Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus by Mana Khaloo

Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus by Mana Khaloo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe in Nhazi Ọla Ịchọ Mma Competition Category.

IgweỌla Ịchọ Mma· 2023

Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus

by Mana Khaloo

Client: Anabell Jewelry

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

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The Design

About Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus

Ihe Odide Akwụkwọ: Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus bụ ihe ịkwụ n'olu nke na-edekọ ụbọchị pụrụ iche. Nhazi a nwere obere ifuru iri atọ na otu (31) maka ụbọchị ndị dị n'ọnwa, na ụdị marquise iri na abụọ (12) maka ọnwa iri na abụọ dị n'afọ. Akara ọla edo dị n'otu ifuru na otu marquise na-egosi ụbọchị a họọrọ, nke a na-agụ n'ụzọ ntụgharị elekere. Ihe ịkwụ n'olu a ka e ji ọla edo pink machie ya, ọ dịkwa 50 site na 50 site na 2.5 milimita n'ogologo, obosara na ịdị arọ. Ụdị ya sitere n'echiche nke otu ntụ ntị si n'oge Alaeze Achaemenid, dabere n'ifuru lotus e sere n'ahụ mgbidi dị na Persepolis. Lotus bụ akara nke ndụ ebighị ebi ma gosipụta anyanwụ na ọnwa iri na abụọ nke afọ ọ bụla.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Igwe

Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus 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 Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus 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 Lotus Date Recorder Ihe Ndozi Ubochi Lotus 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: The Lotus collection is rare since it records special dates. All the collection's necklaces are similar in their basic form, but they are unique, as they each show a specific date. There are 31 small petals as the days, and 12 marquises to indicate the months. You will be gifted by your own date keeper. A gold marking on the picked petal and marquise corresponds to show the desired date. The date is read clockwise. The recorded date on the pendant shown as the main image is Oct 7th (My Birthday).
Dimensions & Packaging: This gold pendant is rose gold plated in dimension of : length 50 mm x Width 50 mm x Height 2.5mm. The gold piece of jewelry weighs 20 grams, including 30 petal-shaped gems and 11 emerald marquise gems in the size of 8 mm.
Tags: jewelry, date recorder, calendar, pendant, design, lotus, achaemenid, culture, interaction
Production Technology: Pencil sketches,Adobe Illustrator,3D Modeling
Design Challenge: Rearranging the petals in a way to correspond to the number of days and months while keeping the original form of the Achaemenid lotus earrings was challenging , deciding on what colors could be felt more as real lotus flower while representing the Iranian nobility was another challenge.
Research: Spending a long time to find the conceptual aspect and symbolic meaning of the twelve-petaled rosette, it was decided to rearrange the petals in Achaemenid earrings the way that represent the 31 days of a month, and the 12 months of a year in order to be able to record the date of a special event.
Inspiration: The matchless pendant is inspired by the set of earrings from the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire, that is now being exhibited in the Louver museum. The shape of these earrings is taken from the twelve-petaled rosette, based on the lotus flower that is engraved on almost all walls in Persepolis. This flower was the symbol of immortality and perpetual beneficence, and also embodies the sun and the twelve months of the year. That had been held by an emperor, as a sign of peace and union and a symbol of Anahita, the goddess of water and wisdom in the ancient Persian empire.
Project Duration: The project started in March 2019 in Shiraz/Iran. The first production of the collection in silver was exhibited in Mehregan Exhibition, Tehran/Iran in Oct 2019.
Operation Flow: I personally believe an intelligent design is about creating an art that stays in mind. Having a magnificent symbolic background, the lotus pendant tells a meaningful story of time.
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