Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ by Xirui Liao is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Competition Category.

IrinOhun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara· 2022

Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ

by Xirui Liao

Client: Xirui Liao

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ohun Ọ̀ṣọ́ Ara Category

18,255

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #137429

View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ

Fusion jẹ́ akopọ ohun-ọṣọ tí a fi fàdákà ṣe, tí ó ní òrùka àti ọ̀ṣọ́ ọrùn. Alugoridimu kan ń ṣẹ̀dá ẹ̀gbẹ́ Voronoi, tí a lò gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpèjúwe fún ìjọpọ̀ àdánidá ti àwọn àwòrán. Àwọn àwòrán náà so àwọn àbùdá bíi ìtànkálẹ̀ ìyẹ́ labalábá àti ìṣí ìtanná ìtòjọ pọ̀ mọ́ra. Ìwòye láti onírúurú igun ń fi àwọn àbùdá bíomọ́fíkì ọ̀tọ̀ọ̀tọ̀ hàn. Ẹ̀dá méjèèjì jẹ́ mọ́dúlà, nítorí náà wọ́n lè jọ pọ̀ mọ́ àwọn ohun-ọ̀ṣọ́ mìíràn kí a sì wọ̀ wọ́n ní ọ̀nà oríṣiríṣi. A ṣe àwòṣe akopọ náà ní 3D, a tẹ̀ ẹ́ jáde ní 3D, a sì dá a sínú fàdákà nípa lílo ọ̀nà ìdáradára ìdì oyin (lost wax method).

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award

Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Fusion Akopọ Ohun-ọṣọ nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The collection is a fusion of the natural and the artificial, a collaboration between the designer's perceptual thinking and the algorithms. The algorithm is used to generate a Voronoi skeleton as a biological metaphor for the organic connection of forms. Different viewing angles reflect various biomorphic features, creating a subtle sense between the familiar and the unfamiliar. The delicate skeletal structure and lighting effects provide the user with a unique sensory experience.
Dimensions & Packaging: The ring is 54*25*40mm, the necklace is 51*39*45mm.
Tags: organic shape, contemporary jewelry, 3d printing, generative art, jewelry, wearable art, parametric design
Production Technology: 3d-modelling, 3d-printing, lost wax casting, silver
Design Challenge: As an information experience designer who loves to challenge interdisciplinary design, I wanted to integrate the speculative design spirit of my discipline into the accessories, making the collection an inspiring narrative and reflection, more than just an aesthetic expression and decoration. The biggest challenge was integrating narrative and form as I tried to convey a complex idea. At the same time, ergonomics and processing technics also posed a challenge for me.
Research: With the development of genetic science, now we see the most fundamental codes of life as never before and even got hearts made of leaves and kidneys from pigs as transplants. In the future, no doubt more non-human components will become part of us, but what will a man be when he/she/they is made of parts that are not human? We and other creatures on earth evolved from some primordial mass of organic matter, and in the future, we will probably fuse again as one in a genetic way.
Inspiration: This collection is inspired by the concepts of genetic fusion and convergent evolution in biology, extracting the 'genes' of form from different species using movement as logic and fusing them to think about the homology and convergence of biological evolution: 'all as one, one as all.' It takes the movement 'stretch' as a starting point, blending features such as the spreading wings of butterflies, the uncurled back of humans, and the blooming of buds into the design of organic forms.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2021 in London and finished in February 2022 in London, and is not exhibited yet.
Operation Flow: This collection contains two pieces, both are modular, and users can wear them in various ways by combining different accessories.
They can be randomly generated multiple times; each individual is a member of a population, sharing the typical characteristics of the population but unique.
Team Members: Xirui Liao
Image Credits: Image #1-5: Photographer Xirui Liao, Fusion, 2022.