Introduction
Space design, through the rational use of light and shadow can bring people a direct perceptual experience, at the same time, light and shadow are also rich spiritual elements, can effectively awaken the emotional factors hidden in people's hearts.
Cai Shang is the Chief Partner of the World Design Alliance (WDC), the keynote tutor of the Shanghai Rubik's Cube Light Art Festival, and the artistic director of Shanghai International Design Week. He is good at combining space design with light and shadow aesthetics, and is familiar with and uses smart and interesting space light and shadow elements.
The environment changes with the heart, the space is constructed with measurable light and shadow, and the immeasurable mood runs through the overall vision, so that the emotion of the design reverberates in the entire space.
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You are known as the "space dreamer" in the industry, how do you see the difference and connection between humanistic space design and home space design?
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Modern people's home decoration design and home design are mainly people-oriented. With the increase of people's material wealth, they are bound to pursue and create a better life. This will lead to humanistic care with the humanistic spirit at its core.
In China, the demand for housing has been rising, and the actual demand for housing is different for each family, whether it is the overall structure of the house, or the interior decoration composition, it is inseparable from careful design. Home design is also a kind of culture, but the humanistic feelings contained in it are difficult to give up. Therefore, whether it is humanistic space design or home design, the most fundamental thing is to adhere to the people-oriented.
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The wedding design work "Cloud Atlas" and the restaurant soft decoration work "Cloud Xi" designed by you and your team won the gold medal and the highest award platinum award (platinum award, a total of 12 seats worldwide) respectively in Italy, the world's top design award, as well as "Jingling", "Flower Feather", "Wind Listening", "Cloud Feather", "Dream Feather" and other works, can you briefly share with us?
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"Clouds" is a special theme restaurant, we through a strong visual impact and flowing water-like space changes, the rain, water, clouds, fog into one, and the use of a fully open design, with an intelligent four-color lighting control system that can adjust the color arbitrarily, so as to create a rich and diverse, multi-functional space atmosphere, no matter what kind of scene, the restaurant can be high-quality integration, for the fashion people to bring a rich and diverse life experience.
Crystal Feather", "Flower Feather", "Wind Listening", "Cloud Feather", "Dream Feather" are the thematic stage designs created by our team for the Sanya Tianya Haijiao International Wedding Festival from 2018 to 2022.
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After looking at so many of your works, I found that none of your works have a specific style, and each piece is very creative and imaginative
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Inspiration can be said to come from many aspects, maybe about traditional art, about travel, about fashion, in the whole society and all the aspects that I experienced, I was able to find some shining spark, and then let it be contained in my mental memory, and one day, at a certain point, it would burst out to form a new inspiration.
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What do you think is the most important thing for home design?What do you think about the top wall?
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Home decoration design must find the definition of modern living life and give the space emotion and life. The top wall is precisely the concise functional lines and multi-level materials collage, and under the decorative design of light and shadow, space and structure, it harmonizes modern life and presents a home space full of humanistic taste.
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What are your expectations for the Aohua 2023 "Light of Design" Top Wall Design Competition?
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Design, on the basis of the realization of practical functions, must ultimately lead to the satisfaction of spiritual needs. It is hoped that through the 2023 Aohua "Light of Design" Top Wall Design Competition, more designers will be able to cross the boundaries of thinking, break through the usual aesthetics, integrate art, humanity and life, and use more Chinese design language to create beauty!