Naai-Jung Shih
TAIWAN (CHINA)
Meet Naai-Jung Shih - a powerhouse of good design, creativity and innovation based in Taiwan (China). Naai-Jung Shih's design journey has been nothing short of spectacular, marked by a tireless pursuit of excellence. This dedication is clearly mirrored in Naai-Jung Shih's impressive haul of 18 A' Design Awards that we showcase here. Spanning across categories such as Fine Art, Generative, 3D Printing and Lighting, Naai-Jung Shih's work stands as a living testament to a steadfast commitment to design excellence, serving as a beacon of inspiration for designers globally. With each project, Naai-Jung Shih masterfully blends form and function, crafting designs that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also functional and timeless. This approach underscores Naai-Jung Shih's celebration of creativity and an unyielding quest for innovation.
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Wood Storm Desktop Installation
The Wood Storm is a desktop installation for visual enjoyment. The turbulence of air flow is made real by a wood curtain as enhanced by lights casted from below for a world without gravity. The installation behaves like an endless dynamic loop. It guides the line of sight around it to seek for the beginning or end point as the audiences are actually dancing with the storm.
The Wood Storm is a desktop installation for visual enjoyment. The turbulence of air flow is made real by a wood curtain as enhanced by lights casted from below for a world without gravity. The installation behaves like an endless dynamic loop. It guides the line of sight around it to seek for the beginning or end point as the audiences are actually dancing with the storm.
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Vapor Breeze Tea Set
Tea pot is a box that holds a universe of essence waiting to be released. Looking into the opening you can find a structure of dynamic channels that are intermediate within steams. The structure is also reflected on the skin outside. The whole body illustrates a vaporized essence for people to visualize and enjoy every day.
Tea pot is a box that holds a universe of essence waiting to be released. Looking into the opening you can find a structure of dynamic channels that are intermediate within steams. The structure is also reflected on the skin outside. The whole body illustrates a vaporized essence for people to visualize and enjoy every day.
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Moon Table Light
This light plays an active role to accompany people in a working space from morning to the night. It was designed with people working environment in mind. The wire can be connected to a laptop computer or a power bank. The shape of the moon was made of three quarters of a circle as a rising icon from a terrain image made of stainless frame. The surface pattern of the moon reminds the landing guide in a space project. The setting looks like a sculpture in the daylight and a light device that comforts the tense of work at night.
This light plays an active role to accompany people in a working space from morning to the night. It was designed with people working environment in mind. The wire can be connected to a laptop computer or a power bank. The shape of the moon was made of three quarters of a circle as a rising icon from a terrain image made of stainless frame. The surface pattern of the moon reminds the landing guide in a space project. The setting looks like a sculpture in the daylight and a light device that comforts the tense of work at night.
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Falling Water interactive installations
The Falling Water is a set of interactive installations allowing users to change running path around a cube or cubes. The combination of cubes and beaded stream present a contrast of static object and dynamic water flow. The stream can be pulled to see beads running or just put on a table as a scene of frozen water. Beads are also considered as wishes people make every day. Wishes should be chained and running forever as a waterfall.
The Falling Water is a set of interactive installations allowing users to change running path around a cube or cubes. The combination of cubes and beaded stream present a contrast of static object and dynamic water flow. The stream can be pulled to see beads running or just put on a table as a scene of frozen water. Beads are also considered as wishes people make every day. Wishes should be chained and running forever as a waterfall.
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Missing Julie frame installation
This design presents a frame installation and an interface between indoors and outdoors, or lights and shadows. It delivers an expression while people looking out of a frame to wait for someone to return. Various types and sizes of glass spheres are used as a symbol of wishes and tears to imply the emotion that possible hides inside. The steel frame and boxes define the boundary of emotion. The emotion given by a person can be different from the way it is perceived just like the images in the spheres are upside down.
This design presents a frame installation and an interface between indoors and outdoors, or lights and shadows. It delivers an expression while people looking out of a frame to wait for someone to return. Various types and sizes of glass spheres are used as a symbol of wishes and tears to imply the emotion that possible hides inside. The steel frame and boxes define the boundary of emotion. The emotion given by a person can be different from the way it is perceived just like the images in the spheres are upside down.
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Dancing Cubes Theme Installation
This design interacts with displayed subject by modules. This theme stand is designed with self-expanded mechanism to connect six or more cubes to an up-scaled unit in three perpendicular directions. The free form configuration with notches makes the connection similar to interlaced dancing people. The arrangement of small holes creates a structure of accommodation for subject with linear parts.
This design interacts with displayed subject by modules. This theme stand is designed with self-expanded mechanism to connect six or more cubes to an up-scaled unit in three perpendicular directions. The free form configuration with notches makes the connection similar to interlaced dancing people. The arrangement of small holes creates a structure of accommodation for subject with linear parts.
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Eyes flower stand
The Eyes is a flower stand for all occasions. The oval body is gold-foiled with irregular openings as human eyes that are always seeking for wonderful things in the Mother Nature. The stand behaves like a philosopher. It cherishes natural beauty and shows up the entire world for you before or after you light it up.
The Eyes is a flower stand for all occasions. The oval body is gold-foiled with irregular openings as human eyes that are always seeking for wonderful things in the Mother Nature. The stand behaves like a philosopher. It cherishes natural beauty and shows up the entire world for you before or after you light it up.
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Waterfall Architectural Component
This installation is for people to play with in front of a window or next to a coffee table in a public space. A user can route bead strings around notches as wanted and pull them to enjoy the dynamic movement running in different directions. The modular and surface-friendly magnet design can be structured vertically in different orientation for diversified interaction appearances.
