Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Hana Noʻeau a me Hoʻokomo Hana Noʻeau Competition Category.

KeleaweHana Noʻeau· 2021

Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Hana Noʻeau Category

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The Design

About Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia

ʻO Cassiopeia he kiʻi kālaiʻia i hana ʻia mai ke aniani hoʻohana hou ʻia a me ke aniani ʻōpala ʻoihana. Inā ʻaʻole pēlā, e hoʻokomo ʻia kēia mea i loko o ka wahi kiola ʻōpala, akā ma kahi o ia mea, ua hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hana hou ʻia i ʻano hou. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻāpana he aniani hale hana i puhi ʻia me ka waha, a i hoʻokalakupua ʻia me ka lima. ʻIke ʻia nā ʻili ʻōlelo ʻoi a kūlohelohe i ke ʻano nani o Scandinavia a me ka mālamalama. Ua hoʻomālamalama māmā ʻia kēlā me kēia poʻe aniani pōpō, a ua hoʻoheheʻe pū nā ʻili e like me ka hau i loko o kahi hoʻonohonoho like me ka ʻāina. He 150 sekimika ka lōʻihi, 50 sekimika ka laulā, a 30 sekimika ke kiʻekiʻe o kēia kiʻi kālaiʻia. ʻO ka manaʻo nui, he wehewehe haʻiʻōlelo no ke kūʻē ma waena o ka mea hoʻohana hou ʻia a me ka mea waiwai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Cassiopeia Kiʻi Kālaiʻia i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Glass medium can be reused countless of times, as the material stays pure. The sculpture is made from unpure glass material that would en up as a landfill. Cassiopeia reflects Scandinavian aesthetics and light through organic surfaces. Each sculpture is made from mouth blown studio glass and shaped by hand. The design philosophy behind the Cassiopeia is to create poetic interpretation of the weightless yet strong nature of glass. How it allows to see to the deepness of the Universe though the lenses of telescope and into the smallest details of life in the microscopic world.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions 150 cm x 50 cm x 30 cm. Every object has a unique dimensions.
Tags: glass, art, sculpture, finland, ice
Production Technology: Blown glass. Hand shaped.
Design Challenge: The creative challenge was to ballance with strong and organic shapes in a way that the outcome is harmonious.
Research: The sculpture aims to highlight the timeless beauty of recycled glass material. How broken material that would otherwise been used as a landfill be metted back again and healed into something new.
Inspiration: Glass that is used in the sculptures is both industrial waste and recycled glass. Therefore the sculpture plays with organic surfaces and the contrast between recycled and waluable. Cassiopeia is inspired by the microscopic world and how something invisibly small can change the World.
Project Duration: Project was exhibited in Venice Glass Week 2020.
Operation Flow: The sculpture plays with rough and organic surfaces, glass and light. Every bumpy glass dome is slightly illuminated. The ice like surfaces are melting together into a landscape like installation.
Patents: Sini Majuri
Team Members: Sini Majuri
Image Credits: Sini Majuri