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Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja by Shany Dvora

Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja by Shany Dvora is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award in Graafinen muotoilu Competition Category.


HopeaGrafiikka· 2021

Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja

by Shany Dvora

Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award Winner in Grafiikka Category

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The Design

About Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja

Shany Abdallah Naji on graafisten teosten sarja, joka elvyttää perheen nimeämisperinteen. Perinne, joka päättyi perheen muuttaessa Irakista Israeliin, antoi vastasyntyneelle etunimen, jota seurasivat isän ja isoisän nimet. Sarja luotiin sen jälkeen, kun perheen vanhat maahanmuuttoasiakirjat löydettiin. Viisi sekatekniikkateosta, joista neljä on kooltaan 50 kertaa 70 senttimetriä ja yksi 75 kertaa 70 senttimetriä, kutovat kuvastoa heprealaiseen kalligrafiaan, joka on saanut inspiraationsa 1100- ja 1400-lukujen välillä Irakissa, Jemenissä ja Marokossa tehdyistä heprealaisista käsikirjoituksista.

The Recognition

About the Hopeapalkinto A' Design Award

Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja on Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittaja, äärimmäisen arvostettu tunnustus, joka myönnetään huippuluokan, upeille ja vaikuttaville designeille. Hopeavoittajat ovat äärimmäisen loistavia ja erittäin luovia teoksia, jotka havainnollistavat suunnittelijoidensa erinomaista asiantuntemusta, lahjakkuutta ja terävyyttä. Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja:n odotetaan olevan ihana, esimerkillinen teos, joka on huomattavan ammattimainen ja syvästi innovatiivinen. Tämä Hopeapalkinnon A' Design Award -voittajadesign on erittäin merkittävä, ihailtu keksintö, joka hyödyttää taiteen, tieteen, designin ja teknologian rajojen laajentamista. Shany Abdallah Naji Graafinen taidesarja on laajalti kadehdittu luomus, joka herättää haluja, tuo myönteisiä tunteita ja sytyttää hämmästystä ja ihmetystä.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Shany Abdalla Naji is a series of Graphic works attempting to revive the name giving tradition in the designer’s family.
This tradition that broke upon arriving to Israel from Iraq, consists of naming a new born and adding the names of his father and grandfather. Dvora learned all this recently after finding her family's immigration papers. This discovery left her excited thinking names can encompass within them the changes of tradition and culture and it made her question how her own name fits in her family’s ancestry
Dimensions & Packaging
4 works 50*70 cm
1 work 75*70 cm
Tags
Calligraphy, Typography, Hebrew, Eastern
Production Technology
Mixed Media
Design Challenge
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Research
For ages, the Middle East has been a meeting point for eastern and western cultures. This region has seen empires rise and fall, ever changing borders and frequent migrations of people looking for a fresh start. But not only the people journeyed across the land, with them came their family history, their stories, ideas, ideals and traditions.

This is the story of Dvora’s grandmother - Juliette Abdallah Moshe.

Juliette immigrated to Israel from Iraq in 1951 with her husband and three young sons. Her birth given name, Juliette Abdallah Moshe, as were the names of her ancestors, consisted of her first name followed by the names of her father and grandfather. When she arrived in Israel her name was changed to “Juliette Dvora” as part of the process of integration. Thus, the tradition linking the children’s names to those of their ancestors was broken. Dvora learned all this only in recent years after finding her grandmother’s original immigration papers. This discovery left her very excited thinking that a name of a man can encompass within it the changes of tradition and culture as it consists of the names of the previous family generations. The excitement was followed by a few questions though. Why is Shany’s name so different from the traditional and deeply rooted names in her family’s ancestry? Where and how does her name fit in there?
In this project She seeks to revive the name giving tradition that still lived on in the time of her grandmother’s birth. She does so through imagery woven into Hebrew calligraphy inspired by 12th-15th century Hebrew manuscripts from Iraq, Yemen and Morocco
Inspiration
In this project Dvora seeks to revive the name giving tradition that still lived on in the time of her grandmother’s birth. She does so through imagery woven into Hebrew calligraphy inspired by 12th-15th century Hebrew manuscripts from Iraq, Yemen and Morocco
Project Duration
2018-2019, Israel
Operation Flow
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Patents
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Team Members
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Image Credits
Shany Dvora

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