Public Art

Explore 15 award-winning designs tagged Public Art on Magazine of Design.

Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Spiral Bloom

Spiral Bloom is a striking public art installation composed of three large-scale sculptures suspended within a minimalist architectural space. Each sculpture, made from 51 stainless steel components arranged in concentric spirals, reflects the dynamic forces of life and nature. Floating in a vast atrium, the artwork creates a visual dialogue between form, light, and space, symbolizing vitality, transformation, and the boundless potential of the future. Its ever-changing reflections and perspectives invite viewers to engage deeply with its message of unity, evolution, and hope.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Infinite Bloom

The 10 meter tall stainless steel sculpture stands tall and proud on the highest point of the company's square green space. It is like a thriving, vibrant tree, symbolizing the company's thriving development and the spirit of pursuing excellence. The sculpture is composed of four seamlessly flowing stainless steel arc-shaped units, and interlaces in the vertical space to create a concise, smooth, and dynamic form, converging into a force that continuously extends toward the sky, filling people with expectations for the future.

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Designer / Brand: Iutian Tsai Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Flow With The Sprit Of Water

Often community environments are polluted by the inter- and intra-personal dissonances of their inhabitants which results in visible and invisible chaos in the surroundings. The unconscious effect of this disorder is that inhabitants regress into restlessness. This habitual and cyclical agitation influences the body, mind, and spirit. The sculptures guide, groom, purify, and strengthen the positive "chi" of a space, focusing on pleasant and peaceful outcomes. With a subtle shift in their environment, the public is guided towards a balance between their inner and external realities.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Radiant Bloom

Radiant Bloom is a public sculpture created for an architectural void. The work is made of high strength stainless steel with a fully mirror polished finish. Multiple curved elements form intersecting archways that recall a fountain and a blooming flower. The sculpture spans a circular ceiling void and extends into a ground level water feature with a transparent glass pool base. Daylight passes through the pool into the underground space below. A programmable LED lighting system adds changing colour. The mirrored surface reflects the sky and the surrounding landscape.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Dance with Life

The symbol of infinity conveys the concept of endlessness and greatness. Its smooth and vivid shapes highlight the infinite freedom of life exploration, and convey an atmosphere that is fresh, beautiful, and rejuvenating! This public sculpture with a winding structure is installed on a pool at the center of a circular plaza. It is an important landmark, Hope to make people feel the wonder between life and the universe.

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Designer / Brand: Beck Storer Work: Public Art Tag: Graphic

The River Runs Through

The River Runs Through is a dynamic art installation which explores the rich narrative of the water ways found at the Merbein Common; a native reserve on the Murray River of Victoria. The artwork combines traditional mural painting with innovative digital printing and is presented on the walls of an old refrigerated storage shed, which was once used to store fruit for a juice factory. At night it is a totally different experience; powered by the sun the artwork is transformed into a colorful light installation.

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Designer / Brand: Lai Jiebin Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Evolution

The design language of the sculpture is peaceful, with both the simplicity of the straight line and the unique softness and movement of the curve itself. It represents the dynamic and continuous nature of the thinking, contains everything, and has no boundary between space and time, just like the universe; The line does not fill the whole surface, and the space left in the middle is like a door left behind. The door is also not round, and there are increases and decreases, creating evolution.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Shining in Wisdom and Glory

Shining in Wisdom and Glory is adopts the shapes and colors of the Taiwan police badge as its creative metaphorical elements for manifest the nature of the Police. It is the job of the Police to maintain public order and security, to prevent the society from any possible harm. The panoramic image is the bird view on the city of infinite expansion to embody the vigorousness and justice of the Police. Its the mission and vision of the Police. Cabochon mirror in the center of the picture, which like a big eye is always caring and guarding the city.

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Designer / Brand: Lai Jiebin Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Arc

The dynamic arc adds a simple flavor to the chaotic city. Two spheres are placed at the bottom of both sides to make the arc have tension. The sphere itself has the desire to occupy the surrounding space, which makes it possible to think whether the curvature of the arc is caused by the two spheres. The elegant lines add a sense of interest and beauty to the square city.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Sparkling Ripples

This artwork creates a dynamic visual effect using colored glass mosaic and stainless steel to depict the spreading ripples of water. The mirrored stainless steel ripples, influenced by light reflections and wind-induced vibrations, break through spatial boundaries. They intersect with the colored glass mosaic on the wall and floor, resulting in a captivating play of light and shadow. Symbolically, this piece represents the continuous dissemination of knowledge in a joyful and positive campus environment, guiding students toward a vibrant, diverse, and hopeful future.

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Designer / Brand: Jung-Mei Wou Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Pride Of The City

Pride of the City is the Public Art in Maple Garden, the urban oasis and an ecological park in Taichung City. This work expresses the image of four birds flying upward and presents multiple images similar to trees, flowers, and birds from different angles to show the cycle of four seasons and the harmonious coexistence of all living things. This public sculpture leads the visitors to approach nature and brighten nights in Maple Garden.

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Designer / Brand: Kuo Kuo-Hsiang Work: Public Art Tag: Fine Art

Dancing With Nature

The Infinity Symbol conveys the concept of endlessness and greatness. "Dancing With Nature" is a public art with wind structure, Pulsating with the breath of nature, the beautiful flowing curves overlap in the space. It was constructed with three sets of Infinity Symbol are transformed and intertwined with the intention of expressing the vitality and energy of National Museum of Natural Science. Its smooth and vivid shapes highlight the infinite freedom of scientific exploration, symbolizing the growth of scientific knowledge without limitation and convey an atmosphere that is fresh and rejuvenating!

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