Flora Umzekeliso by Cynthia Turner is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Igrafikhi Competition Category.

InsimbiIgrafikhi· 2020

Flora Umzekeliso

by Cynthia Turner

Client: Alexander & Turner Studio

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Igrafikhi Category

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The Design

About Flora Umzekeliso

UFlora ungumfanekiso ophusile wokuqhakambisa ubuciko kanye nokuxoxelwa kwendalo komculi, okubonisa ukugeleza kwezimpawu zemvelo yama-microbiota ahlanganiswe yisimo se-ghurric gastric. Ukuqhakaza kuboniswa ngamacembe weBacteroidetes, Bifidobacteriam, ne-Enterococcus, izingqwembe zeLactobacillus kanye ne-stamens ye-Enterococcus faecalis eyakhiwe ngeziqu ze-Escherichia coli. Imbali ngokwayo ivela emabeleni weClostridium. I-Bacillus Cereus, amagciwane amade amise okwenziwe ngenduku esigabeni sawo se-arthomitus anamathiselwe yimicu ku-epithelium yamathumbu, akhula ngokufiphala, kanye ne-sporrate.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Flora Umzekeliso iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Flora Umzekeliso ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Flora Umzekeliso iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

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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.