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Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa by Hajar Shahsavari and Golnoush Zamani

Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa by Hajar Shahsavari and Golnoush Zamani is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ngwá Ụlọ Competition Category.


IgweNgwá Ụlọ· 2022

Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa

by Hajar Shahsavari and Golnoush Zamani

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe Winner in Ngwá Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa

Ederede Akwụkwọ: Venus bụ ngwa ahịrịnnaana nrọba nke na-arụ ọrụ dịka sofa na ihe ndina nwa ọhụrụ. Ihe owuwu ya nwere ọdịdị ovaal ka e ji igwe CNC bepụta ya n'osisi, jupụtakwa ya na foam nkwado ihe ndina nke dị 60 mm, kpuchie ya n'akwa. E nwere ngere osisi plywood a na-emere ekpuchi nke enwere ike ịtụda iji chebe nwa ọhụrụ. Ohiri obi nwere teknụzụ stethoscope na-eme ka nne nwee ike ịnụ oke obi nke nwa afọ n'oge afọ ime. Venus na-akwado izu ike, inye nri, na ihi ụra maka nne na nwa ruo mgbe nwa gbara afọ ise. Ọdịdị ya sitere n'ihe ịkacha nkà mmụọ n'oge ochie, ka ọ bụ oyiyi ụrọ ndị Iran oge Neolithic.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe, nnabata dị ugwu e nyere design ndị dị mma nke na-emezu ihe ndị a chọrọ n'ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ nke a na-atụ anya n'ihe e kere eke ndị e mere nke ọma. Ndị meriri na Igwe na-egosi nka buru ibu, ọkachamara dị elu, nghọta ọkachamara na ikike imepụta nke ndị kere ha. A na-atụ anya na Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa ga-abụ ihe e kere eke a na-asọpụrụ nke ukwuu, a na-eto na a hụrụ n'anya nke bụ ihe bara uru ma dị ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Igwe na-ejikọta ụzọ kacha mma nke ụlọ ọrụ ma nwee àgwà teknụzụ kwesịrị ekwesị jikọtara na ihe ọmụma na talent. A na-asọpụrụ Venus Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ihe Ndina Nwa, Sofa maka nlezianya ya ma e mere ya ka ọ nye mmeziwanye ndụ nke na-enyere aka ime ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Venous is furniture to a hug for mother and kid.
Venous inspire by Iran's feminine statues that go back to the Neolithic era.
with the specific vision to the concept of fertility and motherless, Venous provides a comfortable area for the mother and her child as well.
this is multi _purpose product that applies as a sofa and cradle, considered as a piece of child's room furniture.
A space for :
-Having rested in pregnancy
-listening to the fetus's heartbeat by the cushion (during pregnancy)
-feeding and resting with the baby
-baby's cradle up to a 5 year _old child
Dimensions & Packaging
The oval shape of the furniture has the following dimension: 800mm(width) 1200mm(depth) 1000mm (height)
Tags
interaction, relax mother, cradle, pregnancy, ancient of Iran , statues
Production Technology
The oval shape of Venus structure is made of wood, cut down with a CNC machine and filled with Upholstery Foam (60mm thickness), and then covered with fabric.
the fence was prototyped in the Polywood structure and was connected to the body with two circular patches.
we used stethoscope technology for the pillow to hear the fetus heartbeat.
Design Challenge
the main challenge was the connection between ancient inspiration and modern society. finding a design language the faces our real needs. we could highlight some of the fertility touch points and find solutions based on inspiration resources. as an example mother's concerns for the health of the fetus and the desire to hear the baby's heartbeat were founded in the function of the old mother statues that were used as some magical power to calm down and have an easy birth.
Research
The mother is the oldest subject of human art," says Toynbee. In ancient Iran, over the Neolithic period, there are some play statues with this subject. In some of these statues, their female organs are emphasized such as breasts and legs.
The excessive fatness of these statues reflects the difference that has been achieved in the aesthetic view of us and our prehistoric ancestors, and the belief in the beauty of fat women has remained strong in the minds of many people in the world until a few decades ago. Fatness was a symbol of health, wealth, and satiety for our ancestors.
Inspiration
The identity of this project goes back to ancient Iran and the importance of women in the fertility of the earth. there are some clay statues, called Venus, that go back to the Neolithic era which is the symbol of the mother, the oldest human artistic subject. (says, Toynbee) These statues are symbols of fertility in the human, agriculture, and earth and were inspirational for our ancestors to survive. these ancient Iranian Venouses have a minimal ascetic with exaggerated sexual organs.
Project Duration
The project started in Jul 2020 Isfahan/Iran and finished in Dec 2020.
Operation Flow
In the pregnancy period, the mother can lay down on the furniture and use the pillow behind her head to listen to the fetus heartbeat and feel relax physically and mentally with her baby.
after the birth, the furniture can be used as space work for both mother and newborn to sleep, feed, hug and calm down together.
the main interaction is when the furniture can be used as a cradle the mother can turn down the fence to protect her baby.
Team Members
Hajar Shahsavari & Golnoush Zamani
Image Credits
image#1:photograpger GolnoushZamani, image#2:phptographer: Golnoush Zamani, image#3:photographer Golnoush Zamani, image#4:photographer Golnoush Zamani
Video: Golnoush Zamani

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