Press Release
Maryam Hosseini Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Olka Non Stitched Bag in Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
Maryam Hosseini acknowledged for fashion and travel accessories design by the international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 14, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Fashion and Travel Accessories Design category for Olka Non Stitched Bag by Maryam Hosseini. The recognition forms part of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
Regarding Olka Non Stitched Bag
Olka is a handcrafted non-stitched leather bag inspired by Iranian Irrevocable migration. It consists of 54 modular cow genuine leather pieces that interlocked together. This woven is done through slits that are cut on the leather with laser. Its dimensions are 220 x 220 x 80 mm. The handle of bag is made of walnut wood. Olka means homeland in Persian language, these days Iranian teenagers and youth leave their homeland to create a better life, and migration can makes cracks in their mind and soul even their body but every crack provides a situation for the creation of a new beautiful flower.
Award Record
Maryam Hosseini is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2023 - 2024 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Fashion and Travel Accessories Design Award
The A' Accessory Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good accessory designs by leading designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to accessory designers, fashion designers, travel accessory designers and luxury goods manufacturers from all countries. Typical entries include handbags, scarves, belts, luggage, hats and travel bags. The awarded accessory designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/accessory
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/159234
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/159234
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!159234
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/353546
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Olka Non Stitched Bag
- Function
- Non Stitched Bag
- Category
- Fashion and Travel Accessories Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion and Luxury
- Colors
- Light Slate Gray, Lavender, Dark Slate Gray, Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Maryam Hosseini
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #159234
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Leather is a durable material, but usually the threads used to sew leather crafts, lose their quality sooner than leather, so creating the seamless leather bags can be effective in increasing its quality. Olka is non-stitched, the modular leather pieces are interlocked together, which increases the speed of production, and if needed for repair, the damaged piece can be easily replaced with a new one. It even gives the possibility to the user to order the bag in separate pieces and make her own.
- Inspiration
- According to reports of 2022, about 50% of Iranian students and entrepreneurs have desired to emigrate from their country and 62% have not decided to return back. Olka means homeland in Persian language and it was created by the inspiration of Iranian youth who immigrate with the aim of creating a better life. Migration brings mental, emotional and even physical pains, but pain is an opportunity for growth. In this case, every slit provides the basis for creating a new beautiful flower.
- Research
- In the process of design and creation, research was done in the field of interlocking system, modular system, consumer behavior, DIY products and the migration rate of youth Iranian which finally resulted in the creation of this project.
- Challenge
- The main challenge in creating this product was whether the final strength of the interlocked components would be equal to the stitching and whether the main bag could be delivered to the customer in the separated pieces, so that she could create the bag herself by interlocking them together.
- Realization and Technology
- The main bag consists of 72 cow genuine leather pieces that are first designed in 2D and 3D in AutoCAD, then cut by laser cut, and the pieces are interwoven together. This bag also has an inner bag that is handcrafted and it is also created from cow genuine leather and can be used separately as a minimal crossbody bag.
- Operation and Interaction
- This bag consists of modular leather pieces that are interlocked together. The consumer can order this bag in separate components and will make the bag according to its manual and it will have a great emotional connection and sense of belonging with the product.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design of this bag stated in September 2023 in Tehran, Iran and created in October 2023 in Tehran.
- Specifications
- The dimension of Olka is 220*220*80 millimeter.
- Keywords
- Modular, non stitched, geometric, homeland, Olka, leather bag, interlocking modular components, lasercut, migration
