Nostalgium انگشتر by Saedeh Sorouri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award in طراحی جواهرات Competition Category.

نقرهجواهرات· 2021

Nostalgium انگشتر

by Saedeh Sorouri

Client: Saeded Sorouri

جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award Winner in جواهرات Category

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The Design

About Nostalgium انگشتر

نوستالژیوم انگشتری نقره‌ای است که از خانه‌های سنتی ایرانی الهام گرفته شده است. طراحی این اثر دو قاب را به هم پیوند می‌دهد. قاب دایره‌ای یادآور حوض حیاط معماری کهن ایرانی است. قاب مربعی یادآور پنجره‌ای است که زمانی گلدان‌های شمعدانی آن را می‌آراستند. یک فرم برگ این قطعه را کامل می‌کند و بافت نرم و رگبرگ‌های ظریف یک برگ شمعدانی را حفظ می‌کند. بدنه انگشتر از نقره استرلینگ ۹۲۵ ساخته شده که ذوب و سپس نورد، اره و لحیم‌کاری شده است. برگ از لایه‌هایی از خمیر نقره خالص ۹۹۹ ساخته شده و سپس پخته شده است. هدف، زنده کردن خاطرات دلنشین گذشته است.

The Recognition

About the جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award

Nostalgium انگشتر برنده جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award است، شناختی فوق‌العاده معتبر که به طراحی‌های سطح بالای زیبا، والا و تأثیرگذار اعطا می‌شود. برندگان نقره آثاری بسیار درخشان و فوق‌العاده خلاق‌اند که تخصص، استعداد و تیزبینی برجسته طراحان خود را نشان می‌دهند. از Nostalgium انگشتر انتظار می‌رود اثری شگفت‌انگیز و نمونه باشد که به‌طور چشمگیری حرفه‌ای و عمیقاً نوآورانه است. این طراحی برنده جایزه نقره‌ای A' Design Award اختراعی بسیار قابل‌توجه و ستوده است که سود می‌رساند و مرزهای هنر، علم، طراحی و فناوری را پیش می‌برد. Nostalgium انگشتر آفرینشی است که به آن بسیار رشک برده می‌شود، خواسته‌ها را بیدار می‌کند، احساسات مثبت می‌آورد و حیرت و شگفتی برمی‌انگیزد.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Its recommended for everybody to hold a flowerpot by the window and through the witnessing of withering and flowering cycle, it could remind the user of how ephemeral the ordeals and troubles in life are. This has been taken from a Persian poem and was turned into the Nostalgium, thus showing signs of hope and the endings of grieves.
Dimensions & Packaging: For fixing the leaf-shape part on the gallery, a fine method of welding was used which is very meticulous for this part.
Tags: Leaf,persion,Jewelry
Production Technology: The making process of the rings gallery with the use of authentic traditional silver is a reminder of antiquity and nobility of the Persian houses. The 92.5 sterling silver was melted in workshop and then respectively was undergone rolling, sawing and soldering thus making the present shape. For the leaf-shaped part of the Nostalgium the art clay silver (fine silver) with 99.9 purity was used which was added layer by layer and then has been cooked.
Design Challenge: In this project the transformation of the Geraniums leaf to a lasting artefact which presents the softness of the leaf by keeping the velvety texture with its fragile midribs and veins, was a big deal and to solve this issue a lot of research, between art clay silver materials, was done to find the right one which possesses all the necessary conditions to transform the soft velvety leaf into a durable leaf with high-end texture; hence the mentioned silver was used.
Research: Based on psychoanalytic studies, anything which reminds a good memory for an individual, will lead to serotonin and dopamine secretion in the brain and these hormones reduce stress and anxiety quite drastically. This work with inspiration by the childhood nostalgia gives the user the ability to feel a good vibe, in addition to wearing a decorative artefact.
Inspiration: One of the many plants which has been present in old Persian houses is Geraniums. This plant is the popular flower of Persian grandmothers and is a reminiscent of the old Persian houses vibes where Orosi windows and courtyard pond with a lot of flowerpots are integral elements. The design has been inspired by the form of the pond, window and the eternal existence of Geraniums flowerpot with the aforementioned elements together.
Project Duration: Design and the ideation of this work has been started in middle of 2020 and was completed in the same year.
Operation Flow: This work includes two frames which the circular one represents the old courtyard pond in traditional Iran architecture and the square frame is a symbol of windows in those old houses where the Geraniums was the adornment of them.