Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa by Yiru Wang

Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa by Yiru Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award in Uyilo loBugcisa obuHle kunye nokuFakwa kwoBugcisa Competition Category.

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Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa

by Yiru Wang

Client: SaturnVII Studio

Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Winner in Ubugcisa obuHle Category

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The Design

About Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa

Isicatshulwa Sencwadi: I-Elysium Echoes ngumtsalane wobugcisa ojikelezayo ophonononga ubudlelwane phakathi kotshintsho lwendalo nokusinda kwabantu. Lo msebenzi wenziwe ngesinongo se-resin, isinyithi kunye ne-acrylic, unamacandelo apapashwe ngendlela ye-3D kunye nomatshini ojikelezayo, kwaye ubungakanani bawo ngu-45 nge-45 kwaye ngu-50 zeesentimitha. Amacandelo amathathu amele imifanekiso yobuntu, eyokuguqulwa kunye neyasemva kobuntu. Ukujikeleza okuqhubekayo kuphazamisa kwaye kudibanise le manqanaba ukubonisa utshintsho lwendaleko yendalo. Lo mtsalane umema abantu ukuba bacinge nzulu ngobuchwepheshe, indalo kunye nekamva loluntu.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. Elysium Echoes Umsebenzi Ophambili Wokuqhubeka Njengoko Kwenzeka: Umtsalane Wobugcisa Bale Mihla Onokushukunyiswa iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

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