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Brand: Yu Fan He Design: Light Installation Category: Fine Art Date: Monday, 2 November 2026

Resonance

Resonance is a site specific floating light installation composed of seven modular black iron structures positioned in the waters of Yuejin Harbor. Inspired by the cyclical order of the Seven Luminaries, the installation translates celestial rhythms into sequences of programmed light that extend across water and shoreline. Woven nylon ropes act as both structural tension and luminous surfaces, diffusing light through the steel framework. Through reflections, spatial layering, and controlled light movement, the installation creates a dynamic visual field that shifts with distance and viewpoint.

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Brand: Mirek Struzik Design: Public Sculpture Category: Fine Art Date: Sunday, 1 November 2026

Bubble Forest

"Bubble Forest" is a public sculpture made of acid resistant stainless steel. The material has the property of reflecting both natural and artificial light. During the night, it is illuminated with programmable RGB LED lamps. It was created as a reflection on the ability of plants to produce oxygen. The title forest consists of 18 steel stems/trunks ending with crowns in the form of spherical constructions representing a single air bubble. “Bubble Forest” refers to the terrestrial flora as well as to that known from the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans.

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Brand: Fundesign.tv Design: Art Installation Category: Fine Art Date: Saturday, 31 October 2026

The Allegory

The Allegory is a permanent public art installation set into the central plaza of a sports park in Taipei. The design draws on Baroque and Rococo ceiling frescoes and joins them with symbols of baseball stadiums, consumer goods and entertainment. The composition measures 11.4 by 11.4 meters and includes 37 cast iron panels, 10 angel figures and 50 flower-shaped plates. Wooden molds are carved by machine, cast in metal by sand casting and then hand-filled with colored epoxy resin. Set flush with the floor, the four directions of the work guide people across the plaza.

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Brand: Chen Xin Design: Public Artwork Category: Fine Art Date: Friday, 30 October 2026

Brilliance

Brilliance is a public sculpture installed in a courtyard pool at One Pengrui in Guangzhou, China. The work consists of eight copper fish that appear to swim in shallow water. Traditional Lingnan copper casting is combined with modern hot coloring, giving golden edges and a jasper-like surface. The fish are arranged to form flowing visual lines that guide viewers through the space. Lighting at the base mixes cool light strips with warm points to reveal the forms. Anti-corrosion treatment protects the copper. The sculpture measures 2600 mm in width, 766 mm in depth and 358 mm in height.

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Brand: Xue Wang Design: Paper Quilling Category: Fine Art Date: Thursday, 29 October 2026

Zen

Zen is a handmade paper quilling artwork made for wall decoration. Paper quilling is a technique in which coloured paper strips are curled and folded into circles, curves and wavy lines, then glued onto cardboard to create a three-dimensional surface. Zen is built from coloured paper strips one centimetre wide, rolled into large and small coils and arranged by size, shape and colour contrast. Many folding and curling methods were tested to obtain gradient colours in paper. The framed piece measures 300 x 400 x 15 mm.

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Brand: Ryumei Fujiki and Yukiko Sato Design: Whole Plastic Architecture Category: Fine Art Date: Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Aqua Scape the Orangery Version

This is the second version of Aqua scape. The first-version had completed as the first prototype of Whole Plastic Architecture. Aqua scape was a soft and boneless architecture. Aqua-scape The Orangery version has a double skin system although the first version was a single skin. If it is called that the first-version was boneless like a jellyfish, it is been able to say the Orangery version is like a small shrimp because it is wrapped by transparent soft shell. The first-version of Aqua scape in Japan 2006 was floating on the water, however this is floating on the grass.

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Design Interview of the DaySpecial CoverageMonday, 26 October 2026

Design Interview of the Day

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