Etern Ipu Waina by Zehui Ni is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lako Hōʻoma, Pā ʻAi, Kiʻaha a me Lako Kuke Competition Category.

HaoLako Kuke· 2022

Etern Ipu Waina

by Zehui Ni

Client: ZN Design

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lako Kuke Category

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The Design

About Etern Ipu Waina

He ipu aniani ʻo Etern i hoʻolālāʻia no ka lawelawe waina ma ka papaʻaina. ʻO ke ʻano o Etern, ua hoʻoulu ʻia mai ke ʻano o ke ʻoki ʻana o ka manawa, a ʻo ke ʻano piko ʻia e hōʻike ana i kēlā me kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana pona nona iho o ka mau loa. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ke aniani no kona ʻano ʻike maopopo, e hōʻike ana i ke kala o ka waina a me ka ʻano māmā o ka ipu i ka wā e ninini ʻia ai. I ka wā e ninini ʻia ai ka waina, hele ka ea ma waena o ka wai a hoʻopiha iā ia i ka ea. Ua hana ʻia ʻo Etern ma ke ʻano puhi aniani, a ua hoʻomohala ʻia kekahi kaʻina hana kūikawā e kūpono ai i ka hoʻolālā. Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia mea hana ma ke ʻano he ʻōlelo mālie no ka papaʻaina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Etern Ipu Waina 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 Etern Ipu Waina 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 Etern Ipu Waina 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: The Etern decanter is born from the perception of time. Appreciating each fragment of time as eternity from the cross-sections of time. Etern is a statement piece at the dining table about impermanence in time, cherishing each fragment and feasting on life. Both a celebration and remembrance of time, Etern is a one of kind elegance to add to the dining atmosphere.
Dimensions & Packaging: 2700 mm x 1400 mm X 2600 mm
Tags: Decanter, Wine, Drinkware, Tableware
Production Technology: Etern is glassware for wine decanting. Glass material for its transparent properties in showing the beauty of wine and the airiness of form while decanting.
Design Challenge: Challenge with Etern is the philosophical and harmonious representations of time intersecting with glass blowing. A custom barrier and crust is created to match the design.
Research: On a macro perspective, the greatest moments of the planet and life's work, reside on one particle in the universe. Every moment is solidified in the cross-sections of time. Through harmonious elegance, Etern celebrates moments in time as eternity and gracefully performs the arts of decanting. Scholarly inspirations from philosophy, astronomy, and literature on impermanence have been researched for Etern. A graceful and celebrating combination of decanting.
Inspiration: Each flower that grows and withered away, is eternal in its own fragment of time. The Etern decanter is inspired by the fragment of time. It celebrates moments as an eternal fragment in life, inspiring people to feast and cherish moments of remembrance. The elegant contour of Etern is a statement piece that represents the cross-section of time and viewing each special moment as its own eternity. One eternal moment is forever.
Project Duration: Project duration from May 2021 to Nov 2021, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Operation Flow: As wine is poured into Etern, a delightful chorus of air breathing into wine sings a beautiful melody. Etern is about having a drink with the uncapturable time, but feasting on each special moment as its own eternity in time.
Team Members: Zehui Ni