Fine Art

Discover 200 award-winning designs tagged Fine Art on A Design Magazine.

Brand: Ying Hsi Liao Design Type: Sculpture Category: Fine Art

Gradual Change of the Circle

Gradual Change of the Circle is a sculpture inspired by the evolution of life on earth. The work is mainly made of stainless steel, and titanium plating gives golden and silver tones with a technological look. The rounded form recalls a mother's face and also suggests seeds, buds and shells. Lines along the outer arc resemble waves on a beach. The inner concave surface reflects the view of the sky. The form was first shaped by computer, then completed by hand. Pre-production models were 3D printed with recyclable materials to reduce waste.

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Brand: Olga Raag Design Type: Entertainment Category: Fine Art

Free Estonian

In this unique artwork, Olga Raag used Estonian newspapers from the year when the car was originally produced in 1973. The yellow newspapers at the National Library were photographed, cleaned, adjusted, and edited to be used on the project. The final result was printed on special material used on cars, which lasts for 12 years, and it took 24 hours to apply. Free Estonian is a car that draws attention, surrounding people with positive energy and nostalgic, childhood emotions. It invites curiosity and engagement from everyone.

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Brand: Yingjie Lin Yuanyuan Zhang Design Type: Public Art Space Category: Fine Art

Dachuan Lane Art Installation

Dachuan lane of Chengdu, West Bank of Jinjiang River, is a historical street linking the ruins of Chengdu East Gate City wall. In the project, the archway of Dachuan Lane in the history was rebuilt by the old way in the original street, and the story of this street was told by the street art installation. The intervention of art installation is a kind of media for the continuation and transmission of stories. It not only reproduces the traces of historical streets and lanes that have been demolished, but also provides a kind of temperature of urban memory for the new streets and lanes.

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Brand: Klaus Kirchner Design Type: Vessel Category: Fine Art

Black Star

Black Star is a decorative vessel handcrafted from alder wood. The design transforms a wood species with little grain or colour into an object that is pleasing to the eye and interesting to touch. The outer form is shaped by woodturning, and the inside is hollowed with bent tools. Many small holes are then drilled by hand and formed into cones, and an orange stain is applied inside them. A pyrographic pen adds small star motifs. The surface is finally charred black, which creates a soft, warm touch and strong contrast. The vessel measures 220 by 220 by 180 millimetres.

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Brand: Jung-Mei Wou Design Type: Sculpture Installation Category: Fine Art

Soar

A garden is a mysterious place that heals the human spirit. This sculpture attempts to capture the sensory experience of the journey into the garden, presenting the bird's instantaneous soaring in the air, the sense of speed in flight, and a constantly changing state to evoke the symbol of freedom in the human soul. This sculpture attempts to capture the sensory experience of the garden.

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Brand: ChungSheng Chen Design Type: Wooden Vase Category: Fine Art

Reborn

Creating value for the discarded and leftover of wood from furniture industry by using metal inlaying techniques on an organically spherical wood surface. Inspired by life form of growing seeds, brass wire is embedded on the wood grain, and extending out as the shape of the roots grown to support the wooden vase. The pattern has functional uses as wood leftovers are made into a container for planting, resembling a sprouting seed, symbolizing the cycle of life. The flowing metal root shape gives a sense of vitality, resembling a moving organism.

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Brand: Huifeng Lin Design Type: Artistic Installation Category: Fine Art

Tide and Stream

Tide and Stream is an artistic installation created for a building in Guangzhou. The upper transparent part represents the tide, standing for things brought to Guangzhou from other places. Its colorful elements are intended to attract young people. The lower metal part stands for the stream, representing local inland things that are strong and rich in meaning. Characters that carry Cantonese culture and the life attitude of Guangzhou people are shown there as movable type plates. The installation is made of champagne gold stainless steel, transparent acrylic and silkscreen stainless steel.

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Brand: Lin Lin Design Type: Sculpture Category: Fine Art

Atgbeyond

Xi'an is located at the starting place of the Great Silk Road. In the creative research process of art, they combines the modern nature of the Xi'an W hotel brand, Xi'an's special history and culture, and the wonderful art stories of the Tang Dynasty. Pop combined with graffiti art become the artistic expression of W hotel which had a profound impact.

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Brand: Jeeyea Kim and W. Dorian Bybee Design Type: Table Top Object Category: Fine Art

UnBespoke

UnBespoke is a modular tabletop object made from Indiana limestone. Four triangulated stone pieces are designed to hold tea light candles or small plants. The pieces can be arranged as a square, as an equilateral triangle, or in other formations chosen by the user. The design stems from the Haberdasher Puzzle, a mathematical problem that shows how to cut a square into pieces that form an equilateral triangle. When the pieces are rotated, the undulated interior edges of the square appear on the perimeter of the triangle. The object is modelled in 3D and cut by CNC machining.

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Brand: Swee Tuan Pang Design Type: Teapot Category: Fine Art

Coral

Coral is a handmade teapot inspired by the intricate forms and textures of sea corals. The single handle allows the teapot to be held from all directions, overhead, from the left or from the right, reflecting the many ways different cultures handle a teapot. An indent at the back of the body allows the teapot to be pinched and lifted. The design of the lid is integrated into the handle, so the lines flow around the whole form. Coral is made of coil-constructed, altered, carved and textured earthenware, finished with shino glaze and fired in oxidation.

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Brand: Marta Zawieja Design Type: Mural Category: Fine Art

Gajusz Foundation

The mural was created for children’s hospice. The design is a metaphor for the transition between two worlds. The building’s walls were used to show the metaphor. The dark and starry universe contrasts with the huge pink bird. Pink flamingo symbolizes caring support. Girl’s hair is a symbol for imagination and free spirit.

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Brand: Dmitry Kudinov Design Type: Climbing Tower Category: Fine Art

Wisdom Path

The nonfunctioning water tower has been decided by the Workshop management to reconstruct to become a climbing wall. Being the highest point around it is well visible outside the Workshop. It has the scenic view on Senezh lake, Workshop territory and pine forest around. Upon completion of their studies students participate in a ceremonial climbing to the very top of the tower being an observation point. Spiral movement around the tower is a symbol of experience gaining process. And the highest point is a symbol of life experience that is eventually transforms into the stone of wisdom.

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