Jade Flow

^{In collaboration with Chia-Yu Lin &

National Taiwan University Institute of Fisheries Science, Dr. Hong-Nong Chou Lab.
Year: 2015}

Jade Flow is an original lighting collection, a fusion of design, art and organism. The idea is to invite creatures of nature to act as co-designers, thus presents an aesthetic from the perspective of life science, merging the behavior of human and natural life forms.

透明璧形燈具中光線流瀉，瑩綠藻類受光源牽引流動，呈現玉質流動的紋理；觀者仿若倚身玉色山水間，凝望煙嵐輕走。Jade Flow 從現代生物學的觀點闡述東方古典美學，在演化萬年後，讓繁茂的人類文明與原始的生物趨性重啟對話。

Focusing on behavioral biology, we make use of the phototaxis of the algae. It occurs when a whole organism moves towards or away from stimulus of light. Also, with pure green pigments, its flow resembles the texture of jade.

藻類的趨光速度為肉眼可見，具有平面畫作質感的動態流動，又因帶有碧綠色素，當受光牽引而往光源聚集時，便出現水墨、翠玉一般的質感。

By arranging the embossments that channel the phototaxic movement of the algae, the outlines of the mountain and the waterfall lead the algae to compose Chinese landscape paintings.

自東方意涵聯想，將藻的流動與玉器紋理連結、以璧形為器，內刻有山水輪廓；凹凸浮雕與藻類的趨光行為相互影響，引領流向。

MOUNTAIN

Different contours of mountains create a layered-shape background, which leads the algae to crest and form the image of clouds and mists in the mountains.

層疊山巒起伏，藻如薄霧沿稜線緩行，滯留山谷間、消散群峰中。

WATERFALL

Small stone-shaped blocks are placed in the middle of the vessel. The algae get obstructed and guided to both flanks to approach the light, mimicking the effect of a waterfall.

透明橢圓石子錯落，藻於其間穿梭流瀉，化作潑墨川流。

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