Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa by Vittawat Archanainant is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Kukui a me Lako Kukui Competition Category.
KeleaweKukui· 2024
Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa
Client: Andwhitestudio
A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Kukui Category
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About Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa
ʻO Goldrify he ipukukui lewa pilikino e hōʻike ana i nā manaʻo a me ka moʻomeheu ʻĀkia me kekahi ʻano hoʻonohonoho i hana ʻia e nā helu pomaikai o kēlā me kēia mea makemake, ʻaʻole e hoʻi hou mai. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka aniani hana lima i hoʻolālā ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka lau gula, ke hōʻike ʻia nei ka hana ʻana o kekahi pilina ʻike kaulike akā ʻeleu a kuʻuna, me ka nōʻeau maʻalahi o ka aniani, e hiki ai i ka mea ke hoʻonohonoho maʻalahi a māʻalōlō i nā ʻano ma luna o nā helehelena like ʻole, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana o ka hoʻopili lau gula ma luna, e kuhikuhi ana i ka waiwai a me ke ola, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka hoʻopili gula ma ka moʻomeheu Tailani.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Keleawe
Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa 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 Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa 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 Goldrify Ipukukui Lewa i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Goldrify chandelier is designed to compromise between belief and physical aesthetics in the scope of personalization, which allows adjusting sizing and rearranging patterns according to the given lucky number and generated by script to create unrepeated patterns under the concept of gold gliding from Buddhist Thai culture, which overlaying gold leaf on the sacred surface, with a gold leaf designed shape, square golden glass sheet allows to array along the surface with visually connected, while the patterns itself create an outline surface following each space.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Glass module: 70mm x 70mm, Which can turn into various shapes, sizing, and patterns according to the given space with an arrangement technique of surface gliding and wrapping.
- Tags
- Chandelier, Modern chandelier, Personalized chandelier, Digital handcraft chandelier, Modern Asian chandelier, Implicative chandelier, Lighting fixture, Installation, lighting products and fixtures design, Lighting design
- Production Technology
- From a physical point of view, the glass is made by handcrafting and blowing techniques, which are guided by a 3D model, Intended to create a natural and reduced industrial environment.
For a digital world, we create a python script to create a parametric arrangement according to the difference in sizing and shape. While generating an infinite never-repeating pattern according to the given number. - Design Challenge
- The challenge is how to turn subjective such as belief into the physical form of a chandelier. Since belief is a personal perspective, it is challenging to create a physical form of a chandelier with a similar understanding and perception from a different cultural point of view.
- Research
- Since chandeliers started in Europe, they have been full of imported designs in Asia. But lacking chandeliers in Asian perception that fit Asian context, architecture, and culture. From our experience in this market, we got an opportunity to interview customers, which led us to understand that from a Buddhist country's point of view, a significant object such as a chandelier is an item that needs to fulfill not only appearance. But the story and beliefs behind it are also keys to complete their satisfaction.
- Inspiration
- Goldrify chandelier is inspired by Thai culture all Buddhists glide a gold leaf on the Buddha statue to complete the true body appearance believing it supplements their splendor, dignity, and luck as a gift from Buddha assistance. Under this inspiration, emotional and cultural value has been driven over function and luxury. Shape itself reflects the technique of Goldgliding in Thai culture which tries to connect with the beliefs of supplementing the owner's luck.
- Project Duration
- Started in March 2022 in Thailand
- Operation Flow
- Goldrify is composed of a goldleaf-shaped glass module, which is lightweight, allowing installation without any support above the ceiling. Since Goldrify is freely installed, the possibility of a suitable shape to be recreated with any space is widely open while the pattern is also freely arranged in the area, leading to the unrepeatable gold gliding-like patterns arraying on an invisible surface. Together with the simple shape of glass rotation and direction can visually connect in any axis which keeps the overall surface look connected.
- Patents
- Designer : Vittawat Archanainant
Project manager : Niti Potitatkul - Team Members
- Designer : Vittawat Archanainant
Project manager : Niti Potitatkul - Image Credits
- Vittawat Archanainant
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