Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje by Nikolaos Karintzaidis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Platinum in Nhazi Ihe Owu Ụlọ na Akụkụ Owu Ụlọ Competition Category.

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Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje

by Nikolaos Karintzaidis

Client: Iris Ceramica Group

Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Platinum Winner in Akụkụ Owu Ụlọ Category

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The Design

About Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje

Mpempe mgbidi seramiiki nwere ike ịguzoro n'onwe ha ma na-emepụtakwa usoro ịdị n'otu a na-ahụ anya site na nhazi, usoro na-enweghị njedebe nke na-ezo aka na ụdị ihe nlere Islam na-agbasa n'enweghị ọgwụgwụ. Njikọta ha na-emepụta usoro geometric site na ntụgharị dị mfe nke mpempe ahụ, iji nweta ogo kachasị elu nke nhazi dị ka a chọrọ na ojiji kacha nta nke ihe eji ewu ụlọ. Modul ahụ na-edobe ọnọdụ n'etiti geometric na abstract ka ọ dabara na gburugburu na ọnọdụ dị iche iche, nwee ọrụ sitere n'obere ruo n'oke buru ibu.

The Recognition

About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Platinum

Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje meriri A' Design Award nke Platinum, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị bụ n'ezie pụrụ iche, mara mma ma dị ebube. Ndị meriri na Platinum bụ ihe ịtụnanya nke imepụta, ihe akaebe nke oke ntụgharị uche imepụta ihe, ma na-egosi ikike ọrụ na ọgụgụ isi na-enweghị ntụnyere nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na design ndị a ga-abụ ọrụ kacha mara amara nke na-akọwa ịma mma nke oge, na-enye aka na ọdịmma obodo ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje na-egosi ọkwa ịdị mma karịrị oke ma n'enweghị obi abụọ na-eme ka ụwa bụrụ ebe ka mma site na àgwà ya bara uru na dị oke ọnụ ahịa. Drift Mkpuchi Mgbidi Seramiiki Mgbochi Nje bụ ọrụ meriri A' Design Award nke Platinum nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-akpali, na-eme ka obi ụtọ jupụta ma na-akpali oke ọṅụ.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties: Ceramic wall panels can stand on their own but also develop patterns of visual continuity through modulation, an open ended process referring to Islamic motifs expanding infinitely. Their combination generates geometric patterns by simple rotation of slab, in order to achieve maximum degree of customisation with minimum use of construction elements. Module balances between geometric and abstract to fit different environments and ambience, with applications ranging from small to large scale.
Dimensions & Packaging: Active Surfaces natural materials combine science and design to improve wellbeing in spaces people live in. Active Surfaces turn ceramic slabs into an ecoactive material with four superior properties which are antibacterial and antiviral, antipollution, antiodour and selfcleaning certified to ISO standards. These materials can degrade bacteria and viruses including SARS CoV2, polluting particles and molecules responsible for bad odours. Ecoactive surface is also more resistant to dirt making it easier to clean.
Tags: innovation, sustainability, ceramics, heritage, environment
Production Technology: DYS is a versatile on demand decoration service patented by Iris Ceramica, making possible to produce any kind of decoration on ceramic surfaces. The result is a unique customisation that turns ceramics into an authentic art form. Taking advantage of innovative printing possibilities, a dynamic dialogue with technology and progress is materialised combining abstract with geometric. Continuous ripples add plasticity to flat surfaces, reflecting continuity of printing process and technical features behind manufacture of ceramic slabs.
Design Challenge: Underscoring the relation among the conformation and the medium that is composed of, craft becomes a visual expression of the making activity as configuration seizes the memory of raw matter in the finished product. Converting impressions to physicality, place and memory are captured and preserved in space. Interplay of reflections and patterns reveals different textures in pools, spas and wellness centres. A visual reflection of people’s circulation in stations, shopping centres and public areas, flow is converted to spatial experience.
Research: With reference to traditional ceramics illustrating long history of building with earth, pottery lines highlight our common roots and deep connection with earth. Converting environment to artefact by combining natural and humanmade, project strengthens the correlation between material and final product through a conceptual process which underscores links among form and substance. Through visual and physical linkages, ceramic slabs design forges a strong link with what is made of, matter extracted from earth.
Inspiration: Inspired by natural landscape of Emirates the ceramic wall panels capture essence of place while bringing physical scenery in the manufactured. Linear pattern mimics sand ridges as curved and parabolic lines formed by interaction with wind engraving land are translated to fluid geometry, taking cues from landscape topographical contouring. Referring to unique local geography, desert dunes and terrain contours shaped by the wind illustrate how human trace intersects with the trace of time.
Project Duration: The project was completed in 2023.
Operation Flow: Encountering movement and plasticity, vibrations and pulses activate surfaces complementing ceramic slab texture and tactility. Employing metallic inks and tonal adjustments in combination with the wide range of Iris Ceramica slabs, users can add personality and distinctiveness in domestic habitat. Applied as cladding in building envelopes, geometric combinations form a dialogue with mutability of topography and urban environment.
Image Credits: Studio Niko Kapa