Starry Night 發光蘭花 by Seed Coleus Greenhouse

Starry Night 發光蘭花 by Seed Coleus Greenhouse is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 工程設計 Competition Category.

銅工程· 2023

Starry Night 發光蘭花

by Seed Coleus Greenhouse

Client: National Cheng Kung University

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 工程 Category

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The Design

About Starry Night 發光蘭花

《星夜》係一款透過生物科技工藝培育而成嘅發光蘭花。呢款蘭花透過葉脈吸收符合歐盟標準嘅高熵氧化物之後,就可以喺黑暗中發光,全程無使用任何基因改造技術。花瓣喺夜晚會呈現出精心設計嘅發光圖案,無需任何額外光源,令人聯想起滿天星斗嘅夜空。整體會展現出多種發光色彩。植株尺寸為闊250毫米、長250毫米、高500毫米。設計目的在於為觀賞者帶來寧靜舒緩嘅視覺體驗。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Starry Night 發光蘭花是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Starry Night 發光蘭花將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Starry Night 發光蘭花出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Orchids represent abundance, harvest, fertility, beauty, prosperity, and luxury. White orchids symbolize innocence and purity, as well as elegance and reverence.
This biotechnology enables orchids to glow in the dark through EU-compliant high-entropy oxides that are absorbed using non-genetically modified leaf veins. This technology further enables people to communicate with the glowing orchids in the senses and to feel the beauty and mystery of the glowing orchids in spirits as looking up at the starry night.
Dimensions & Packaging: natural glowing orchids size dimensions, Width 250 mm x length 250 mm x Height 500 mm for physical products.
Tags: glowing orchid, orchid, glowing plant, starry night, starry orchid, Avatar plant
Production Technology: The novel biotechnology creates the world’s first natural glowing orchid in the dark through EU-compliant high-entropy oxides using non-genetically modified leaf veins, which make orchids glow in the designed pattern at night without other light sources in the presentation of a starry night on the petals.
Design Challenge: This is the novel biotechnology to create a really glowing flower. This biotechnology is a NOT genetically modified technology. This biotechnology enables orchids to glow in the dark through EU-compliant high-entropy oxides that are absorbed using non-genetically modified leaf veins, which make orchids glow in the designed pattern at night without other light sources.
Research: Orchids are of various species, colors, and shapes. Orchids are found in almost all ecological environments on earth, except for the cold polar regions or deserts. Its unique flower shape leads to high ornamental value.
This biotechnology enables orchids to glow in the dark through EU-compliant high-entropy oxides that are absorbed using non-genetically modified leaf veins. This technology further enables people to communicate with the starry night on glowing orchids in the senses and to feel the beauty and mystery of the glowing orchids in spirits as the starry night.
Inspiration: There is no need to enter the planet Pandora in a virtual movie. Seeing glowing orchids displaying multi-colored luminescence in a dark night as a starry night, one can feel positive emotions in life such as peace, comfort, relaxation, happiness, and fulfillment.
When looking at the starry sky among the orchids and counting the twinkling stars, there are countless brilliant dreams in the tiny stars. In the end, the stars are like eternal memories that connect the whole galaxy.
Project Duration: The glowing orchids are shown in the 2023 Taiwan International Orchid Show on March 4-19 2023 in Tainan, cooperating with the Taiwan Orchid Growers Association and Council of Agriculture (Taiwan).
Operation Flow: This technology enables orchids to glow in the darkness by utilizing the leaf vein absorption of high-entropy oxides, which are in line with EU standards. Glowing orchid displays a starry night at night. Starry glowing orchids make people calm, comfortable, and relaxed, and moreover improve one's mood, such as a sense of accomplishment to reveal a unique experience, referring to a starry night.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Yen-Hsun Su, 2023.
Team Members: Professor Dr. Yen-Hsun Su
Fei Pan
Ya-Hui Chang
Chia-Wei Chang
Li-Lin Huang
Wei-Sheng Chen
Flower Ku
Shu-Mei Wang
Chen-Piao Yen
Jyh-Ming Ting
Wei-Chien Ma
Sheng-Lung Tu
Image Credits: Image #1, Photographer Li-Lin Huang, Monkey Lin Studio, 2023.
Image #2, Photographer Li-Lin Huang, Monkey Lin Studio, 2023.
Image #3, Photographer Li-Lin Huang, Monkey Lin Studio, 2023.
Image #4, Photographer Li-Lin Huang, Monkey Lin Studio, 2023.
Image #5, Photographer Li-Lin Huang, Monkey Lin Studio, 2023.