Dog – Design Trust Futures Studio

Dog

Bonding

Designer-mentee: Mic Leong & Soilworm Lai
Collective Master-mentors: Edwin Chan, Tianlong Jiao
Lead Curator: Marisa Yiu

L 16 x W 12 X H 36 cm
Stereolithography (SLA) 3D-printed white resin structure with photochemical machining mirror polished stainless steel sheets

This is a story about humans and dogs, far earlier than 14,000 years ago. The relationship between the two has been very close. They live and grow together. It represents trust, loyalty, and perseverance. Dogs are our friends.

The pottery figurines of the Chinese zodiac in the Tang Dynasty unearthed in Hansenzhai Residential District exactly reflect our country's imagination of the zodiac mythology. From the characteristics of the animal head and human body, we can feel the past culture and people's fantasy about the future.

The imagination of the past has become our inspiration at this moment, the interpretations of the present leave clues for future exploration. We are looking forward to how they will interpret this pair of works in hundreds or thousands of years, or in the next civilization and in the distant future to further project on new relationships between humans and dogs.

 

 

Design Process

 

The duo created this sculpture based on the geometric language. By using 3D printing as the structure and with more than 200 stainless steel triangular mirror sheets on the incrustation to reflect light and materials, it aspires to demonstrate our associations with the future. The pair of animal head and human body sculptures rely on each other, coupled with strong distortion and exaggerated proportions, highlighting the relationship between the two, just like the portraits of the mother goddess of Chinese mythology Nüwa and her husband Fuxi, allowing us to have more space for imagination.

Project Twelve

 

Rocky by Edwin Chan (2018)

Inspired by the Chinese scholar rocks, its proportion and articulation reflects the abstract sculptural sensitivity of both modern and contemporary art. It embodies the balance of “wood” and “metal” elements in Chinese cosmology. Its playful posture on a ball pays homage to the “Fo Lion” iconography in China, bringing auspicious energy and good fortune for the New Year.