As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать by Bowen Shen

As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать by Bowen Shen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Бронза бүләге in Генератив, Алгоритмик, Параметрик һәм ЯИ-Ярдәмле Дизайн Competition Category.

БронзаГенератив· 2026

As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать

by Bowen Shen

Client: Bowen Shen

A' Design Award Бронза бүләге Winner in Генератив Category

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The Design

About As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать

Бу генератив сәнгать сериясе ясалма интеллект ярдәмендә ясалган рәсемнәр аша балачакның көндәлек мизгелләрен сурәтли. Эш Төньяк Кытайдагы тормыш тәҗрибәсеннән алынган мәктәптәге тәнәфес, өйдә тыныч җәйге төштән соңнар һәм Яңа ел бәйрәмнәре кебек күренешләргә юнәлтелгән. Юнәлтелгән сораулар һәм кул белән визуаль редакцияләү аша булдырылган бу серия реализмга өстенлек бирә, шул ук вакытта хәтер төгәл детальләрне түгел, ә хисне саклавын чагылдыручы нечкә визуаль тәртипсезлекләргә юл куя.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Бронза бүләге

As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать – A' Design Award Бронза бүләге җиңүчесе, бу иҗат, зирәклек һәм үткенлек белән аерылып торган күренекле дизайннарга бирелә торган бик абруйлы танып белү. Бронза җиңүчеләре – үз дизайнерларының киң тәҗрибәсен, фантазиясен һәм тапкырлыгын раслаучы бик остаз һәм искиткеч иҗади артефактлар. As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать югары бәяләнгән, соклана торган һәм яратыла торган, игътибарга лаеклы профессиональ һәм яңа әйбер булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Бронза бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн сәнгатьтә, фәндә, дизайнда һәм технологиядә иң яхшы практиканы үз эченә ала һәм детальләргә игътибарлылыгы белән искиткеч. As I Remember Them Беренчел функция: Генератив сәнгать ихтыяҗларны искиткеч канәгатьләндерә, теләкләргә кагыла, хисләрне сокландыра һәм кызыксынуны җәлеп итә.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

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.