Monir Arracades by Nardin Sabounchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Joieria Competition Category.

FerroJoieria· 2022

Monir Arracades

by Nardin Sabounchi

Client: Ela.store

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Joieria Category

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The Design

About Monir Arracades

Monir és un parell d'arracades inspirades en una obra de Monir Farmanfarmaian, una artista coneguda pel seu interès en la geometria i el treball de mosaic de mirall. Cada arracada té una forma de creu amb quatre costats iguals. Els angles i les cantonades creen reflexos brillants, donant un efecte de llum i ombra. Les arracades estan fetes de plata S925. Els primers esbossos es van dibuixar a mà, després es van modelar amb programari i es van imprimir com a patrons de resina per a la fosa. Cada peça es poleix i es polleix a mà. El pes reduït de 5,44 grams la fa adequada per a l'ús diari.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Monir Arracades és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que Monir Arracades sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. Monir Arracades és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

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