Beltman 艺术 by Fan Bai and Jibing Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 美术与艺术装置设计 Competition Category.

铜美术· 2023

Beltman 艺术

by Fan Bai and Jibing Wu

Client: Beijing Wangjianxi Culture and Technology Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 美术 Category

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The Design

About Beltman 艺术

Beltman作品具有高辨识度的创造风格，它具有人的形态，但关节部分却呈现出机械化的样子，仿佛受到了某种支配。它有强烈的情绪和自己的性格。复杂的线条从中心相互纠缠，极致到令人窒息，并逐渐发散、蔓延至全身，变得轻松和简单。它全身的视觉呈现都在传达一个极为简单的概念，控制。设计师试图营造一种美学，在简约中能看到故事，在复杂中能看到秩序。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Beltman 艺术是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Beltman 艺术将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Beltman 艺术出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The work is an integration of art and design, with functions of collectibles, decorations, toys, etc. Simplicity and refinement coexist, integrating deconstruction and structuralism styles. The joint structure is boldly exposed, highlighting the strength, texture, and visual gravity of the whole structural volume. Streamlines create momentum and tension. The details draw rich emotions and storytelling. The interpretation and practice of sustainable design emphasize on rethinking design and harmony with the contemporary way of life between Maximalism and Minimalism.
Dimensions & Packaging: Product dimensions, W 130mm x D 80mm x H 280mm. Package dimensions, W 240mm x D 140mm x H 360mm.
Tags: Metaverse, Artistic Toy, Collectibles, Decoration, Emotions, Sustainable
Production Technology: Featuring the idea of sustainable design, it is entirely digital R&D, a simplified design, hollowing out the internal structure to significantly reduce the material consumption and product weight. The integration is lightweight and durable. Exquisite handy craftsmanship and craftsman spirit empower precise and efficient technology to create a modern art decor with warmth.
Design Challenge: The product structure has high requirements for fineness and details. However, increasing the fineness will increase the consumables and damage rate. Therefore, the research challenge is balancing energy efficiency and minimizing consumables and weight without sacrificing quality.
Research: On the premise of pursuing high quality for design and production, 15 experiments were conducted between the fineness of 0.05 and 0.1 to achieve a balance between precision and the best energy efficiency. This design uses non-uniform thickness hollow-out technology and 3D printing technology. According to different stress positions, the corresponding hollow thickness is emphasized, which significantly improves the qualified rate of finished products, and at the same time, minimizes consumables to achieve the best balance of refinement, weight, and quality.
Inspiration: The real world is undergoing profound changes, and Metaverse brings central and decentralized games. It revolves around one theme “control”. People pursue simplicity and construct rules. At the same time, development and competition come up to complexity, balance, and opposition. The design head to the theme intuitively and innovatively. Regulation and competition, simplicity and complexity, influence each other, and are mutually transferable. Human society has always pursued a kind of “control” that combines balance and opposition.
Project Duration: The project started in 2021 and was completed in 2022.
Operation Flow: With a structural beauty from the Physical World, its shape and character reflect immersive reverie and emotional interaction with the Virtual World. The surface texture reflects the uncertainty of future technology and interacts and blends with people and space.
Patents: Patented. 202130831681.7. Fan Bai. 2021. CN.
Copyrights belong to Fan Bai, 2021.
Team Members: Designer: Fan Bai, Jibing Wu
Image Credits: Image #1: Creator Fan Bai, Beltman, 2022.
Image #2: Creator Fan Bai, Beltman, 2022.
Image #3: Creator Fan Bai, Beltman, 2022.
Image #4: Creator Fan Bai, Beltman, 2022.
Image #5: Creator Fan Bai, Beltman, 2022.