寧諾畢業(yè)生曾佳旎:再攬全球1%紅點至尊獎等多項國際設(shè)計大獎

寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)招生辦
2020-8-03 01:04:40 文/徐漫遠 圖/杜曉陽
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UNNC graduate breaks down design medium into 'matters'.
提到曾佳旎這個名字,“諾粉”們應(yīng)該不陌生。她在寧諾求學(xué)期間就獲得過各項國際設(shè)計大獎,畢業(yè)后被哈佛、麻省理工爭相錄取。
最近,我們收到消息,這位設(shè)計才女已從麻省理工順利畢業(yè),同時她憑借自己的畢業(yè)設(shè)計再度包攬各項重量級國際設(shè)計獎項。其中有設(shè)計界“奧斯卡”之稱的紅點設(shè)計大獎授予她今年度“至尊獎”(best of the best),她還是今年全美唯一一位獲得美國工業(yè)設(shè)計師協(xié)會頒發(fā)的“優(yōu)秀研究生設(shè)計師”的學(xué)生。
在學(xué)霸云集的麻省理工學(xué)院仍保持優(yōu)異,永遠創(chuàng)新,她是怎么做到的?
設(shè)計將從“原子”層面開始變革?
曾佳旎:是的
今年的紅點概念獎共收到了來自52個國家的4170個作品,只有42個作品被授予了至尊獎,也就是只有1%的作品獲得這項榮譽。曾佳旎的“幻視材料”即是其中之一。
她在畢業(yè)設(shè)計中首創(chuàng)了一種棱鏡打印方法,運用光學(xué)原理,通過“多材料3D打印”技術(shù)控制材料表面的變化,使得物品的外觀在不同觀看角度能夠呈現(xiàn)千變?nèi)f化的顏色和圖案,從而重新定義了材料表達在工業(yè)設(shè)計中的意義。
正面觀看和旋轉(zhuǎn)5度觀看時呈現(xiàn)變幻的色彩
“通過我的研究項目,我希望每一個設(shè)計師都能把‘物體的皮膚’看作是獨立的實體來解構(gòu)并創(chuàng)作,而不是只能從固有的集合中選擇!痹鸯徽f。
在她看來,最新制造技術(shù)和科技正在掀起工業(yè)設(shè)計之變!盎靡暡牧稀奔词窍M磥碓O(shè)計師能夠從“原子”層面的角度思考,解構(gòu)材料本身并制造多重屬性的物體表面;通過算法來對其肌理、變化、透明度進行設(shè)計,把看似不可能存在于現(xiàn)實的材料帶到產(chǎn)品設(shè)計中,給予用戶不一樣的交互體驗!跋胂笠幌拢环N物理材料在沒有電源的情況下,可以自行動態(tài)顯示;未來的色彩創(chuàng)造不是建立在一層層化學(xué)涂料的基礎(chǔ)上,而是棱鏡3D打印和簡單色塊的結(jié)合……”
會隨著角度變換顏色的棒棒糖
重新定義工業(yè)設(shè)計的創(chuàng)新
從寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)畢業(yè)時,曾佳旎已經(jīng)拿到了許多國際獎項,包括紅點設(shè)計大獎、A'設(shè)計大獎賽金獎、IDEA國際設(shè)計大獎、歐洲工業(yè)設(shè)計獎等等。當(dāng)時,全球最頂尖的工業(yè)設(shè)計類院校都陸續(xù)向她拋來橄欖枝,頂尖大學(xué)麻省理工學(xué)院,哈佛大學(xué)也向她發(fā)出邀約。她最后選擇了MIT。
曾佳旎獲得的各項國際大獎
她說,在麻省理工求學(xué)期間,她接觸到世界最頂尖的實驗室和科技項目,有機會與來自世界各地的頂尖人才探索前沿科技。這段歷程對她來說既沖擊又啟發(fā)。
“寧諾讓我打下了堅實的基礎(chǔ),包括一整套的傳統(tǒng)設(shè)計流程以及以用戶為中心的理念,這些曾讓我受益匪淺。但在這個領(lǐng)域走得越深,尤其是在我接觸到了許多新技術(shù)和設(shè)計思維以后,我就知道我不能停留在傳統(tǒng)的設(shè)計思路里!痹鸯徽f。
她參與設(shè)計了一個軟體機器人輔助項目,叫做“氣泡”(Bubble),曾在全球領(lǐng)先的人機交互論壇展出。這個項目能夠幫助手指無法完全張開,有手部關(guān)節(jié)疾病的人群。機器人會通過檢測肌肉活動,讓軟體自動變大變小來填充需要抓取物體的空間,從而實現(xiàn)物體抓取。
軟體機器人輔助項目“氣泡”(Bubble)
不論是通過棱鏡打印出幻視材料,抑或是軟體機器人項目,離落地量產(chǎn)都還有距離。對此,曾佳旎說,“工業(yè)設(shè)計的創(chuàng)新,應(yīng)該包括探索新材料和新的生產(chǎn)方法。而作為一個設(shè)計師,更有一份責(zé)任向世界傳達新的技術(shù)、思維和理念,哪怕在當(dāng)時這個想法與傳統(tǒng)工業(yè)設(shè)計理念相悖!
