Flora 插图 by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.

铁平面· 2020

Flora 插图

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander & Turner Studio

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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The Design

About Flora 插图

Flora是一个幻想插图，旨在促进艺术家的创造力和讲故事，描绘了受搅动的胃环境施肥的胃肠道菌群的开花。开花的细菌包括拟杆菌，双歧杆菌和肠球菌的花瓣，乳杆菌的雌蕊和粪肠球菌的雄蕊，它们栖息在大肠杆菌的茎上。花本身出现在梭状芽胞杆菌的茎上。蜡状芽孢杆菌（Bacillus Cereus）是处于杆状关节炎阶段的长杆状细菌，通过纤维附着在肠上皮上，呈丝状生长并形成孢子。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Flora 插图是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Flora 插图将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Flora 插图因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Creating a visual pun on the idea that gastric flora might be blossoming flowers in the digestive tract, the artist set out to create a flower composed of the bacteria found in the gut.
Dimensions & Packaging: 17.5" x 12", 350 dpi, tiff
Tags: medical illustration, biomedical artist, visual science, pharmaceutical advertising, biotechnology advertising
Production Technology: Created using Cinema 4D, a 3D modeling program, and Photoshop on a Mac.
Design Challenge: Creating a flower that both looked like a flower, but was also easily recognized as being constructed of recognizable bacteria required a creative balance between the two.
Research: The artist researched the common bacteria, called flora, of the gut. The artist studied electron micrographs depicting these different bacteria, and created 3D models of the different bacteria. The artist arranged the 3D-modeled bacteria to construct a flower, using different bacteria for different parts of the flower. The churning gastric juices and primordial environment of the gut comprises the environment from which the flower grows. The flower springs forth from the microvilli found in the lining of the small intestine.
Inspiration: The artist is a certified medical illustrator working in the advertising and marketing of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Self promotional work created for clients, and prospective clients, is a chance to promote the artist's creativity, artistry and storytelling skills in visual science.
Project Duration: The project was in development for three weeks at the artist's studio in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, USA.
Operation Flow: The illustration is meant to be enjoyable and memorable by playing on the pun of gastric flora.
Patents: Copyright belongs to Cynthia Turner, 2019.
Photograph Copyright belongs to Victor Joseph Stefanchik, 2019.
Video Copyright belongs to Cynthia Turner, 2020.
Video Sound Copyright belongs to Artist Matt Harris, Composer Mat Steiner 2020.
Image Credits: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #2: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #3: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #4: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Image No. #5: Illustrator Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2019.
Portrait Photograph, Josef Victor Stefanchik, 2019.
Video Cynthia Turner, Flora, 2020.
Video Sound, Emotional and Inspiring, Artist Matt Harris, Composer Mat Steiner, 2020.