Rotal
Rotal Shape Shifting Light Installation by Zhejiang University is a winner of the 2018 Iron A' Design Award in Lighting Products and Fixtures Design.
Rotal is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.
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Rotal is a tree inspired shape shifting light installation. Its novel feature is the ability to allow users to push, pull and rotate its branches to create diverse morphologies. The rudimentary silhouette of Rotal is extracted from metasequoia. The structure is made of a central trunk consisting of 2 nested transparent pipes and 16 branches with each containing retractable light diffusion tubes, a needle bearing and a 3D-printing joint. The trunk body is fitted with LED strips of 600lux.
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Rotal by Zhejiang University
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Shape Shifting Light Installation
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Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Award Winner in 2018.
Iron Winner
Rotal Shape Shifting Light Installation
Rotal is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Rotal is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Rotal is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
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Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University encourages all its faculty members and students to follow the spirit of 'pursuing the truth, being rigorous and earnest, exerting oneself for never-ending progress, and pioneering new trails'. In short, the university motto is 'Seeking Truth and Pursuing Innovation'.
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