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 A stimulating game of perception   Art and Culture,Crafts,Science & Technology Integrating natural elements into computer-aided design, Orproject’s latest and award winner of the A-Design Gold for 2018 is a sculptural art installation that explores the medium of light as a material. Architecture and design practice, Orproject with offices in London, Beijing and New Delhi has always been on the threshold of exploring cutting-edge advanced geometries to result in a high-end aesthetic with an ecologic agenda. Their most recent private commission for a 200-plus-year-old home garden in Dusseldorf, Germany, is a sculptural tree – a modern intervention that mimics its natural counterparts – perhaps initiating many a dialogue on life and its evolving philosophies. Using the analogy of the process of photosynthesis in plants, where plants grow towards the source of light and the veins in their leaves supply every cell with nutrients – a process that results in  overall growth...