Tide and Stream 藝術裝置 by Huifeng Lin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀獎 in 美術設計 Competition Category.

銀美術· 2020

Tide and Stream 藝術裝置

by Huifeng Lin

Client: Bsa Design

A' Design Award 銀獎 Winner in 美術 Category

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The Design

About Tide and Stream 藝術裝置

《潮汐與川流》係一件為廣州一棟建築而創作嘅藝術裝置。上半部透明嘅部分代表潮汐，象徵由外地帶嚟廣州嘅事物，佢色彩繽紛嘅元素旨在吸引年輕人。下半部金屬嘅部分代表川流，象徵本地內陸嘅事物，堅實而富有意義。承載住廣府文化同廣州人生活態度嘅文字，以活字版嘅形式呈現喺度。呢件裝置由香檳金不鏽鋼、透明亞加力膠同絲印不鏽鋼製成。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀獎

Tide and Stream 藝術裝置是 A' Design Award 銀獎得主，這是授予頂級、華美而令人印象深刻的設計的極為崇高的認可。銀獎得主是極其卓越、極具創造力的作品，展現出其設計師傑出的專業技能、才華與敏銳。預計Tide and Stream 藝術裝置將成為一件出色的典範之作，兼具非凡的專業性與深刻的創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銀獎的設計是一項備受矚目、令人欽佩的發明，造福並拓展藝術、科學、設計和技術的界限。Tide and Stream 藝術裝置是一件令人羨慕的創作，它喚起渴望，帶來積極的情感，並激發驚嘆與讚嘆。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The upper transparent part represents "tide", standing for things brought to Guangzhou from other places. Colorful and dazzling elements are loved by young people. The lower metal part stands for "stream", representing indigenous things of the inland that are strong, rich, and meaningful. Characters we believe that carry the Cantonese culture and Guangzhou people's life attitude are displayed there in the form of movable type plates.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 800mm x Depth 800mm x Height 350mm
Tags: Tide and stream, Pearl River, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Cantonese culture, inclusiveness, dissemination, water culture
Production Technology: Materials: Champaign gold stainless steel, transparent acrylic, silkscreen stainless steel.
Design Challenge: Digital design method was applied for 3D modeling when designing the installation. Since the artist hoped it would be a building entity, structural calculation and incident light calculation were carried out during the design process. The space underneath the installation is the first overhead layer of the building. The streamlined metal shape can form flowing air at the bottom of the building, while allowing natural light to refract at the bottom of and inside the building.
Research: The artist hoped the exquisite and gorgeous appearance could attract young people fond of contemporary art to appreciate the installation. They might discover what's in and behind the installation during the process of appreciation and finally get interested and think about it. The artist provided a trigger point for the audience to reflect on and think about traditional local culture, hoping more people to know about Guangzhou, an ancient and special city, from its developmental history to unique inclusiveness and to its particular role in world cultural exchange and integration.
Inspiration: Through years of the observation of the Pearl River tides, the designer discovered something interesting: the river water is cyan blue at high tide, and is mostly chartreuse at low tide. Cyan blue is the color of the sea while chartreuse is the color of upstream rivers. It seems to tell us the amusing phenomenon that when tides and streams converge, tides flow upward to the land and streams downward to the sea. Based on that, the design team created the artistic installation, Tide and Stream.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2019 and finished in December 2019 in Guangzhou.
Operation Flow: The designers used an artistically abstract way to express the phenomenon of tide upward and stream downward; tried to describe the similar scene where the Chinese and Western cultures collide in Guangzhou; and hoped to make visitors understand the inclusiveness of Guangzhou culture.
Team Members: Chief designer: Huifeng Lin
Designer: Mi Kwan
Designer: Zihao Situ
Designer: Zhiyua Pan
Designer: Qigang Feng
Design company: BSA DESIGN
Image Credits: Image #1-Image #5: Photographer Y studio
Main image is Image #1, Optional Image #1 is Image #2, Optional Image #2 is Image #3, Optional Image #3 is Image #4, Optional Image #4 is Image #5.