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The Design Blog

The Design Blog featuring great design, architecture, fashion, graphics and innovation from across the globe.

 

Luminous Island

Took the ocean as the inspiration and integrated the characteristics of Penghu to create the exhibition with the theme of the underwater world in the fall and winter. Visitors walk into the light corridor as if they were walking under the sea. Various types of lanterns lead the audience to follow the waves and explore the exciting music festival. Sea creatures swim under the moonlight. The exhibition combines the elements of the ocean and the stars, like the starlight of Penghu at night, surrounding the island.

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ReCollection

ReCollection is an AI art experience that synthesizes personal memories based on users' language input, blurring the boundaries between remembrance and imagination through AI system design and experimental visualization. ReCollection transforms participants' voice input of fragmented stories into an evolving artistic visualization. Beyond its potential as a future therapeutic prototype for dementia groups, this work provides new possibilities for collective memories and cultural reproduction.

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Modulo

Nowadays, Recessed Lights RL are widely used in buildings. Besides serving as a technical light source, the RL can attract more attention as a decorative element in the space. Modules come in different forms and colors. In Modulo, the lamp has been proposed as a module, enhancing the variety of this light fixture and making it more adaptable to the space. Modulo offers three unique modules: Outside, Inside, and Lamp. The Outside and Inside modules provide many options for selection. The Lamp module offers various cap colors, Kelvin temperature options, light intensities, and beam angles.

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Shang Shui

The Shang Shui integrates four design elements like tobacco, irrigated water channels, sustainable sources, and the light of hope. They symbolize the memories of Old Taichung-Jiushe, blending the hundred-year development history and land memories of Taichung into the art. Utilizing Augmented Reality, it creates an immersive vision, allowing passengers passing through the Jiushe to witness the history of Taichung's development, thus bringing the environment closer to people. The shimmering water ripples on the ground are given a life-like quality, infusing the site with abundant energy.

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Balhae

The background of the project follows apprentice Junghyae and her mentor, Master Yoo, summoned to Gyeru village to banish spirits from the seas. Their journey unveils Balhae's culture and mystical practices. This character design project pays homage to Balhae's civilization, blending history and fantasy. The artist's fascination with history, culture, and fashion not only imbues this design project with aesthetic appeal and functional storytelling but also adds a sense of historical weight and a touch of poetry to it.

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Seniors Keeper

Senior Keeper is a smart door lock connected with vital signs sensing devices, such as smartwatches. When the elderly encounter an emergency at home, it will emit a red light, project fonts for help, notify emergency contacts, and automatically open the door. When neighbours or rescuers find out, they can ask the elderly about their condition through the microphone on the door lock, and the elderly can answer remotely using the door lock's speaker. Finally, the rescuer can decide whether to enter the door to give help according to the specific situation.

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