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PRODUCT
DESIGN
Blooming Moments:
An Illustration of Design
as the Creation of
Significant Forms
Siyun Xue
Iowa City, United States Photo credit: Yi Dong
iyun Xue proudly launches Blooming “Blooming Moments was designed with of each piece in the collection, Xue’s
Moments, an elegantly simple that spirit at its core,” says Siyun Xue. “My design goal is to achieve harmony among
Shome décor collection comprising design approach resonates most closely them, while ensuring that each conveys
a bowl, candle holder, and vase. Beyond with Suzanne Langer's interpretation, emotions with subtle differences.
its significance as an industrial design and I endeavoured to go beyond mere
work, Blooming Moments also serves functionality to convey calm portrayals of The simplicity of elegant design
as a statement of Xue's design approach feeling, rather than outpourings of it.” The conceived forms are realised with
as a process of conceiving and realising slotted bent steel sheets and CNC-crafted
significant forms. Unique conceptual forms black walnut wood. In each piece of the
Inspired by various stages of flowering, collection, the steel sheet is sandwiched
The spirit of Xue’s design Blooming Moments is a translation of Xue’s between two wooden pieces securely
Xue conceives and realises functional inspiration in the form of curves that abstract bonded together, without the use of any
objects with ‘significant forms’, drawing the contours of petals and water lily leaves. hardware. This fabrication process validates
terminology introduced by art critic Clive Through those design curves, Xue conveys a the potential of slot bending and adhesive
Bell in 1914 in reference to the quality that sense of buoyant yet gentle vitality. bonding techniques in form creation.
distinguishes art from mere artifacts. In Although all three pieces of the The Blooming Moments collection not
her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key, collection share the same inspiration, only showcases the refined elegance of
author Susanne Langer further interprets each object is uniquely designed with functional home décor, but also embodies
the significant form as one that articulates different methods of folding surfaces into Xue's dedication to exploring the depth
complexes of feeling. petal-like shapes. Despite the uniqueness of significant forms. Through a blend of
The Blooming Moments Collection 1 The Blooming Moments Collection 2
Photo credit: Siyun Xue Photo credit: Siyun Xue
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