Design Statement

Design Statement

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

 

Arab Media Forum 2014

Stunning touch screen presentation that represented the world of media of the future. It was filled with lots of media. Any user was able to sort this information depending on individual requirements. You just had to pick out news on the touch screen and send it to the front video wall “The Dashboard”. As a result there was a selection of well sorted data which could be immediately broadcasted to the world. A special feature of the installation was the 360° environment incl. floor and ceiling that was also controlled via interactive touchscreen.

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Fleur Pavilia

Fleur Pavilia, New World Development’s latest PAVILIA residence in Hong Kong under The Artisanal Movement, is themed around The Three Friends of Winter - pine, bamboo and plum blossom. The trio thrives in the harshness of winter for their remarkable characteristics - grit, perseverance, and resilience. The video shooting was conducted in Stockholm with a local production team and a renowned florist’s great effort. Setting off with the white hydrangeas, the aesthetics and weightlessness of the trio were captured to impress upon the viewers what Fleur Pavilia represents.

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Red Series

Red Series is a set of three 3D-animation loops that show simplistic fantasy machines, each one made for just one purpose. The devices do not have practical uses, but work only for their own sake. However, these tasks are performed with the utmost precision. Through the short, repetitive processes, a hypnotic state emerges in the head of the observer that is oddly satisfying.

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Fruits Do Not Get AIDS

The Androceu group was approached by Gapa, to develop a video of up to 30 seconds alerting the population, especially the youth, about Hiv. To bring awareness about the disease, the Fruits don't get aids design team choose to make a humorous and entertaining video to catch the public's attention, and to warn about the importance of using protection. The design team's inspiration was the widespread use by adolescents and young adults of certain fruit emojis to refer to body parts. So the group choose these fruits as the main theme of the video.

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The Architecture of The City

The Architecture of the City poses a contrast between old and present-day Hong Kong. Inspired by Aldo Rossi’s book of the same title, director adopted the stage use of bamboo scaffolding, a commonly seen architectural element in Hong Kong, transforming the collective memory into an audio-visual experience. Through the interaction between the bamboo structure, images, music, stage and lighting, together with the use of recycled materials for the costumes design, the performance creates an experience of an alternative space and a reflection on the city as a live organism that keeps on changing.

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Rei

Since the interaction between robotic technologies, in particular, AI and human beings would get enriched by a certain immersion of emotions, the designer proposes a multi-sensory interface expanding this interaction. REI is a multi-sensory interface conveys empathy between the robotic species and human by addressing especially the olfactory as well as the visual, acoustic and haptic sensation. This multi-sensational experience will be used in the near future to support and improve the interface of AI.

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