Fine Art

Explore 200 award-winning designs tagged Fine Art on Magazine of Design.

Designer / Brand: Hsin Lee Work: Kinetic Light Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

Core

Core is a kinetic light sculpture shaped like a pine cone. Core was made for Kawabata Intcraft, an 84-year-old Japanese-style police office in Taipei. The sculpture is formed of 87 brass leaves that slowly open and close through an inner mechanism. The calm movement resembles breathing and gives the historic building a sense of life. Core hangs from a high ceiling above a spiral staircase, so visitors see the sculpture from changing angles while climbing the stairs. The projected light shifts with each cycle.

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Designer / Brand: Liu Siyu Work: Tea Cup Tag: Fine Art

Yunlai

Yunlai cup is a handmade product from a hot glass workshop in Guangzhou, China. Yunlai in Chinese means clouds slowly rising. The design comes from the research of combining extra-thick glass-frit and high temperature sandblasting technology with the cloud space from traditional landscape painting. The designer also considered ergonomics in streamlined design, organically combining natural contact and holding angle of palm.

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Designer / Brand: Abbas Sufinejad Work: Mirror Artwork Tag: Fine Art

Ta’liq Script

Ta'liq Script is a mirror artwork inspired by Persian calligraphy. The design is an abstract interpretation of the Ta'liq and Nasta'liq scripts, whose letter forms are shaped by moving, rotating and pulling the pen. The base is made of fiberglass, and cut mirror pieces are applied to the surface in three dimensions. The artwork measures 500 mm in width and 2800 mm in height. Each piece is made entirely by hand. The colour combinations can be varied to suit different interior decoration styles.

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Designer / Brand: Joey van Beek Work: Bar Table Tag: Fine Art

Steel U

Steel U, a design that was based on the past, created in the present and is made with the intension to inspire the future. This resulted in a combination of an reused steel tabletop that is supported by concrete legs which were destroyed by physical emotions. This way the design becomes literally a part of the person who the destroys concrete. The combination gave physical and mental challenges during the process, but eventually resulted in a design that gave fulfillment.

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Designer / Brand: Chao Yang Work: Ceramic Crafts Tag: Fine Art

East and West

East and West is a series of ceramic handicrafts shaped like ants. Each ant sculpture measures 160 millimeters in length, 120 millimeters in depth and 300 millimeters in height. The form is made by sculpture mold turning and fired at a high temperature of 1300 degrees. Recycled blue and white paper collected from workshops in Jingdezhen is combined with modern electroplating, joining Eastern decoration with Western style. Because the recycled paper differs in each piece, every ant is unique. The series expresses the idea of recycling and environmental protection.

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Designer / Brand: Ni Zhishuai Work: Art Work Tag: Fine Art

Pass and Future

Pass and Future is a painting that reinterprets the Monkey King, a classical figure of Chinese literature. The work is made with acrylic on canvas and spray paint, combining graffiti and acrylic painting techniques. Traditional imagery is joined with cyberpunk and science fiction elements to form a new visual effect. The painting measures 420 mm in width, 20 mm in depth and 596 mm in height. The intent is to invite reflection on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human society, and to bring traditional culture closer to younger viewers.

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Designer / Brand: Nelson Chow Work: Multimedia Installation Tag: Fine Art

Dreamscape

Dreamscape is a multimedia installation placed in the Bohemian Garden of K11 Musea in Hong Kong. The sculptural form appears to float above the ground and releases mist at regular intervals. From a distance, Dreamscape looks like an illuminated white shell rising from a cloud. Up close, three arches rest on six slender feet that touch the ground lightly. Inside, more than 250 illuminated bubble lamps follow a timed lighting programme. The materials are weatherproof, durable and light, and the structure can be taken apart for transport and reassembly.

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Designer / Brand: Alexandr Strepetov Work: Messaging Chair Tag: Fine Art

Kepler 186f

Structural basis of Kepler-186f arm-chair is a griddle, soldered from a steel wire to which the elements carved from the oak are fastened with the help of brass sleeves. Various options of armature use combine in harmony with wooden carving and jewelers elements. This art-object represents an experiment in which different aesthetic principles are combined. It could be described as "Barbaric or New Baroque" in which the rough and the exquisite forms are combined. As a result of improvisation, the Kepler became multilayered, enveloped with the subtexts and new details.

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Designer / Brand: Atsushi Kobayashi Work: Digital Installation Tag: Fine Art

Reconnect

Reconnect is a digital art installation about human communication after a period of remote living. The work combines recorded video calls with twelve LCD screens mounted in an aluminium frame with LED strips. A webcam shows the face of the visitor standing in front of the installation on the central screen, while the other screens show people speaking in recorded calls. At first each screen runs a separate call, then all screens gradually form one combined image. The installation was programmed with node based visual software and driven by a single laptop.

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Designer / Brand: Saara Korppi Work: Cognac Glass Tag: Fine Art

30s

The work was designed for drinking cognac. It is free-blown in a glass studio. This makes every glass piece individual. Glass is easy to grab and looks interesting from all angles. The shape of the glass reflects light from different angles adding extra enjoyment to drinking. Due to the flattened shape of the cup, you can place the glass on the table as you wish resting on either of its sides. The name and idea of the work celebrate the ageing of the artist. The design reflects the nuances of ageing and invokes the tradition of ageing cognac improving in quality.

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Designer / Brand: Chan Hwee Chong Work: Rattan Sculpture Tag: Fine Art

Good Boy Good Girl

Good Boy Good Girl is a pair of rattan sculptures depicting a child figure. Each sculpture stands about 1.4 metres tall and is made of woven rattan over a metal structure. The work refers to the cane, a tool used by many parents in Singapore for corporal punishment, in the belief that the cane shapes the character of the child. The sculptures show the immobilizing grip of societal forces on children in a fast-paced environment. Rattan was selected to express rigidity of both body and mind.

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Designer / Brand: Dmitry Kudinov Work: Art Installation Tag: Fine Art

Alternative

Alternative is an art installation created for a city festival in Neftekamsk, Russia. A decommissioned oil pump unit, 4.5 metres high and 6 metres wide, was reused as the base of the artwork. Detailed calligraphy in gold paint was applied over a black background, forming intricate letters that catch the sunlight. The installation stands in the station square, at the crossing of pedestrian and vehicle routes. The reuse of industrial equipment raises the theme of ecology and invites residents to see their city in a new way.

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