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Light Weaving Installation Art by Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle honored for lighting products and fixtures design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Light Weaving Installation Art by Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle, designed for Golden Eagle International Lighting & Engineering Co., Ltd., HTLD Optical Art Aesthetics Design Co., Ltd. Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Lighting Products and Fixtures Design category. The result belongs to the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Light Weaving Installation Art
Light Weaving is an outdoor lighting installation shaped as a Christmas tree. The structure is made of laser cut stainless steel pipes forming 80 triangle units joined by more than 240 welded points. Acrylic yarn is woven by hand over the metal frame, following the weaving techniques of the indigenous people of Taiwan. Computer controlled LED lights and a light sensor adjust the colors to a timing system and to natural light, and the tone stays blue at midnight. The design brings delicate woven craft outdoors for public viewing.
About Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle
Liu Chih-Liang (Sammy), Senior international lighting designer, a racer. As the host of various landmark art and culture types of architectural lighting projects in Taiwan, completed a number of large-scale venues and art space lighting project in Taiwan and abroad. Fully devoted to lighting projects of large-scale events and installation artworks, Sammy has aimed to create various kinds of lighting arts and present the most diversified interpretations for lighting aesthetics.
Award Record
With this recognition, Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2019 - 2020 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award
The A' Lighting Design Award is an international lighting design competition recognizing good lighting designs by best lighting designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to lighting designers, lighting architects, industrial design studios and lighting product manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include chandeliers, pendant lights, wall sconces, table lamps, floor lamps and outdoor lights. The awarded lighting designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/lighting
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/95347
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/95347
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!95347
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/234198
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.htldesign.co/home.php
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Light Weaving Installation Art
- Function
- Installation Art
- Category
- Lighting Products and Fixtures Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Furniture & Home and Electronics & Appliances
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Midnight Blue and Rebecca Purple
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Golden Eagle International Lighting & Engineering Co., Ltd., HTLD Optical Art Aesthetics Design Co., Ltd. Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Sammy Liu - Golden Eagle
- Country
- Taiwan (China)
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #95347
Credits
- Team
- Tourism and Travel Department, New Taipei City Government,, Golden Eagle International Lighting and Engineering Co., Ltd, HTLD Optical Art Aesthetics Design Co., Ltd., LIU CHIH LIANG and One Lee
- Image Credits
- Image #1 to; Photographer Wan-Ching Liu, Creator Sammy Liu (Design Director) and One Lee (Artist), Light-Weaving Christmas Tree, 2019. 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; Video Credits: MP4. For Images in JPG.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- All the Christmas trees in this city are made of metal materials and light and weave installation arts. With LED lighting programmed effects, the production team wants to create a fantastical and wonderful atmosphere. Watching fluorescence penetrating through all the woven totem creates an unlimited cutting space effect. This effect will lead people to relax and develop visitors infinite imagination.
- Inspiration
- Combing weaving techniques of Taiwan indigenous people, the production team wants to present an image that sunlight at dawn penetrates the spider web and create fantastical lights effects like a dream catcher.
- Research
- Generally, most of the weaving artworks are exhibited inside museums because of the protection issue. This time our team tries to bring those delicate weaving artworks outdoor for our audience to have new experiences. By watching and touching the artworks, we hope the audience and creators can create their unique bond via those artworks. Through this two way communication, the audience and creators can feel each other and bring this communication to the spiritual level.
- Challenge
- In this project, the team uses computer-controlled timing and light sensor to manipulate the equipment based on environmental lights and natural lights. According to this process, LED lights will change with the timing system. When midnight comes, the light will stay in blue tone to bring clearer fluorescence illusion.
- Realization and Technology
- Model Design is 3D Modeling, Metal Framework, Precise Laser Cutting stainless steel including 80 different triangle structures which have over 240 exactly welded joints. After trisection, they will be delivered to avenue and installed accurately. The Woven Cloth, Professional weavers make handmade weaving craft. The Light Control is Digital Multiple * 512, The Light Equipment is LED Color Model.
- Operation and Interaction
- In this project, the production team uses computer controlled timing and light sensor to manipulate the equipment based on environmental lights and natural lights. According to this process, LED lights will change with the timing system. When midnight comes, the light will stay in blue tone to bring clearer fluorescence illusion.
- Project Duration and Location
- The exhibition started from 15 November 2019 to 2 January 2020 in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
- Specifications
- 7000 * 5000 * 5000 mm Materials is Stainless Steel Pipe, High Performance Paints, Acrylic Yarn, Computer Controlled LED Lights, Illumination Transducer.
- Keywords
- Lighting and shadow Art, Weave, Christmas tree, Installation arts, Delicate craft, Handmade web, Fluorescence totem ,Indigenous people, Triangle metal, Unlimited
