Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti by Gerda Liudvinaviciute is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ọla Ịchọ Mma Competition Category.

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Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti

by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Client: Celsius 273

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ọla Ịchọ Mma Category

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The Design

About Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti

Eastern Blocks bụ nchịkọta ọlaeze simenti nke sitere n'ụlọ oyi ibe (panel blockhouse) nke Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Europe kpaliri mmụọ. Nchịkọta a gụnyere ihe olu na ọla ntị nke na-eso ụdị ụlọ obibi arụchara arụcha (prefabricated). A na-eji simenti n'ihi na ihe ọ bụ dị mfe, adịghị eweta allergy, adịghịkwa agbaji ngwa ngwa. Mpempe ọ bụla na-amalite dịka eserese akụkụ atọ (three-dimensional), na-eso ya bụ prototypes na ihe nkpuchi silikọn maka ịwụ ya. A na-ejikọta akụkụ simenti emechara ya na ọlaọcha na akpụkpọ anụ. Nchịkọta a na-akpọ oku ka a lelee ihe nketa ụkpụrụ ụlọ Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Europe n'ụzọ ọhụrụ.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha

Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Eastern Blocks Ọlaeze Simenti bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
Dimensions & Packaging: Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
Tags: concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
Production Technology: I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
Design Challenge: To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
Research: I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
Inspiration: The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
Project Duration: This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
Operation Flow: Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
Team Members: Designer and artist Gerda Liudvinaviciute (artist name CELSIUS 273).
Image Credits: Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
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Model: Gabija Rostovskyte