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2020 / / Professional

Return to the Roots

  • Company
    Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, China
  • Lead Designer
    Wenkai Xue
  • Design Team
    Sun Jian, Du Heli, Chen Mo
Return to the Roots, a tree pool design, is giving a space for fallen leaves ret themselves. In this way, fallen leaves become fertilizer so as to increase soil nutrients for trees and stimulate tree growth. At the mean time, our project is a model combination design, combing with 4 same parts. You can install all the parts before you set up the tree pool. And this unique design of shape is capable for many materials, meanwhile, it is convenient in production and practical application.

Bio
The director of National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Industrial Design in LAFA, a member of the China Artists Association, employed as a professor, dean and postgraduate tutor in Industrial Design College in LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, who has published a plenty of design works, papers, treatise, achievements and projects, now is working in the industrial design teaching research and design practice.

Other prizes
Public facility Series Design has nominated in The Concept Exhibition of Environment Facilities in Beijing Olympic Park. Model Space - Outdoors Working Station Design has nominated in the 11th National Fine Arts Exhibitionof China. Guardrail Filter, the environmental protection and isolated facility of road has won the Bronze Awards of the 12th National Fine Arts Exhibition of China. Water Factory has won the Reddot Design Award 2014. Dynamic Traffic Cone has won the Bronze A’ design Award in 2015-2016 period. A-circle has won the A’ design Award in 2015-2016 period. Waterwheel Filter has won the Reddot Design Award 2016. Waterwheel Filter has won the iF Design Award in 2016-2017 period. Moonrise has won the Silver A’ design Award in 2016-2017 period. X-Space has won the Bronze A’ design Award in 2016-2017 period. Plus+ has won the Silver A’ design Award in 2017-2018 period. Free Walker has won the Bronze A’ design Award in 2017-2018 period. Moveable Isolation Strip has won the Reddot Design Award 2018. Tran-S has won the Bronze A’ design Award in 2018-2019 period. Shared-P has won the Bronze A’ design Award in 2018-2019 period.

Photo Credit: Luxun Academy Of Fine Arts