Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili by Yuhe (Donna) Chi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Mea Pāʻani, Pāʻani a me Lako Lealea Competition Category.

KeleaweMea Pāʻani· 2020

Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili

by Yuhe (Donna) Chi

Client: Donna Chi

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Mea Pāʻani Category

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The Design

About Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili

He kiʻi moʻo hōʻiliʻili ʻo Drago i hana ʻia no ka hōʻike ʻana i loko o nā hale. He 75 mila kiʻekiʻe kēlā me kēia kiʻi, a mai loko mai o ka moʻo Kina kahiko i loaʻa ai kēia kumu hoʻohālike, he mea nona nā ʻano o ka iʻa, ka nahesa, a me ka ʻaeto i hui ʻia. Aia i loko o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻeono ʻano a ʻumikumamālua nā helehelena. Hana ʻia kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ma ke ʻano kikohoʻe a paʻi ʻia me ka PLA keʻokeʻo, me nā papa 0.1 mila ka mānoanoa. A pau ke paʻi ʻana, hoʻomahuahua ʻia kēlā me kēia kiʻi, kāpīpī ʻia me ka uhi kiʻekiʻe, kāhinahina ʻia me ka lima me nā waihoʻoluʻu akulika, a hoʻopau ʻia me kekahi uhi hinuhinu hou aku. Hāʻawi kēia hoʻolālā i nā mea makemake pāʻani kanaka makua i mea hoʻonani papaʻaina.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili 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 Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili 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 Drago Kiʻi Moʻo Hōʻiliʻili 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: Dragois a modern collection based on a dragon figure. It was made for interior design and collecting, It is 3 inch in height and all hand-painted. The detailing craftsmanship create a playful sensibility. In this collection, it has six different styles and twelve looks.
Dimensions & Packaging: 75mm x 75mm x 75 mm
Tags: Toy design, collective toy, modern, decoration, pop culture, dragon
Production Technology: Drago is digitally constructed and then used 3D printing method to print. It is printed with white PLA with 0.1mm thick layers. After printed, it had been polished and sprayed with a top coat. All the details were hand-painted with acrylic and then top with another shining coat.
Design Challenge: The key challenge to the product was to create a shape that looks cute and modern. Another challenge is to create a pattern that can perfectly fit in the shape and add playfulness to it, because the shape is irregular and I want to keep the feature of a dragon but also add some interesting pattern in it.
Research: Nowadays there are not much toys designed for adults. I want to design a series of toy that can be collect by modern toy lovers. Modern toy has become an iconic art platform to bring artistry to the public eye, and a fusion of pop-culture and illustration is expected to inject vitality into the modern toy. So I designed a toy that involved in varies color and pattern, I hope this bold design, can be recognizable and evoked people’s love of pop-culture.
Inspiration: Ancient Chinese dragon is a combination of great deals of animals, including fish, snake and eagle. I got my inspiration from this interesting concept. Through mixing and matching of the characteristics that I discovered in the animal world, I created my own dragon. Each Drago have a story to tell.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 in New York and finished in May 2019, and was exhibited in New York in May 2019.
Operation Flow: This toy is a whole piece. It can be used for decorating home or use as a beautiful tabletop ornament.
Image Credits: Donna Chi, 2019