Keymotif Key holder by Vassilis Mylonadis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award in Furniture Design Competition Category.
IronFurniture· 2017
Keymotif Key holder
Client: Mydesign Mylonadis
A' Design Award Winner in Furniture Category
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About Keymotif Key holder
It is quite intriguing to be able to see aspects of one country's history and folklore through a different perspective. That led to the creation of Keymotif, a key holder set which is inspired by the motif found on textiles that are produced by a traditional loom in Northern Greece. History lives on through a key holder and makes a new turn.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Keymotif Key holder 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. Keymotif Key holder 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. Keymotif Key holder is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
In search for a new generation of souvenirs that would bring up hidden aspects of our history, I came up with Keymotif. It is a key holder that is inspired by the motif found on textiles produced by a traditional loom. The motif from a textile is transformed into a 3D object, which is brought into our everyday lives through a key holder.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
The idea that one's absence from home or office could be transformed into a colour footprint by removing a key holder from it's base was very intriguing to me.
How long did it take you to design this particular concept?
The project started in October 2016 in Athens and finished in December 2016 in Athens.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The idea that one's absence from home or office could be transformed into a colour footprint by removing a key holder from it's base was very intriguing to me.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Keymotif base including 2 key holders 110 mm x 110 mm x 30 mm, Package(Stamped cardboard with rubber band) 120 mm x 140 mm x 33 mm
- Tags
- product design, key holder, decorative items, souvenir
- Production Technology
- Keymotif is made out of laser cut okoume wood and white plexiglass. Because of the different nature of the materials, there was a lot of fine tuning that took place in order to reach the desired result.
- Design Challenge
- The transition from the folklore past to the present situation made me to lean first to wood as a natural material which would be complemented with Plexiglas. Keeping in mind the factor of sturdiness and after several tests with different types of wood, okoume plywood seemed to be the finest solution. On the other hand Plexiglas due its technical abilities of bending seemed quite appropriate. That combined together, led us to the design of a well-balanced product with a profound reference to Greece's recent past.
- Research
- I was always intrigued by the technical skills of the users of the traditional looms in Greece and the fine and rich results they were able to deliver through a vast number of motifs created on textiles. My idea was to brake down these motifs into simplified forms that they would be able to live through objects of our everyday life.
- Inspiration
- In search for a new generation of souvenirs that would bring up hidden aspects of our history, I came up with Keymotif. It is a key holder which is inspired by the motif found on textiles produced by a traditional loom. The motif from a textile, is transformed into a 3D object, which is brought into our everyday lives through a key holder.
- Project Duration
- The project started in October 2016 in Athens and finished in December 2016 in Athens, and was exhibited in It's all, oh so souvenir to me, Parousies 2017, Athens Greece
- Operation Flow
- There is a set of 2 key holders and a wall mount unit. With the removal of the key holder from its base, a coloured footprint is created.
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