Diana Eke by Diana Sokolic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2013 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Lako Lole a me Lako Huakaʻi Competition Category.

HaoLako Lole· 2013

Diana Eke

by Diana Sokolic

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Lako Lole Category

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The Design

About Diana Eke

He ʻelua mau ʻāpana a ke pēke: e hoʻokomo i nā mea i loko (e like me ka mea i hiki ke hū ʻia i loko) a nānā ke nani akā ʻaʻole maoli i kēlā kauoha.This bag e hālāwai me nā noi ʻelua. He ʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa nō ia mai nā ʻeke ʻē aʻe ma muli o ka hui ʻana o nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana: plexiglas me ka ʻeke kāwili i hoʻopili ʻia. He pēpili maoli ke kolo, maʻalahi a maʻemaʻe hoʻi i kona ʻano akā akā hana. Ma kāna hana ʻana, he hale ia iā Bauhaus, ʻike ʻia ka honua a me kāna mau ʻāpana, akā he ʻano hou loa ia. Mahalo i ka plexy, he māmā maʻalahi a me kona mālamalama e hoʻihoʻi i ka nānā.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Diana Eke 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 Diana Eke 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 Diana Eke 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 bag has always two functions: to put things inside - as much as it could be stued into and to look nice but not essentialy in that order.This bag meets both requests.
It is unique and different from the other bags because of the combination of materials used for making it: plexiglas with textile bag attached. The bag is very architectural, simple and clean in its form but the function is not forgotten.
Dimensions & Packaging: The black bag presented here is 50 cm long, 20 cm high and 3 cm wide. It is just one of the bags from the collection. All the bags in the collection are made the same way, but they differ in shape, size and color. Each bag is packed in an orange - pink protective pouch which is closed with the orange bow.
Tags: fahion, bag, plexiglas, women, accessoires
Production Technology: The bag is made out of two plexiglas plates and the textile bag attached between the plates at their inner side. Use of plexiglas makes the bag light and the inner textile bag makes it possible to put more things in it than one would expect.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of the activity was the technical one. Being a “one-man band” requires contacts with many experts in different fields of work in order to find the right solution.
Research: The research consisted of several steps:
1. Ergonomic - creating the right dimension of the handle and its position for comfortable carrying the bag
2. Technical - selecting materials used for the inner bag and finding the way to connect the bag to the plexi.
3. Artistic - Designing different types of bags any varying its colors
Inspiration: I have a very clear vision of what I want so I often design things and jewelry I wear as well as the space I live in.
One day I bought beautiful shoes and couldn’t find the matching bag. Since I am making lumino-kinetic objects as well as necklaces out of plexiglas, it was my logical choice of the material for the bags. I like plexi, its bright colors and shiny surface. The idea was born in a second but the realization has lasted because of the technical issues.
Project Duration: I have started with the realization in November of 2012 in Zagreb, Croatia, and it have finished it at the beginning of February 2013.
Operation Flow: This bag is very simple to use: the attached textile bag has a zipper so it can be easily opened and closed - by the owner , but at the same time it is safe from thieves. There is no other interaction or transformation. You carry it and you are noticed and you like it!