Light Fragments for The Noguchi Museum + YMER&MALTA by nendo

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野口勇博物馆由20世纪最杰出雕塑家代表野口勇先生创建。该博物馆坐立于纽约皇后大街，馆内陈列着众多野口勇先生的代表作品。“Akari”系列作品由日式和纸和柱子经手工打造而成，是野口勇先生最负盛名的代表作品之一。而联合了6位当代设计师的“Akari Unfolded”展，则是对Akari作品的致敬之作。野口先生的大多数作品都是石材雕刻，因此他将“Akari”系列作品设计成会发光的雕塑作品，而非灯光设计。受这一启发，nendo试想如果“Akari”系列变幻成为灯光雕刻艺术会怎样。设计师想，在此设定下石雕碎片定会绽放美丽的光彩。

Founded by one of 20th century’s most renowned sculptors, Isamu Noguchi, the Noguchi Museum is located in Queens, New York, displaying representative examples of his work. The “Akari Unfolded” exhibition featured works of 6 modern designers that gathered in homage to the Akari collection. Fabricated from handmade washi paper and bamboo, Akari is one of the most renowned works of Isamu Noguchi. Many of the sculptures by Noguchi were carved directly from stone, thus he regarded Akari more as luminescent sculptures, rather than lighting equipment. Inspired by these facts, we imagined what if Akari had been carved directly from a massive form of light. It gave us an idea that the fragments from the carved stone should be beautifully luminous.

该系列创作的第一步是将白色亚克力板进行厚度切割，从不透明到半透明，直至超薄超透的状态。随后将这些切割的碎片折叠放入亚克力立方体中，仿若让这些碎片浮动其中。最后将碎片点亮，这便是“light-fragments”作品原型了。

The first step of the creation process was to carefully hand-carve white acrylic boards gradationally, from opaque to translucent, until it ultimately became extremely thin and transparent. Then, the fragments have been enveloped as if they were floating inside a transparent acrylic cube, and by lighting these pieces externally, “light-fragments” were represented.

“Atari”的设计理念是将光带入生活空间，与之相对应的汉字为“明”，即“日”和“月”。太阳是光的来源，而碎片则吸收了光。这一灯饰设计正是描绘了日与月之间的关系。当月亮出现时，太阳也隐去了身躯。因此该灯饰设计将光源隐藏在装置之内。

The concept of the Akari was to bring natural light into living spaces, and the corresponding Japanese character of 明(akari, light) is made up of two kanji elements, 日 (hi, sun) and 月 (tsuki, moon). This lamp replicates the relationship between the sun and the moon, the sun is the source of light, and fragments receiving the light. Since the sun cannot be seen when the moon is shining, it is designed so that the source of light is not exposed.

一根8毫米的铝管搭在亚克力立方体上，均匀铺设其中的LED光源仅将立方体内的亚克力碎片照亮。黑色选做台灯的基座和灯脚，一个圆形的小帽则与“Akari”系列的线脚相呼应。

Leaning across the transparent acrylic is an 8mm aluminum pipe, LED lights are aligned inside and diffused to minimize their unevenness, this narrow channel of light is intended to concentrate the light into the acrylic, illuminating only the cube. Lastly, black was selected for the lamp legs, and a round black cap was put at the end to evoke the iconic Akari wire legs.

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