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‘Portable Solar Distiller’ by Henry Glogau,

Chosen as the project that best encompasses “Design for a Better Tomorrow”, the Portable Solar Distiller provides clean drinking water by filtering polluted water or overly saline sea water using sunlight. Merging local resource production with community architecture, this low-tech solution also serves as a shaded gathering place.

Mentors: Joe Doucet, Sabine Marcelis, Mariam Kamara, and Sputniko

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Exhibited at PMQ 元創方, Hong kong The red silk line that connects two people who are destined to be together, appears across many Chinese, Japanese and Korean mythologies. The delicate silk line symbolises the fragility of love at times. On the other hand, such a thin line represents the passion in love that is powerful and irresistible. Through the genetically engineered red silk containing Oxytocin (known as the socially bonding, love-hormone) invented by Artist Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) with Professor Hideki Sezutsu from the University of Tokyo, the Asian Mythology of Red String of Fate is recreated in the form of a roof-scape that references an Asian shrine. The shrine renders a mysterious and sacred setting that echoes the Asian myth of the red silk, which usually involves the play of a deity figure e.g. Yue Lao. The shrine, being one of the most common typologies of spiritual space for worshipping and blessing, is where faiths, intentions, emotions and wishes intertwine. The team also worked with Japanese designer Masaya Kushino on the fabric design. The roof-scape is made of silk fabric with the red silk (together with other colored engineered silk) embroidered onto the seemingly endless rolls of silk fabric. The embroidery only reveals itself under blue (moon) light, and its colours are only visible through the lenses offered inside the shrine. The glowing pattern symbolises the flower of the night-blooming cereus (月下美人), which blossoms briefly and beautifully under the moonlight. “Red Silk of Fate” invites the audience to contemplate love and bonding in a spiritual setting, especially in the age of the pandemic where social interaction and bonding have become scarce worldwide. The work also invites the audience to imagine the futures of biotechnologies, where humans could soon be creating living things, which we believed to only exist in the mythical, magical worlds. Video Link: https://vimeo.com/658560125 VR (without filter): https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=3FM3HBUwDtm VR (with filter): https://mpembed.com/show/?m=Z6PUCgUrREd&mpu=1125 Project link: https://www.nappstudio.com/project/red-silk-of-fate-the-shrine/

CREDITS

Four-leaf clovers, with their rare and mystical allure, have captivated hearts for centuries. They bring happiness to those fortunate enough to discover them. When I was little, I used to embark on quests in search of one. In a sea of lush green clovers, I carefully examined each specimen, and time would slip away. In today’s era of AI-driven efficiency, I have equipped my drone with advanced image recognition algorithms, enabling it to effortlessly locate all the lucky clovers at speed. The drone scans fields of clover and instantly pinpoints one with remarkable precision. However, as I acknowledge my drone’s ability to find and bring happiness to me, I feel a twinge of nostalgia. Didn’t my younger self enjoy the quests themselves? Was it the efficiency that was missing in the pursuit of happiness? Did it matter if I did not find one?

CREDITS

Artist: Sputniko! Creative Coder : Riku Ueno(P.I.C.S. TECH) Creative Director : Hironori Terai(P.I.C.S. TECH) Technical Producer : Yoshitaka Yuge(P.I.C.S. TECH) Production Manager : Kokoro Kanzaki(P.I.C.S. TECH) Sound Composer : Jaermulk Manhattan

Clover model by university-FLC(2023)/ Adapted. This is using AGPL adapted software. <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html> <https://github.com/uneori/YOLO_TD>

Four-leaf clovers, with their rare and mystical allure, have captivated hearts for centuries. They bring happiness to those fortunate enough to discover them. When I was little, I used to embark on quests in search of one. In a sea of lush green clovers, I carefully examined each specimen, and time would slip away. In today’s era of AI-driven efficiency, I have equipped my drone with advanced image recognition algorithms, enabling it to effortlessly locate all the lucky clovers at speed. The drone scans fields of clover and instantly pinpoints one with remarkable precision. However, as I acknowledge my drone’s ability to find and bring happiness to me, I feel a twinge of nostalgia. Didn’t my younger self enjoy the quests themselves? Was it the efficiency that was missing in the pursuit of happiness? Did it matter if I did not find one?

CREDITS

Artist: Sputniko! Creative Coder : Riku Ueno(P.I.C.S. TECH) Creative Director : Hironori Terai(P.I.C.S. TECH) Technical Producer : Yoshitaka Yuge(P.I.C.S. TECH) Production Manager : Kokoro Kanzaki(P.I.C.S. TECH) Sound Composer : Jaermulk Manhattan

Clover model by university-FLC(2023)/ Adapted. This is using AGPL adapted software. <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html> <https://github.com/uneori/YOLO_TD>

Four-leaf clovers, with their rare and mystical allure, have captivated hearts for centuries. They bring happiness to those fortunate enough to discover them. When I was little, I used to embark on quests in search of one. In a sea of lush green clovers, I carefully examined each specimen, and time would slip away. In today’s era of AI-driven efficiency, I have equipped my drone with advanced image recognition algorithms, enabling it to effortlessly locate all the lucky clovers at speed. The drone scans fields of clover and instantly pinpoints one with remarkable precision. However, as I acknowledge my drone’s ability to find and bring happiness to me, I feel a twinge of nostalgia. Didn’t my younger self enjoy the quests themselves? Was it the efficiency that was missing in the pursuit of happiness? Did it matter if I did not find one?

CREDITS

Artist: Sputniko! Creative Coder : Riku Ueno(P.I.C.S. TECH) Creative Director : Hironori Terai(P.I.C.S. TECH) Technical Producer : Yoshitaka Yuge(P.I.C.S. TECH) Production Manager : Kokoro Kanzaki(P.I.C.S. TECH) Sound Composer : Jaermulk Manhattan

Clover model by university-FLC(2023)/ Adapted. This is using AGPL adapted software. <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html> <https://github.com/uneori/YOLO_TD>