Flow Ipu Pua by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Lako Hale Competition Category.

KalaLako Hale· 2021

Flow Ipu Pua

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Lako Hale Category

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The Design

About Flow Ipu Pua

He hōʻiliʻili ipu pua aniani ʻo Flow i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka neʻe ʻana o ke aniani wai. He ʻekolu ʻano o kēia hōʻiliʻili a hāʻawi ʻia ma ke kala uliuli a me ka poni. Ua puhi ʻia kēlā me kēia ipu me ka waha a hoʻohālike lima ʻia, a laila pūlima a helu ʻia, no laila ke hali nei kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i kona ʻano kaila kala ponoʻī ma loko o nā papa aniani. Aia ke kiʻekiʻe ma waena o 90 a i 250 mile mika. Ua ʻae nā ʻenehana puhi aniani kuʻuna Finelani i ke kala e neʻe manuahi ma waena o nā papa. ʻO ka manaʻo ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka mālie a me ka pāʻani o ka mālamalama a me ke aka i loko o nā lumi o ka lā a pau.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Flow Ipu Pua i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Flow Ipu Pua he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Flow Ipu Pua e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Flow vase gains inspiration from the elegance of the movement of liquid glass that is frozen into a stasis that is fragile yet forever. The rhythm of the glass making process ensures that every vessel has unique splashes of color that mimic the dance of brush strokes of abstract impression. Every vase has their own breath. Its a methaphor for a soul of a piece that makes it more than mere interior object.
Dimensions & Packaging: Studio made glass. Wide: 200 mm tall. Tall: 250 mm tall. Small 90 mm tall.
Tags: glass, vessel, vase, design, object, finland
Production Technology: Flow Collection mixes Scandinavian cool with capricious Finnish glass blowing techniques that allow color flow freely within the glass layers. Collection has three shapes and the design is available in blue and purple. Vessels are mouth blown and shaped by hand, signed and numbered. Made in Mafka&Alakoski Glass Studio, Finland.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge of the project is to use color in an abstract way and still create harmoniouss impressions. The glass making process of the collection is mixing multiple traditional glass blowing techniques in a fresh and new way.
Research: The Flow Collection experiments with the contrasting nature of the medium. How thick and voluminous glass can look weightless and how the optics of the medium influence the movement of color.
Inspiration: Flow Collection brings 3D perspective into abstract brush strokes. The inspiration of the Collection flows from the Scandinavian aesthetics and a sense of beauty. A simplified shape can become multi-dimensional in glass medium; There is the visual layer of glass: how does the glass reflect, how will the colors look in different light. Above all there are also the historical layers of glass and the rare knowledge behind the craftsmanship.
Project Duration: The project was started in January 2021 in Riihimaki, Finland. Exhibited in Hong Kong 2021.
Operation Flow: The design philosophy of the collection is to create objects that bring serenity into our everyday life. The moment when a studio made vessel is used is special. When light is gleaming trough the glass, the shadow of the piece comes alive reflecting the inner color play.
Patents: Copyrights, Sini Majuri
Team Members: Glass blowing team, Kari Alakoski and Marja Hepo-aho. Made in Mafka&Alakoski Glass Studio, Finland.
Image Credits: Icy Design Oy, 2021. Helsinki Finland