Link Apolima by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi

Link Apolima by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.

HaoLei Kahiko· 2021

Link Apolima

by Salomeh Sorouri and Salvi Samiei Kashi

Client: Atelier Sorouri

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lei Kahiko Category

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The Design

About Link Apolima

He apolima kālā ʻo Link i hoʻoulu ʻia mai ke ʻano o kaulahao. Aia i ka hoʻolālā he mau apo i hui pū ʻia a hiki i ka mea nāna e komo ke hoʻohui a wehe aʻe, no laila hiki i ke apolima ke loaʻa i kahi ʻano hou i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻO nā apo paʻakikī i ke kikowaena ke kūʻē mai i ke kumu kālā maʻalahi, e hana ana i kahi kaulike ma waena o ke kaʻina pono a me ka huikau. Loli ke ʻano o ke apolima ke nānā ʻia mai nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole. Ua hana ʻia me ka lima piha ka ʻoki, ke hana ʻana i ke ʻano, a me ka hoʻopili wela ʻana. ʻO ke kaulahao, he hōʻailona ia no ka lokahi a me ka pilina ma waena o kānaka a me ka nahele.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Link Apolima i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Link Apolima he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Link Apolima no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Each apparently invaluable piece can turn into a precious and meaningful piece. We only need to change our attitude towards the issues around us. Link consists of the loops and the user can either add or remove every hoop or piece and create a new form each time.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring size: 55
Dimensions:
2 x 3 x 1.5
Tags: Jewelry, Silver, Handmade, Ring, Link
Production Technology: The processes of cutting, forming and welding were completely done by hand.
Design Challenge: Link has been designed and made in a way that the user is able to either add or remove the number of hoops.
Research: In the design of this ring, the dynamism of form, understanding of human-nature relationship and the human themselves has been taken into consideration. The hoops used in this piece represent the universe in which the destruction of even one hoop will be dealt with punishment. One of the other properties of “link” ring is its view(appearance) which are different in different views.
Inspiration: The word Sustain means to keep alive and also the understanding of the relation between human beings and the nature and also the human beings with each other. The universe is a set of chains and there will be a punishment even if one of its hoops is destroyed. The ability of a chain is equal to the ability of its weakest hoop and due to this reason, everybody should cooperate like chain and show the importance of survival to the others with unity and reduce the amount of the nature destruction that badly impacts the mankind day after day.
Project Duration: This project kicked off in 2020 and was finalized after making the primary sample in 2021.
Operation Flow: In the design process of Link piece, with all the simplicities, the visual aspects have been the priority and the chain are the symbol of unity and bond. The complicated hoops in the center of the ring and also the minimal structure of the base part of silver, has made a beautiful and balanced design of unity and order with the disorder.
Team Members: seyedeh salvi samiei kashi
Image Credits: Salomeh Sorouri, Seyedeh Salvi Samiei Kashi