建立智慧家居初創(chuàng)企業(yè)
現(xiàn)在,曾佳旎已從麻省理工學(xué)院畢業(yè),與媒體實驗室的研究員、來自哈佛的鄧鴻浩在硅谷創(chuàng)立了物聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司Butlr佰絡(luò)科技。他們設(shè)計開發(fā)了一套智能家居系統(tǒng),通過保護隱私的低清熱傳感技術(shù),分析空間內(nèi)的用戶行為如行走路徑、動作后進行預(yù)測,用戶無需進行任何操作即可實現(xiàn)智慧家居或智能化管理。目前,他們已獲得硅谷知名投資機構(gòu)的種子輪資金。
她介紹,除了家庭這個應(yīng)用場景,他們的產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)被美國的幾家零售商進行使用,同時他們也在探索與智能酒店的合作。此前,他們與歐洲和日本的企業(yè)就產(chǎn)品在老人院、護理院等場景的應(yīng)用也開展了深度合作。
智能家居的應(yīng)用場景
“我們是從麻省理工學(xué)院媒體實驗室誕生的初創(chuàng)公司。我們堅信,低像素?zé)醾鞲屑夹g(shù)能夠在豐富的應(yīng)用場景中,大幅提升用戶的生活品質(zhì)和體驗。”曾佳旎說,她始終喜歡探究可觸碰到的交互體驗,把虛擬世界的交互體驗帶到線下,Butlr即是如此。
曾佳旎告訴我們,她的短期目標(biāo)是希望能將Butlr做好,長遠的目標(biāo)仍然是用科技的力量對產(chǎn)品、建筑環(huán)境、交互等設(shè)計方法論做出改變!拔蚁,我會一直探索與新科技相關(guān)的設(shè)計嘗試!
花絮
曾佳旎:我是怎么選專業(yè)的
我打小就不是成績特別拔尖,父母也很寬容。導(dǎo)致我一直比較隨性,也不在意從事熱門行業(yè)。高考結(jié)束后我比較癡迷于研究相機。在寧諾選專業(yè)前一個晚上,我在網(wǎng)上看見一張藍色皮Leica M6的照片,看遍了寧諾所有專業(yè),覺得“工業(yè)設(shè)計”好像與這有關(guān)。沒想到這個機緣巧合像是命運般牽著我走到現(xiàn)在。
寧諾對我的幫助是很大的,尤其是在語言上,因為寧諾是英語學(xué)術(shù)氛圍,到了國外以后幾乎沒有語言適應(yīng)期。其次,大三在澳洲的交換經(jīng)驗也對我的設(shè)計觀產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。說實話,在來寧諾之前,也曾覺得哈佛、麻省理工是遙不可及的頂尖院校,但對參加比賽、創(chuàng)新創(chuàng)造有很高敏銳度的老師對我產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。優(yōu)秀的成績、獨特的思維方式和被獎項認可的作品無疑是我能拿到名校錄取通知書的敲門磚。
祝愿學(xué)弟學(xué)妹們也能找到自己的“火種”,為之努力并不懈探索。
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UNNC graduate breaks down design medium into 'matters'
Jiani Zeng, a UNNC graduate of Product Design and Manufacture, was honoured with various top international design awards including 2020 Graduate Student Merit Award by Industrial Designers Society of America, 2020 Red Dot Award: Best of the Best, Core77 Design Award and Platinum A’Design Award. She has just obtained a M.S. in Engineering and Management from MIT.
“The latest digital fabrication and manufacturing technologies are transforming the traditional industrial design,” said Jiani. Her work “Optical Textiles” was selected out of 4170 pieces of work from 52 countries and was awarded the Red Dot: Best of the Best.
The award-winning piece originates from Jiani’s MIT thesis, where she first introduces the concept and application of “Illusory Material”. It is a lenticular 3D printing technology that enables the designer to create dynamic colour and texture in a controlled manner. This creates opportunities to design and prototype products with dream-like material expressions that only exist in the digital world.
“In the future colour creation may not be based on layers of chemical paints, but a combination of 3D printed optical lenses and simple colour blocks, and designers can manipulate the colour, texture, and refractivity of materials across time and different viewing angles.” said Jiani.
During her study at MIT, Jiani focused on creating tangible and responsive experiences. Her work exists on the boundary between the digital and physical realms, reinventing material expression and exploring new design opportunities with emerging technology such as AIoT, soft-robotics and multi-material 3D printing.
“Thanks to my study at UNNC, I have a solid foundation in traditional design process and a decent understanding of User Centred Design. Then in MIT I learned to explore beyond the logic of design thinking and traditional manufacturing methods,” said Jiani.
This is reflected in “Bubble”, a project that Jiani did with other researchers from MIT Media Lab. It is a pneumatically actuated wearable device with light, silicone actuators that enables people with hand disabilities to grasp objects. Although not yet put into commercialisation, Jiani said: “even a very conceptual idea or research can inspire people to do good to the world.”
In 2019, Jiani founded Butlr Technologies Inc. with Honghao Deng, a former researcher at MIT Media Lab and graduate student from Harvard University. Butlr's vision, context-aware responsive architecture, is a future where the built environment is as customizable as a streaming music podcast, based on simple, intelligent architectural objects.They developed a smart system that uses small, low-cost sensors to track the motions and body heat of customers to modify room temperature and lighting for ideal comfort.
This technology has been adopted by many retailers and nursing homes in the US and Japan. Recently, Butlr was featured in CBS’s California by Design show, Tech Crunch and many other popular media. They aslo raised $1.2 million in seed funding, just as the pandemic was reaching its peak in the United States.
“I believe designers should have consistency in criticising existing design methodology and experimenting in both the digital and physical worlds. Many of my projects aim to push past the limitations of traditional design, removing the need to simply replicate materials that already exist. I break down design medium into 'matters', restructuring and reinventing materiality to create unique expressions, forms, properties and experiences.” concludes Jiani when speaking of her envision in design.
文字來源 | Lily Su, Elena Yang,劉心予
圖片來源 | 曾佳旎
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