This installation is for people to play with in front of a window or next to a coffee table in a public space. A user can route bead strings around notches as wanted and pull them to enjoy the dynamic movement running in different directions. The modular and surface-friendly magnet design can be structured vertically in different orientation for diversified interaction appearances.
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Sign Language Situational Display Stand
This stand is used to display anything from candies to personal collections. The connection between the design and the displayed subject is similar to sign language that a silent and subtle communication is happening. Each set has branches made by the compositions of moving palms and gestures. The stand can be rotated and set in various combinations of numbers. This design comes in different sizes to accommodate various shapes and sizes of object.
This stand is used to display anything from candies to personal collections. The connection between the design and the displayed subject is similar to sign language that a silent and subtle communication is happening. Each set has branches made by the compositions of moving palms and gestures. The stand can be rotated and set in various combinations of numbers. This design comes in different sizes to accommodate various shapes and sizes of object.
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Eyelash Stand makeup assistant
This design explores a metaphor of eyelash. The designer considers eyelashing is a pursuit for a personal expectation. He creates an eyelash stand as an icon of life or a miniature stage of performance. This stand symbolizes a reminiscent commitment in the morning or before bedtime, by setting eyelashes temporarily before or after being applied. An eyelash stand is a way to memorize what something trivial has contributed to personal daily adventure.
This design explores a metaphor of eyelash. The designer considers eyelashing is a pursuit for a personal expectation. He creates an eyelash stand as an icon of life or a miniature stage of performance. This stand symbolizes a reminiscent commitment in the morning or before bedtime, by setting eyelashes temporarily before or after being applied. An eyelash stand is a way to memorize what something trivial has contributed to personal daily adventure.
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Billy Julie mask
This design is inspired by micro-expression. The designer chooses Billy and Julie for two kinds of multiple personalities. The intricate elements are created by parametric adjustment of the orientations of a ladder-like geometry, based on an entangled curve with partitions. As an interface and an interpreter, this mask is created to make people examine one's own conscience.
This design is inspired by micro-expression. The designer chooses Billy and Julie for two kinds of multiple personalities. The intricate elements are created by parametric adjustment of the orientations of a ladder-like geometry, based on an entangled curve with partitions. As an interface and an interpreter, this mask is created to make people examine one's own conscience.
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Umbrella Earth Thematic Installation
It is possible to recycle Earth starting from recycling umbrellas. This installation uses recycled ribs and stretchers from broken umbrellas to draw people attention of environmental pollution. The arrangement of rib sets creates scenes in two-way interlacing mechanism with a new description of order.
It is possible to recycle Earth starting from recycling umbrellas. This installation uses recycled ribs and stretchers from broken umbrellas to draw people attention of environmental pollution. The arrangement of rib sets creates scenes in two-way interlacing mechanism with a new description of order.
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Yulia Mariana Light Installation
The Yulia Mariana is a light installation for visual enjoyment. The art of figure skate is made real by a Mobius ring as enhanced by lights casted from below for the jumps and elegant body gestures. The installation behaves like an endless dynamic loop. It guides the line of sight around it to seek for the performer as the audiences are actually dancing with the light.
The Yulia Mariana is a light installation for visual enjoyment. The art of figure skate is made real by a Mobius ring as enhanced by lights casted from below for the jumps and elegant body gestures. The installation behaves like an endless dynamic loop. It guides the line of sight around it to seek for the performer as the audiences are actually dancing with the light.
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Ubiquitous Stand desktop interactive display stand
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Conversations stone scenes
The Conversations are a set of stone scenes for desktop enjoyment. All the scenes remind people there are many types of communication occurring every day. Some people are similar to stones because they communicate like stones. There are people who do not talk to themselves. There are people who fight with themselves. People should talk to people and make themselves happy.
The Conversations are a set of stone scenes for desktop enjoyment. All the scenes remind people there are many types of communication occurring every day. Some people are similar to stones because they communicate like stones. There are people who do not talk to themselves. There are people who fight with themselves. People should talk to people and make themselves happy.
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A Dream tabletop lighting installation
The designer considers a dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. He designs this installation as a way to visualize the metaphor of the surrealistic nature in a dream. Each curved member contributes to a part of a propagating dream. He places entire design setting on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air.
The designer considers a dream is weightless and transparent. It can hardly be caught, and yet it is so realistic. He designs this installation as a way to visualize the metaphor of the surrealistic nature in a dream. Each curved member contributes to a part of a propagating dream. He places entire design setting on a transparent base with a light source projects upward to make it feel weightless like floating in the air.
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Hurricane desktop lighting installation
The designer thinks that light is both dynamic and static. He wants to create a scene which switches characters in different conditions. This desktop lighting design creates a contrast image of dynamics and statics, opacity and transparency, solid and void, and defined boundary and infinite reflectivity. A number of frozen hurricanes in the center not only deliver the image of dynamic interaction between each other, but also create a different contrast between solid force and void field.
The designer thinks that light is both dynamic and static. He wants to create a scene which switches characters in different conditions. This desktop lighting design creates a contrast image of dynamics and statics, opacity and transparency, solid and void, and defined boundary and infinite reflectivity. A number of frozen hurricanes in the center not only deliver the image of dynamic interaction between each other, but also create a different contrast between solid force and void field.
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Life lighting installation
The designer creates this lighting installation as an image of life. The design is made of transparent as well as reflective components. Like the interior of a space that people belong to, the activities occurring around the components are similar to going through a series of inter-reflections. People are encouraged to walk around this lighting installation to learn the multi-oriented reflectivity of life, through different levels of transparency.
The designer creates this lighting installation as an image of life. The design is made of transparent as well as reflective components. Like the interior of a space that people belong to, the activities occurring around the components are similar to going through a series of inter-reflections. People are encouraged to walk around this lighting installation to learn the multi-oriented reflectivity of life, through different levels of transparency.
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