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

 

Linear Refraction

Linear Refraction series is customized lighting for Hotel 35. Located in Lishui, the capital of photography, Hotel 35 is the first design hotel in China which merged art village and tourism industry and create a new business model type. Artist Ray Teng Pai tried to explore the relationship between time, space, and person under the theme of photography. Linear Refraction series creates a contemporary composition of geometry in the hotel room, and respond to the photography of art.

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Wang Museum

Outdoor landscape lighting pays attention to the design of the water reflection effect, while satisfying functional lighting, it also shapes the light environment of the water scenery. The restrained exterior lighting design is limited applies to the design of the most important architectural features, which accentuate the transparency of the feature large French windows and illuminate hall's iconic triangular windows. It makes the interior and exterior spaces more integrated with each other.

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X897 Pl1

The limited-edition X897 PL1 draws inspiration from the beauty of the cherry blossoming in spring. Maurice Taylor's design comprises folded aluminum layers with a white powder-coat finish that wrap around the light bulb like petals. The pendant light has been designed to carry a removable light filter that subtly taints the layers in color. In total, there are 100 lights and 100 corresponding digital certificates produced. These blockchain-based digital certificates (NFT's) carry a unique, numbered printable artwork linking back to the original inspiration, the cherry blossom.

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High Heel Church

Most residents think this park is too dark at night and no features before. The church is not connected to the environment, so they used a highly reflective material, let the reflection of light spread all over the park. Residents also said that the starry sky here is very beautiful, and jokingly said can put the starry sky into the church. They calculate light angle, let the church become galaxy. Now both residents and tourists will enter the park and inside the church dance, take pictures with music and enjoy the romantic atmosphere here. Most people come here at night.

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Infinity Module RND

At the core of the design of Infinity Module RND is a suspended track and the possibility to choose different luminaries and their quantity. The system is designed for general or decorative lighting, depending on the capacity of chosen luminaires. It can serve as an art object if you combine several rings into one composition. A wide range of luminaires with high capacity, diffused and directional lighting, is available for the system. A special mechanical button fixator provides secure fastening of the luminaire on the track.

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Three Tree

Three Tree is a temporary art installation developed for the art event in Taipei. The art installation employs digital technology and bamboo dowels, which is the traditional Asian crafting material. Three Tree coheres the NTNU museum neighborhood rich cultural and ecological background and welcomes visitors to discover exciting cultural exchange.

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