apamemea na manumalo ai Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu ese e iloga i le fatufatuaʻi, le atamai ma le poto. O ē manumalo i le Apamemea o mea e iai le tomai atoa ma fatufatuaʻi mataʻina e faamaonia ai le poto masani tele, le mafaufau ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina e avea ma mea e vivii tele, ua pelepelea, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Apamemea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili i le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi ma e sili ona lelei i le mataituina o mea itiiti. Cava Malamalama Faapipiiina e faamalieina matagofie manaʻoga, pa i manaʻo, faalataina lagona ma faaosofia le fia iloa.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This project is generated using mathematical methods to visualize cave patterns and formation. Caves are formed by water going through rocks and deposit minerals through this process. This piece expresses this formation process while abstract the relationship between the patterns in the cave and also different rocks.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 228 mm x Depth 62 mm x Height 508 mm
Tags: generative, abstract, light, LED, cave, imagination, design, art, visualization
Production Technology: This Cava series is realized through, first generating a series of images and vectors based on the analytical processes of the cave formations. Then those shapes are etched onto acrylic glass using a laser cutter. The final process is to assemble together the etched acrylic glass, LED lights and the pedestals.
Design Challenge: During the process, the most challenging aspect was how to abstract naturally occurring visual patterns and formations into an abstract mathematical formula that can be implemented and substitute using different values to create different images.
Research: The initial research was carried out through traveling to the mountains and seeing the physical caves myself. I was totally in awe of how these rocks were formed. Afterward, a few sessions of online reading and coding explorations were carried out. Once I have figured out the situation, then mathematical formula was applied to the different values to figure out the actual cave objects.
Inspiration: This piece is inspired by the cave formations and different patterns in the caves. The cave generation is a long and iterative process. It's completely organic.
Project Duration: This series of artwork spans across 6 months to complete and was created in the San Francisco Bay Area
Operation Flow: These lights could be installed in houses, interior spaces and so on. They can be installed singularly or in different numbers to accommodate what's the best spatially.
Patents: IP pending
Team Members: Yingri Guan
Image Credits: Yingri Guan, 2019