Monir Earrings by Nardin Sabounchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.

IronJewelry· 2022

Monir Earrings

by Nardin Sabounchi

Client: Ela.store

A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category

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The Design

About Monir Earrings

Monir is a pair of earrings inspired by an artwork of Monir Farmanfarmaian, an artist known for her interest in geometry and mirror mosaic work. Each earring has a cross form with four equal sides. The angles and corners create bright reflections, giving an effect of light and shadow. The earrings are made of S925 silver. The first sketches were drawn by hand, then modeled with software and printed as resin patterns for casting. Each piece is sanded and polished by hand. The low weight of 5.44 grams suits daily use.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

Monir Earrings 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. Monir Earrings 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. Monir Earrings is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: Both DirectionsBackground: Left and Right

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The earrings are inspired by an art piece of Monir Farman Farmanian that will make it a special work. according to this, Monir earrings will have a cultural effect on the owner and others. Angles and corners of the earring are making it shinier; It feels like the dance of light and shadow.
Monir earrings are not heavy which makes them suitable for daily use.
Dimensions & Packaging: weight: 5.44g
length: 38.5 mm
thickness: 3 mm
Each earring is like a cross whose side is equal to the other. The width of each side is 7.5 mm.
Tags: #jewelry , #earring , #LightAndShadow , #Mirror , #Monir , #silver
Production Technology: As mentioned before, these earrings are inspired by artworks of Monir. The primitive sketches were performed by hand and inverted to Matrix Gemvision software to get Projet 3D printed resin models. The final product got polished and sanded by hand after casting with S925 and the molding process. sanding and polishing was the most challenging step of production.
Design Challenge: One of the most difficult parts of this design project was Farmanfarmaian herself! This ring, and actually this collection was a short story of her artworks; Being loyal without interruption in her designs was difficult.
Sanding and polishing was the most challenging step of production. Because of the edges and angles, it was too important to be more careful.
Research: Monir earrings belong to a collection with the name: "EXO". Exo is an abbreviation for Exotic, and we believe that "exotic" is a wonderful description for Monir Farmanfarmaian. She was an astonishing artist with fabulous artistic taste. Around the 1970s, she visited the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran. With the shrine's high-domed hall ... covered in a tiny square, triangular, and hexagonal mirrors, similar to many other historical Iranian mosques, this event acted as a turning point in Farmanfarmaian's artistic journey, leading to her interest in mirror mosaic artwork.
Inspiration: In fact, everything in this world is fragile; from the heart to light and horn and to bone. Eventually, two parallel lines intersect at infinity and become a broken line. Monir earrings have been inspired by an artwork of Monir Farmanfarmaian that is preserved in Courtesy Hains Gallery. She was a brilliant woman who was fascinated by the geometry and mirror works of Iran. When the geometrical lines enter the realm of mirrors, the exotic meaning of being will be born.
Project Duration: The initial idea of the design and inspiration from the Monir began in 2020. Research about Monir's artworks, simulations, and sketches continued until 2021. The production process finished in December 2021. The process from idea to implementation has been done in Tehran.
Operation Flow: Durable for daily use, lightweight, minimalistic, suitable for all ages and styles.
Team Members: Nardin Seyedsabounchi
Sara Keramati
Sadaf Shafie
Image Credits: All photos credits: TinaTinati
Model 1: Paniz Khakpour
Model 2: Maryam Ariana