Follow Me Skulpturale Vase by Heloise Rajkumari

Follow Me Skulpturale Vase by Heloise Rajkumari is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2015 A' Design Award in Eisen in Bildende Kunst Competition Category.

EisenBildende Kunst· 2015

Follow Me Skulpturale Vase

by Heloise Rajkumari

Client: Heloise Rajkumari

A' Design Award in Eisen Winner in Bildende Kunst Category

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The Design

About Follow Me Skulpturale Vase

Follow Me ist eine skulpturale Vase, die das Arrangieren von Schnittblumen unterstützt. Die Form ist vom Pfau inspiriert, mit einem aufrecht stehenden Körper und einem Flügelpaar. Die Vase besteht aus drei Teilen, darunter zwei abnehmbare Flügelelemente, die mit unterschiedlichen Lochmustern perforiert sind. Die halboffene Form ermöglicht die Luftzirkulation um die Stiele und erlaubt es, täglich Wasser nachzufüllen, ohne das Arrangement zu verändern. Der Nutzer wählt ein Flügelelement aus, fixiert es am Korpus und folgt den Öffnungen, um ein Muster zu gestalten. Ziel ist es, die Lebensdauer der Schnittblumen zu verlängern.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Eisen

Follow Me Skulpturale Vase ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Eisen, einer prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für gute Designs, die die beruflichen und industriellen Anforderungen erfüllen, die an gut gestaltete Schöpfungen gestellt werden. Eisen-Gewinner zeigen großes Können, hohe Spezialisierung, fachkundiges Verständnis und die kreative Kapazität ihrer Schöpfer. Von Follow Me Skulpturale Vase wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgeschätzte, bewunderte und geliebte Schöpfung ist, die praktisch und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Eisen prämierte Design integriert bewährte Branchenverfahren und weist kompetente technische Merkmale in Verbindung mit Know-how und Talent auf. Follow Me Skulpturale Vase wird für seine Gründlichkeit geschätzt und ist darauf ausgelegt, Verbesserungen der Lebensqualität zu liefern, die dazu beitragen, die Welt zu einem besseren Ort zu machen.

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.