Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Bonono bo Botle le Diketso tsa Bonono Competition Category.
BoronseBonono bo Botle· 2025
Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang
by Yiru Wang
Client: SaturnVII Studio
Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Bonono bo Botle Category
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The Design
About Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang
Mongolo wa Buka: Elysium Echoes ke sebopeho sa bonono se potolohang se hlahlobang kamano lipakeng tsa phetoho ya tikoloho le tshoarelo ya botho. Mosebetsi ona o entswe ka resin, tshepe le acrylic, o na le likarolo tse hatisitsweng ka mokgwa wa 3D le entjene e potolohang, mme o na le boholo ba disentimetara tse 45 ka 45 ka 50. Dikarolo tse tharo di emela mefuta e meraro: batho, phetoho, le mora-batho. Ho potoloha ho sa kgaotseng ho hlakola le ho kopanya dikgato tsena hape ho hlahisa maikutlo a phetoho ya tlholeho. Sebopeho sena se mema batho ho nahana ka theknoloji, tikoloho le bokamoso ba botho.
The Recognition
About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award
Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Elysium Echoes Mosebetsi o ka Sehloohong: Sebopeho sa Bonono ba Sejoale-joale se Tsamaisehang e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.
Behind the Design
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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
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