Follow Me Gerro Escultòric by Heloise Rajkumari

Follow Me Gerro Escultòric by Heloise Rajkumari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Belles Arts i Instal·lacions Artístiques Competition Category.

FerroBelles Arts· 2015

Follow Me Gerro Escultòric

by Heloise Rajkumari

Client: Heloise Rajkumari

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Belles Arts Category

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The Design

About Follow Me Gerro Escultòric

Follow Me és un gerro escultòric dissenyat per facilitar la disposició de flors tallades. La forma s'inspira en el paó, amb un cos vertical i un parell d'ales. El gerro està fet de tres peces, incloent-hi dues peces d'ales desmuntables perforades amb diferents patrons. La forma semioberta permet la circulació d'aire al voltant de les tiges i possibilita afegir aigua diàriament sense pertorbar la composició. L'usuari selecciona una peça d'ala, l'ancora al cos i segueix les obertures per crear un patró. La intenció és allargar la vida de les flors tallades.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

Follow Me Gerro Escultòric 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 Follow Me Gerro Escultòric 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. Follow Me Gerro Escultòric 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: Follow Me is a sculpture which functions as a vase. The idea is to make the vase take part in arrangement and conditioning of cut flowers. This vase is a set of three pieces with semi open form to allow air circulation around the stems keeping them moisture free and to allow users to add water daily without disturbing the arrangement. The two detachable wing pieces are perforated in a certain pattern to aid the arrangement. The vase provides aids while the flowers complete the overall form, forming a complementary pair.
Dimensions & Packaging: size of body : 220 mm x 60 mm x 260 mm
size of wing : 120 mm x 230 mm
Overall size : 250 mm x 120 mm x 260 mm
Tags: Vase, functional sculpture, Peacock Inspired , Flower arrangement aid.
Design Challenge: The challenge was to solve a conflicting criterion and bring the bird form and functions together. For easy adding of water, wide mouth is good but it does not provide enough aid for arranging flowers in pattern. Additional aid may be needed for arrangement. The design has been developed as semi open form with three pieces separating the conflicting functions. The perforated wing part serves as the aid, while user can easily add water below the wings. The large gap also allows air circulation.
Research: From study on conditioning of flowers, it is found that flowers suck lots of water and one has to keep adding water as needed. And while doing this, arrangement is disturbed or water is spilled. Enclosed form of vases with water creates the moist environment and increases bacterial growth. A large mouth is convenient for adding water but do not provide enough aid for arrangement in pattern. These lead to design a vase which increases post harvest life instead of just a container to hold flowers.
Inspiration: The form of Follow Me is inspired from the bird Peacock. This bird has a unique tail which forms a semi circular pattern when it fans its highly elongated upper tail covert feathers. This inspired me to develop the form of the vase as a bird with long upright tail and a pair of wings with perforated back to provide support for cut flowers. The intent is to make the flowers a part of the form.
Operation Flow: User has to choose a wing piece out of the two options according to the profile of the openings or perforation. The user can anchor it to the body of the vase with the help of the anchoring points provided in the body and then he can add water in to it. Its ready for arranging flowers. Now, the user can follow the profile of the openings or skip in between to create a pattern in the arrangement.
Image Credits: Image #1,#2,#3,#4,#5 : Heloise Rajkumari, 3D Modeling and Rendering, 2014.