2021 industrial design Winning Projects
GOLD WINNING PROJECT
non electric aroma diffuser [LEI] by SOL style
Lei non electric aroma diffuser
“The flickering of a single candle carrying a scent by its breeze”
Lei is the world’s most poetic aroma diffuser
powered simply by the heat of a candle.
It is completely self-sufficient;
Generating electricity from candle as heat source,
ventilating air and aroma,
it redefines the category of home appliances.
2021 Visual & Graphics design SILvER Winning Project
Tokyo Michiterasu 2020 by Nomura Co., Ltd.
A COVID-era Illumination event combining a live and virtual space.
Participants sent out message of appreciation and encouragement each other.
Tokyo Michiterasu (Lighting the way to the future) is an illumination event held in Marunouchi, the city of history, tradition and culture around Tokyo Station. Since 1999, jointly hosted by the East Japan Railway Company and Mitsubishi Estate, it has been attracting over 600,000 tourists every year.
2021 Visual & Graphics design BRonze winning project
Haiijaii by CeeKayEllo Limited
Abstract
Haiijaii (meaning “breathe” in Thai) is a light installation fueled by data of air quality index collected from various locations around the world. The lights “breathe” according to the pureness of the air. Some will flicker, emulating us choking from pollution and some will pulse slowly, like steady inhalation and exhalation from a healthy atmosphere.
Description
Haiijaii first came about as 4 creatives, Adulaya Kim Hoontrakul (Curator), Ka Lun Karen Chan (Neon artist and designer), Frederic Bussiere (Architect and Multimedia designer) and Santipab Somboon (Multimedia designer), got together to discuss the notion of air quality and carbon emission.
What is bad air? Is data enough to make people aware and react? Also, is the air quality index weaponised?
Factual as it may be, many richer countries off-set their carbon emission through buying power, leaving poorer countries with a consistent data that categorises them permanently as ‘polluted’ and hardly have good air.
With Haiijaii, we chose to communicate suffocation through the flickering lights of recycled glass neons. Some will have sharp flashes, some will pulsate slower, emulating breathing patterns affected by pollution.