Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga by Andrea Ragazzo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa in Kayan Ado Competition Category.
AzurfaKayan Ado· 2020
Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga
Client: Ragazzo Design Studio
Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa Winner in Kayan Ado Category
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About Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga
Book Text: Coral wasu maɓallan hannun riga ne guda biyu da aka yi don haɗa gefunan hannun riga tare. Yawancin maɓallan hannun riga suna da girma da nauyi. Coral kuwa yana bin al'adar Italiyanci ta sauƙi da girmama siffofin halitta. Buɗaɗɗiyar, siffar da ake iya gani ta cikinta tana ba da bayyanar sassauci, yayin da faɗaɗɗen laushin cikinta yake ƙara bambanci. Ana yin kowane maɓallin hannun riga da hannu daga azurfar sterling ta hanyar zubar da kakin da ake ɓatarwa. Ana goge kowane guntu da lulluɓe shi da platinum ko rose gold don kiyaye walƙiyar. Faffaɗan, tsayin da ke kama da ƙyalli yana hana juyawa kuma yana sa maɓallan hannun riga su zama masu sauƙin sakawa da cirewa.
The Recognition
About the Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa
Zanen Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa, wata karramawa mai tsananin daraja da ake bai wa zane-zane na matakin koli, masu kyau sosai kuma masu burgewa. Waɗanda suka lashe kyautar Azurfa ayyuka ne masu haske sosai da ƙirƙira mai yawa waɗanda ke nuna ƙwarewa, baiwa da kaifin tunanin masu zanensu. Ana sa ran zanen Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga ya zama aiki mai ban mamaki, abin koyi, mai ƙwarewa sosai kuma mai ƙirƙire-ƙirƙire mai zurfi. Wannan zane da ya lashe Kyautar A' Design Award ta Azurfa ƙirƙira ce mai abin lura sosai, da ake sha'awa, wacce ke amfanar da kuma kai iyakokin fasaha, kimiyya, zane da fasahar zamani gaba. Zanen Coral Primary Function: Maɓallan Hannun Riga ƙirƙira ce da ake yi wa hassada sosai wacce ke tada sha'awa, tana kawo jin daɗi kuma tana haifar da mamaki da al'ajabi.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- These cufflinks are designed in the best tradition of Italian love for simplicity and respect for organic shapes. They are featuring a unique see-through look, which creates lightness, while the rough inner texture creates added contrast.
Each cufflink is hand made from Sterling Silver. To keep its shine, they are individually polished and either Platinum or Rose Gold plated. The flat, fin-like stem prevents them from rotating while making it easy to put on and take off. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Sterling Silver with Rhodium plating and Rose Gold plating, ∅20 x 22mm
- Tags
- Cufflinks, Men's Accessories, Sterling Silver, Gold Plated, Italian Design, Luxury Accessories, Men's Fashion, Modern Design
- Production Technology
- The cufflinks are made by lost wax casting, which is commonplace in jewelry making. All files were created in Creo 4.0 and rendered in Keyshot to get an accurate representation of the final design before production. A Makerbot 3D-printer was also used, to get preliminary parts made in PLA. These were used to fine-tune the look and size.
- Design Challenge
- There was not much of a research challenge for this project since cufflinks have been around for a very long time. Also in terms of manufacturing and materials, the choice to use Sterling Silver and Lost Casting were straight forward. A high-quality material was necessary, and therefore, only silver or gold would have been appropriate. Using pure gold would set a too high selling price. Therefore the choice to use Sterling Silver and gold plate them.
- Research
- During the initial phase of the design, several directions were taken, including designs featuring enamel. The enamel was placed in the inner part of the cufflinks, creating contrast and making the design feel alive. The idea came from the underside of a starfish, which reveals an inner color, different from the outer skin. It makes it more vulnerable and fragile, enhancing its lightness even more. Unfortunately, it was not possible from a technical point of view, since reaching the inner surface was very difficult and time-consuming.
- Inspiration
- Cufflinks in itself are meant to hold the cuffs of a shirt together. The tighter, the better. They can be bulky and overloaded, usually made of expensive materials to show the status of its wearer. The inspiration was to create something opposite to that. Something that still made of a single, pure material and which replicated lightness. Something that even when holding the cuffs, would so not by weight, but by its structural integrity.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2018 and the first production of three SKU's (Rose Gold, Silver, Gun Metal) arrived in Hong Kong around March 2019.
- Operation Flow
- There are several types of cufflinks - Whale Back, Bullet Back, Chain Link, Ball Return, ... The Coral Cufflinks come as Fixed Backing design, which usually is a little harder to put on. Due to the slim design and functional shape; however, this is not the case. These cufflinks slide easily into the cuffs cuts, keeping them tightly together.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Ragazzo Ltd., Hong Kong, 2019
- Image Credits
- #1: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019
#2: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#3: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#4: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#5: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019
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